Uplifting stories: libraries, saplings and women-led villages
A 1,400-book Uttarakhand library, a Pune man's 1-lakh-sapling mission and women sarpanches transforming villages — this week's feel-good stories.
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A 1,400-book Uttarakhand library, a Pune man's 1-lakh-sapling mission and women sarpanches transforming villages — this week's feel-good stories.
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