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Field notes from a dawn.

Press features, workshop diaries, and letters from Vrinda. Written by a sixteen-year-old, edited by no one.

Journal·12 June 2026

The morning a blind child called a wooden lotus by its name.

She had never seen a flower. But when her fingertips traced the six carved petals of our Heritage Block, she whispered 'kamal'. Ramesh-ji, our master carver, wept. So did I. This is why we do this work.

Vrinda Tiwari, Founder
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Press·28 May 2026

The Times of India: '16-year-old turns Saharanpur wood scrap into hope for special-needs children.'

A full-page Sunday feature on Arunarya's origin, its artisans, and the young founder rewriting what a school project can look like.

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News·05 May 2026

Arunarya invited to the UNESCO Youth Changemakers Forum, Paris.

One of only three Indian youth-led enterprises selected to present a sustainable-craft-for-inclusion model to the UNESCO cultural heritage panel.

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Journal·22 April 2026

What Ramesh-ji taught me about scrap that a business school never could.

There is no such thing as waste wood, he said. There is only wood that is waiting for the right pair of hands. A note on humility.

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Impact·10 April 2026

Three special schools in North India, 85 kits, one very long, very good day.

A visual diary of our first donation drive — the smiles, the small victories, the parents who cried, and the artisans who saw their work loved for the first time.

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Sustainability·01 April 2026

500 kilograms of Sheesham, saved from the fire.

The maths of our first quarter: what we rescued, what we made, what a single tree that never had to fall is worth in oxygen, in shade, and in dignity.

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Press·18 March 2026

Better India: Meet the teenage founder giving 'zero-waste' a beating heart.

A conversation about doctor parents, blind schools, sheesham dust and the quiet stubbornness of a sixteen-year-old with a plan.

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