Many of us have let the voices of our calling die out. The reasons could be many – we wouldn’t know where to start, how to go about, where the money would come from or simply we wouldn’t know if we can pull it off. And it becomes more than a personal loss when someone…
In the freezing January night of Delhi, when the entire city dons their sweaters, monkey-caps and mufflers with a hot cup of tea (which they enjoy holding instead of drinking), there are few under-privileged who cannot afford even a blanket and die – without a roof or cloth on their bare bodies – to add…
Her sparkling eyes seem to speak. Indeed, they actually do. Bhavna Botta was born with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy, which makes her unable to walk, talk or write. But nothing has been able to stop this gritty young woman from chasing her dreams. She is perhaps the first person in India – and one of the…
“Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come” – This is precisely the thought which has taken…
In the midst of the mundane city buildings that tower sinfully over the unnoticed slums and rural remains of an…
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When I first heard of Mawlynnong’s claim of being “The Cleanest Village in Asia”, I knew I had to plan a trip to see it. The village is at a distance of around 90 km from Shillong, and the road leading up to it has…
So where are my countrymen? I’m in foggy Delhi, finally boarding a flight to Varanasi/Benares/Kashi.…
Mumbai is one of the top ten most polluted cities in the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). With the rise of the middle class, more and more people are buying cars, scooters and motor bikes, and despite government efforts to limit motor…
The forest cover in our country has been dwindling due to a variety of reasons…
Puja Devi, 30, watches with satisfaction as her young son gulps down his glass of milk and then reaches for his satchel, ready to go to school. For some months now, the happy mother has been able to provide milk for her son every day,…
While working with wastepickers, Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat – Pune (KKPKP) realized that wastepickers…
Arun Krishnamurthy is a busy man. He has, with help from his team and the eco-conservation foundations he works with, managed to cover 67 schools in three cities in just this one year. Three hundred and forty students have gotten involved in actively conserving the…
When I first heard of Mawlynnong’s claim of being “The Cleanest Village in Asia”, I…
When Peixin Li took up an internship in Bangalore, as part of her Social Science and Communication course at National University of Singapore, little did she know that she would, in some way, champion the cause of clean sanitation in a remote village in South…
When I first heard of Mawlynnong’s claim of being “The Cleanest Village in Asia”, I…
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