Exclusive: Mumbai Kids Build Unique Machine That Turns Banana Leaf Into Food...
#ChildrenForThePlanet: This Children’s Day, TBI will be celebrating young innovators who are taking steps big and small for a sustainable future. The doorbell rings. And the aroma of piping hot food...
View ArticleMumbai School Sets Up Unique Bank, Turns Kids into Water Warriors & Saves...
Remember as kids how we would drill holes on our water bottles with a compass just to splash water on our friends? Or how we would intentionally save water till the end of the day to have water fights?...
View ArticleNoida School Girls’ Brilliant Idea Brings E-Waste Recycling Solutions to Your...
#ChildrenForThePlanet: This Children’s Day, TBI will be celebrating young innovators who are taking steps big and small for a sustainable future. Electronic goods, like mobile phones, laptops and even...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Saved Nehru’s Life: Meet India’s First National Bravery Award...
Every year on November 14, the government announces the names of the recipients of the annual bravery awards. These are presented to around 25 children who are below the age of 16 years in recognition...
View ArticleDear Mom & Dad: Bhopal Kids Write Moving Letters to Parents, Thanks to This...
Madhya Pradesh is gearing up for the Legislative Assembly elections which will be held on 28 November 2018, and the Bhopal District Election Office is using a unique method to convince adults in the...
View ArticleWorried About Son’s GK, Gurugram Mom Starts a Unique Newspaper Just for Kids!
I grew up seeing the newspaper play an important part of my family’s morning routine. On the days that the newspaper deliveryman was late, I would see my father pace up and down anxiously. How many of...
View Article#GoBlueForChildren: How India Stood Up For Children Around The World On Nov 20
On World Children’s Day, India turned blue as her children united for their rights and ‘took over’ high-profile roles in entertainment, sports, media and business to highlight issues important to them....
View ArticleHow This 16-Year-Old Girl Became a Pillar For Her Family After 26/11
Ten years after Mumbai experienced the terrifying terrorist attacks on 26/11, The Better India pays homage to the heroes who fought bravely that day and their efforts to rebuild afterwards....
View ArticleChild Labour: An IAS Officer Shares How We Can Collectively End This ‘Moral...
Not My Own Child Syndrome? Last week, while travelling between Ranchi and New Delhi, I saw a young boy, not yet in his adolescence, singing lines from a folk version of the Ramayana. He was dressed...
View ArticleHow over 5,000 K’Taka Govt School Kids Celebrated Children’s Day Will Touch...
This article has been sponsored by Flipkart When I was in school, I was fascinated by the idea of a day entirely dedicated to children. As soon as November arrived, I could see the shift in the energy...
View ArticleReal Hero: 14-Year-Old Veer Raised Rs 14 Lakh to Help 300 Amputees Walk Again!
When 14-year-old children are asked about their ambition in life, the standard answers range from doctor, engineer, astronaut and perhaps soldier. However, Veer Agrawal, a 9th-grade student from...
View ArticleMeet the Brilliant 12-YO Girl Whose Life-Saving Device Bagged a $25,000 Award!
The Flint water crisis began in 2014, when the drinking water in the city of Flint, Michigan, became contaminated with lead after the source was changed from Lake Huron and the Detroit River to the...
View ArticleMemories That Matter: K’taka School Helps Grandparents Gift ‘Stories’ to...
Growing up, I envied my friends who were fortunate enough to be living with their grandparents because they would get to hear interesting stories from them whenever they wanted to. As my father was in...
View Article8-YO Naga Girl Dragged Grandma Out of River, Ran Across 7 Km of Jungle To...
Nearly four years ago in January 2015, eight-year-old Naga girl Mhonbeni Ezung became the youngest person to receive the National Bravery Award from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. What did the young...
View ArticleMeet The 13-Year-Old Kerala Whizkid Who Founded an IT Company in Dubai!
When I was nine years old, the only things that helped me kill time and keep boredom away were TV shows and playtime with my friends. At times, I took to books, because as soon as I got engrossed in...
View ArticleIndia’s Youngest YouTube Stars: 5 Kids Blazing a Trail & Earning Lakhs on...
Let me begin this article with a few facts: 1. Ryan is eight-years-old 2. He is a toy reviewer and has his own YouTube channel with 1,74,25,097 subscribers. 3. Between June 2016 and June 2017, Ryan...
View ArticleUS Teen Spends $3000 Award Money To Light Up Grandpa’s Govt School in TN Town!
Last month, Krithik Ramesh, a 16-year-old boy of Indian origin who currently resides in Denver, decided to visit India. One of the places that he really wanted to visit was the government school at...
View ArticleFeeding the Poor to Teaching Slum Kids: Mini-NGO Run By 82 Teens Is Example...
“Namaste didi”, was how I was greeted by Gaurav Seth, one of the founder-members of Mini-NGO, an organisation based in Jalandhar working towards the betterment of society. All of 16, Gaurav is perhaps...
View ArticleMeet the 3 Indian-Origin Kids Among Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Teens...
Like each year, Time Magazine is out with its latest list of most influential people of 2018. While this list includes people from all spheres of life, there is also one section that features teens,...
View ArticleFor 5 Years Now, 11-YO Bodhisatva Has Been Fighting To Save The Forests of...
In 2007, when Amruta Khanderao moved to Bhosa, a small village near the Nilona Forest in Yavatmal district, she was mesmerised by the dense forest cover in the area. The teak trees were so thick that...
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