HABITUALLY omitted from history books, women are often the torchbearers of resistance against injustice. Though just 14 of the 102 Indian independence activists listed on Wikipedia are women, India was one of the first nations in modern times to boast a female leader, Indira Gandhi, in 1966. And while history honours Dr B R Ambedkar as…
HAVE you ever wondered how wildlife manage to stay alive when an inferno is ripping through their homes, and afterwards when there is little to eat and nowhere to hide? The answer is adaptation and old-fashioned ingenuity. Australia’s bushfire season is far from over, and the cost to wildlife has been epic. A sobering estimate…
How does Shivam, a young helper at a bakery earning Rs 5,000, suddenly becomes a computer whizz? The answer is simple. NavGurkul NGO ― an out of the box school imparting ‘software engineering’ training to underprivileged kids. The Journey Started by Abhishek Gupta, an IIT- Delhi alumnus and Rishabh Verma, a school dropout and self-taught…
She was full of life, running around all the time, refusing to sit still. Today, her life is confined inside the four walls of the hospital…fighting hard for each breath she takes. This is the story of 7-year-old Spoorthi who has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Not only has she lost weight, but her…
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we get one leader to answer four questions, not necessarily about their work, but about themselves. This week we catch up with Dr…
By DEBABRATA SAHA —- MY journey started as a manager of a cellular firm. Precisely, my primary job was to sell smartphones. I sold phones, promising better communication among people. Once on a field visit to Lava, a tribal village in West Bengal, I realised that the phones I sold could connect humans but not…
LAST year on March 21st, a group of volunteers engaged in the Versova beach clean up in Mumbai stumbled upon at least 80 olive ridley sea turtle hatchlings for the first time in 20 years! Many attributed this comeback to the sustained efforts of lawyer-activist Afroz Shah. Versova had been known as one of the…
ARE you planning to be a Secret Santa for colleagues or family? Or confused about what Christmas present to get for who? As merry as the season can be, the thought of buying appropriate gifts for everyone can be stressful. Here are five eco-friendly gift ideas that are not only easy on your pocket but…
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a different glimpse of the personalities that constitute the development space. Every month we get one leader to answer four questions, not necessarily about their work, but about themselves. This week we catch up with Maria…
NGOs in India Apna Ghar, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, and Cuddles Foundation share their inspiring founding stories on KBC with Amitabh Bachchan.