Mann Ki Baat · 29 March 2026
Episode 132 featured Jammu and Kashmir's first Ranji Trophy, record-setting young athletes, new ways of learning in Bengaluru and Nagaland, villages and farmers saving rainwater, women and men building fish businesses, and a women's seed bank in Nagaland.
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Group · Jammu and Kashmir
The team that won Jammu and Kashmir's first Ranji Trophy title after a wait of nearly seven decades, led by captain Paras Dogra, with young bowler Aaqib Nabi taking 60 wickets in the season.
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Person · Uttar Pradesh
A distance runner from Uttar Pradesh who finished third in the New York City Half Marathon and became the first Indian athlete to run a half marathon in under an hour.
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Person
A squash player who, at 17, won a major international title at the Squash on Fire Open and became the youngest Asian woman to reach the top 20 of the PSA world rankings.
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Group · Bengaluru, Karnataka
A Bengaluru team working to make school science hands-on. Its Anveshan programme lets students of classes 9 to 12 do real research in chemistry, earth science and wellness, and publish their projects.
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Group · Nagaland
Naga communities have adapted the traditional morung, where elders passed on knowledge, history and life skills to the young, into a way of educating children today, using stories, folk songs and traditional games to build interest in subjects like maths and science.
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Place · Jampui Hills, Tripura
A village 3,000 feet up in the Jampui Hills where people once walked long distances for water each summer. Villagers decided to save every drop of rain, and almost every house now has rooftop rainwater harvesting.
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Group · Korea district, Chhattisgarh
Farmers who dug small recharge ponds and soak pits in their fields so rainwater stays and seeps into the ground. More than 1,200 farmers have taken up the idea and the village groundwater level has risen markedly.
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Place · Mancherial district, Telangana
A village where 400 families dug soak pits at their homes, turning water conservation into a community movement. Groundwater has risen and illness from polluted water has fallen.
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Person · Sambalpur, Odisha
A homemaker who began fish farming in the Hirakud reservoir and, despite weather, feed and household challenges, built it into a thriving business within two or three years, inspiring other women.
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Person · Minicoy, Lakshadweep
A woman on Minicoy who runs a fish processing unit and set up her own cold storage, which lets her plan her business better.
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Person · Belagavi, Karnataka
A Belagavi farmer who chose a path beyond traditional farming, trained in fish farming and built a farm pond, and now earns a good income selling fish.
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Group · Chizami, Nagaland
Women in Chizami village who run a community seed bank preserving more than 150 traditional varieties of rice, millet, maize, pulses, vegetables and herbs, keeping local knowledge alive for future generations.
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