Mann Ki Baat · 30 August 2026
Episode 137 featured a Mumbai history enthusiast who mapped India's kingdoms online, a youth clean-up team in Rampur, a flower grower in Nagaland, forest-guarding women in Odisha and farmers taking up avocados in the south.
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Person · Mumbai, Maharashtra
An engineer turned marketing professional who built bharatrajya.com, a website where you pick a year and see which dynasties ruled each part of India. It brings out lesser-known empires such as the Cholas, Pallavas, Karkotas and Ahoms, and invites readers to send corrections.
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Group · Patwai, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
Two friends, Akash and Rohan, started picking up rubbish in their village of Patwai, and other young people soon joined them. Their team has cleaned four Ganga ghats, removed more than a tonne of plastic and cleared ponds and public spaces.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Phek district, Nagaland
A farmer's daughter in Phek who started growing flowers as a hobby in 2021. After training at the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra she planted gladiolus on a quarter of an acre, got more than 5,000 blooms in her first season, and now sends flowers to Delhi and Mumbai.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Dhodrokusum, Debrigarh, Odisha
Maithili Bhue once went into the Debrigarh forest almost daily for firewood and forest produce. Through Debrigarh eco-tourism, protecting the forest became her livelihood, and more than 60 women from the area now guard wildlife, restore grassland and work in eco-tourism.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
A Kadapa farmer who grew tomatoes and bananas for years, then tried avocados after seeing them on a friend's farm. Learning from online videos, he has harvested nearly four tonnes and sells straight to local shops.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu
A farmer in Kodaikanal who planted avocados on half a hectare of land. The fruit fetches good prices, and his income has gone up since he started growing it.
As described in Mann Ki Baat