India’s first transgender Sub-Inspector

This is a story about beating incredible odds. K Prithika Yashini has reported for duty to serve the country in Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu.


http://www.thebetterindia.com/94432/irst-transgender-sub-inspector-india/?utm_source=The+Better+India+Newsletter&utm_campaign=52d85a66b4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_cd579275a4-52d85a66b4-74060141

The couple who transformed barren land into a wildlife sanctuary

Pamela and Anil Malhotra bought 55 acres of land in the Kodagu district of Karnataka 23 years ago, and today they have converted it into a beautiful forest of over 300 acres. Here’s how SAI Sanctuary, the only private wildlife sanctuary in India, came to host animals like Bengal Tiger, Sambhar and Asian Elephants.


http://www.dailygood.org/story/1555/the-couple-who-bought-barren-land-in-1991-and-transformed-it-into-a-300-acre-wildlife-sanctuary-shreya-pareek/

Mexico's piñatas

A piñata is a colourful, hollow papier-mâché sculpture designed to be filled with candy and then smashed to smithereens. Piñatas are a ubiquitous ingredient of life in Mexico, and are as vital to Mexican celebrations as mariachi music.


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170331-the-mysterious-origins-of-the-piata

Jeff De Young and his black Labrador Cena

Jeff De Young served in Afghanistan with a bomb-detection dog named Cena N641, a black Labrador. In the intense atmosphere of war the two developed an unbreakable bond. This is the story of how Cena helped Jeff survive not only war, but also life after war.


http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39355775

Photographer captures the beauty of Europe's abandoned buildings

Over the last six years, London-based photographer Gina Soden has photographed some of Europe's most beautiful derelict buildings.


http://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/28/arts/abandoned-architecture-photography-gina-soden/index.html

How tiny pies changed the English language

Tiny pies have been a favourite food in Britain since the Middle Ages – and have changed the English language with idioms, nursery rhyme verses, even a mention by Shakespeare. In fact, records go back to the 11th Century!

Every March, St Mary’s church in the Leicestershire town of Melton Mowbray becomes a cathedral of pies: it fills with tables bearing more than 800 pastries.


http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20170322-how-a-pocket-sized-snack-changed-the-english-language

Brazil teacher changes hairstyle to support bullied girl

Ana Barbara Ferreira, from Sao Paulo, said her student was "sad" after being ridiculed by a boy, who had said her hair was "ugly".

Though she supported the child in a Facebook post telling her 'she was wonderful and shouldn't care about what he was saying,' a bigger show of support came in the following day, when she went to work wearing the same hairstyle as her pupil.


http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-39393371