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Indian Government Bans Smoking In Public Places
A Citizen (and IT employee) celebrates the move: They say that the road for Indian IT is gloomy and haze-filled. That’s not true, at least not literally, since the ban on smoking in public spaces came...
Citizen Essay: Silencing all the cynics, one volunteer at a time
Times of India’s Teach India initiative had the following text on their website when they closed registrations to their Teach India initiative on September 5, 2008: “Thank you Bangalore!...
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Innovations At Times Of Crisis
The Kosi river disaster in Bihar earlier this year caused widespread devastation. However, if we try to look for a silver lining or at least something to appreciate, we can talk about the ‘babus’ who tried to bring in new technologies and innovations to help the victims pick up the pieces of their...
Eliminating Pesky Pesticide Residues
Pesticides may have helped in controlling crop damage and increasing yield, but their usage has become so widespread in India as to pose significant health risks to its population. After extensive application, pesticides like DDT and Aldrin have been banned to check further damage to health and environment....
On Children’s Day - An Unusual Gift
On Children’s Day, what better gift can we give them than the gift of a voice and representation? This is what about 65,000 children enjoy in 4 districts in Karnataka at the Makkala (children) Panchayats. Aged between 6 and 18, these young leaders are being groomed to understand their rights and participate...
Protecting Our Heritage With No Strings Attached
Remember the time you saw those magical figures dressed in a riot of colours and dancing to the tune of a lively music? Or when you felt immense joy and sadness as you watched them narrate the story of the charming prince, in their own animated way? Many believe India to be the birthplace of puppetry,...
Writing to save Cultures
India boasts of a huge variety of languages and dialects. Many of these languages do not have scripts of their own. In fact many of them are on the brink of fading away into oblivion owing to the trend of people migrating to modern cities and hence newer cultures. However, a small academy in Gujarat...
A Reason To Smile
For the 300,000 residents of Juhapura in Ahmedabad, “Muskaan” is the remarkable adventure park created from recycled waste. It is a 2,500 sq m dream come true for the children, women and elderly of the primarily Muslim community. Chitra Padmanabhan reports in The Hindu of this amazing experiment...
