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The vegan leather made from India’s waste flowers
2 years ago

The vegan leather made from India’s waste flowers

BBC  

The vegan leather made from India’s waste flowers Sushmita Pathak A woman at the Phool factory in Kanpur separates the petals from the stalk of waste flowers sourced from temples in the city An Indian start-up has found an unusual use for the tonnes of flowers which clog the Ganges: turning them into vegan leather. I want to make animal …

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Thousands of Hindus take holy dip in India, defying COVID surge
2 years, 11 months ago

Thousands of Hindus take holy dip in India, defying COVID surge

Al Jazeera  

Tens of thousands bathe in the frigid waters of the Ganges river in northern India despite rising COVID-19 infections. Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers have gathered on the banks of India’s Ganges river for a holy dip despite a 30-fold rise in coronavirus cases in the past month. “But the saints and a large number of people were bent …

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‘They were my neighbors and friends’: India’s second COVID wave ravages the countryside
3 years, 6 months ago

‘They were my neighbors and friends’: India’s second COVID wave ravages the countryside

LA Times  

Relatives transport a body for cremation, passing the partially exposed graves of those believed to be COVID-19 victims, in Shringverpur, India. “He got tested on April 28 and died the next day.” In the village of Patkhauli in eastern Uttar Pradesh, almost every one of its 1,400 residents appeared to fall ill at some point. “The entire village was sick,” …

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India: Thousands join Hindu festival ritual bath as COVID surges
3 years, 8 months ago

India: Thousands join Hindu festival ritual bath as COVID surges

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds of thousands flock to take a holy dip in Ganges river even as the nation racks up world’s highest tally of new daily coronavirus cases. The Kumbh Mela – or pitcher festival, one of the most sacred pilgrimages in Hinduism – runs through April and comes during India’s worst pandemic surge, with a record daily tally of 168,912 COVID-19 …

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