Mann Ki Baat · 27 September 2026
Episode 138 highlighted a teacher tracing ancient sculptures in Tamil Nadu, an Olympian coaching village children in Punjab, mangrove-planting women in the Sundarbans, amla-processing women's groups in Pratapgarh and wildlife recovering in Assam.
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Person · Manapparai, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
A college teacher in a department of Tamil studies. After a student told him about some old carvings, he organised field visits that turned up several ancient sculptures and temples in the area, showing how students can help uncover local history.
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Person · Punjab
A member of India's 1980 Olympic gold-winning hockey team and later a national coach, who now runs village hockey programmes in Punjab with the RoundGlass academy, looking for talented children who have no access to good coaching.
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Group · Jharkhali, Sundarbans, West Bengal
Women in Jharkhali in the Sundarbans, many of them widowed by tiger attacks, plant and look after mangrove forests. The mangroves protect their villages from the sea and have also become a source of income for the women.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Devgarh Kamasi, Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
A women's self-help group in Devgarh Kamasi village making amla (Indian gooseberry) candy, preserves and juice. Pratapgarh has grown amla for generations, and reaching new markets has raised the members' earnings.
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Group · Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh
A village women's group in Pratapgarh that turns amla into pickle and digestive powder. With processing machines, access to loans and stalls at local trade fairs, its members quickly increased their income.
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Place · Assam
A sanctuary in Assam where encroachments on forest land were cleared about three years before the episode. Elephants, which had moved away as people settled there, have come back, and herds are again seen in areas they had left for years.
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Place · Assam
An effort in Assam to save the pygmy hog, a tiny wild pig once close to vanishing. It began with six animals released into specially restored grassland; the episode put the population at more than 190 today.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Place · Gujarat
The Gujarat village famous for its Sun Temple, first built in 1025, now runs fully on solar energy and is described as India's first solar village. It also hosts the Modhera Dance Festival every January.
As described in Mann Ki Baat