Diapers Are Emptying Your Pockets & Spoiling the Environment? Here Are...
“When I discovered my baby son had diaper rashes, it was a scary scene. Most of all, I was guilty. Diaper rashes can do that to moms — using diapers feels like a shortcut and that’s what happened to...
View ArticleDemystifying Menstruation: These Women Educate Rural Girls & Provide...
Soumya Dabriwal and Nitisha Sethia have taken it upon themselves to provide girls in rural India with two vital things: knowledge about menstruation and environment-friendly, hygienic sanitary napkins....
View ArticleMumbai Teenagers Hit the Right Notes, Raise ₹15 Lakh With a Concert to...
When a group of teenagers recently offered to throw a charity concert to aid Welfare of Stray Dogs, a shelter for dogs in Mumbai, no one knew exactly what they would end up achieving. But they went...
View Article12-Year-Old Assamese Girl Tells Modi Why It’s High Time Northeast Finds a...
Twelve-year-old Aaira Goswami's heartfelt letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an important request for representation - history lessons taught in schools in India should be more inclusive and...
View ArticleNot All Heroes Wear Capes: These Jaipur Teens Worked Together to Take Down a...
Sometimes during the darkest of times, heroes emerge to save the day. That is the case of a group of teenagers from Rajasthan that worked together to help capture a man claimed to be the most...
View ArticleHow Two Delhi School Girls Are Keeping Hundreds of Girls in Govt Schools From...
Not very long ago, Saranya Das Sharma was reading an article when a tragic statistic caught her eye – part of the reason young girls tend to drop out of school is lack of access to menstrual hygiene....
View ArticleTBI Blogs: A Fun-Filled Programme in Kolkata Inspired Poor Children to...
Empowering children to be changemakers of tomorrow can go a long way to solving many of India’s pressing problems. Richa Shukla writes about how a campaign in parts of Kolkata helped teach kids about...
View ArticleWho Was Your Valentine? Here Are 5 Adorable & Unique Ways India Celebrated V-Day
When you think about Valentine's Day, you think chocolates, roses and maybe a thoughtful card along with a (preferably expensive) gift. But for some, the day means celebrating love in all its forms;...
View ArticleThese Slum Kids Had Never Been to the Movies. So the Movies Came to Them
It all began in 2014 when Shreya Soni was on her way to watch a movie. At a traffic signal, she met a group of street children (with whom she had already built a rapport and used to often share her...
View ArticleHealth Ministry Takes a Huge Step in Sex Education: Homosexuality Is Normal,...
Being attracted to someone who is of the same sex is perfectly fine and, in fact, normal. When a girl says no, it means no and has to be respected as such. A boy who cries is not a "sissy" nor is he...
View ArticleA Chartered Accountant With a Dancer’s Soul, This Woman Is Helping Orphan...
Dance is the hidden language of the soul. - Martha Graham On January 26, 2017, over 50 children from Thayi Mane Orphanage performed in Fulfilling A Dream, a dance programme held to help underprivileged...
View Article50,000 Street Children in New Delhi to Receive Their Aadhaar Cards in 6 Months
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has collaborated with NGO Save the Children to launch a restoration and rehabilitation scheme for street children. As part of the...
View ArticleHave Any Questions About the Govt’s New Measles Rubella Vaccine? A...
Dr. Suruchi Goyal Agarwal, a consultant paediatrician and endocrinologist at Columbia Asia Hospital in Bengaluru, explains all about the new Measles Rubella vaccine. The Government of India has...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: Parents of Hearing-Impaired Children Need Support, and Many Are...
Is parenting any different when the child has a difficulty like hearing impairment? Drawing upon years of work in this field, Sreela Bose shares insights into her nuanced understanding of the...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: Meet the Young People Fighting Gender Stereotypes in the Latest...
Gender stereotypes are still an unfortunate reality in many parts of the world. In the latest episode of the Little Voices, Big Ideas series, two students explore gender stereotype concerns across the...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: Why Kakni Village in Jharkhand Has a Bal Panchayat – an...
The Bal Mitra Gram initiative is helping children in Indian villages become aware of their rights. 10-year-old Laxman Yadav is acutely aware of his rights, and successfully fought for them when he...
View ArticleTBI Blogs: 7 Simple Ways You Can Help Educate Slum Children in India
Overcoming the lack of education in slum children requires an innovative approach. The non-formal classroom can become attractive for these kids with green open spaces, practical timings, and something...
View ArticleA Play Area With a Nanny for Kids in a Police Station? Here’s Why Gurgaon Has...
A police station can be a daunting place even for adults, let alone the children who have to visit it for any reason. So, one police station in Gurgaon has decided to dedicate an entire play-area for...
View ArticleHow a Unique School in Chandigarh Is Helping Underprivileged Kids Become Toppers
Government schools often have low education outcomes because of the poor quality of schooling they provide. So Anuradha Mini started a remedial school for government school kids in her neighbourhood,...
View ArticleHow Frontline Health Workers in India Are Working to Save Newborn Lives
Laxmi Devi was attending to the children at the anganwadi centre when she received a frantic phone call. On the other end of the line was a woman from her village who had taken her critically ill...
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