Raising Environmentally-Responsible Kids? These 7 Books Make It Simple & Fun!
Here are some books by well-regarded Indian authors that, without being moralistic or dull, encourage young readers to reflect on environmental issues and the strands of kinship that bind us to the...
View ArticleBrilliant! 18-YO Mangaluru Teen’s Rs 2 Innovation Can Help Detect...
Only a month ago, Muhammad Suhail CS turned 18. At an age where most students are busy deciding which career to pursue or the college they want to study at, this teen from Mangaluru is already a...
View ArticleMagnetic Shirt to Cooling Helmet: 2000+ Kids From Low-Income Schools Turn...
Is it a waste bottle? Is it a holder for spoons? No, it’s a low-cost water heater prototype made from a plastic bottle and two spoons! Proudly showing off his prototype, 11-year-old Ibrahim, a student...
View ArticleShaping Tomorrow: 5 Children Tell Us What They Want for India from Elections...
A few days ago as I sat with my morning cup of coffee, my 6-year-old asked me several questions about the upcoming elections. His queries were clear and precise. He knew what he wanted answers to and...
View Article7 Unique Summer Courses in India For High School Students
To begin with, I got my first curriculum vitae (CV) made after I had already received my law degree. It was a one-page document that merely stated where I had studied and the grades I had passed with....
View ArticleHyderabad MBA Quits Job to Run Viral Food Channel, Feeds 1200 Orphans/Month!
With a perennial smile on his face, a man dressed in a white kurta, pyjamas, and a taqiyah adorning his head, cooks in an open green field. Mixing ingredients, he whips up mouthwatering recipes from...
View ArticleIndian-Origin Teens Build Auto-Watering Device That Keeps Plants Alive When...
For Pratyush Bansal and Aekas Singh Gulati, vacation time was all about visiting their respective grandparents in India. The science buffs, who are students of Class 8 in the Global Indian...
View ArticleBabies Should Have No Screen Time, Says WHO: 5 Other Ways to Engage Your Kids!
According to the World Health Organisation guidelines, infants under the age of one should not be exposed to any screen time, and children between the ages of 2 and 4 should not have more than one hour...
View ArticleThis Couple’s Unique School in Assam Accepts Plastic Waste as School Fees!
The morning bells ring and groups of children with school bags on shoulders and polythene bags in hand, line up near the gate. Amidst bouts of giggles and quick steps they enter the campus under a...
View ArticleDaughter of Vegetable Sellers Scores 97.2% in Boards, Makes Whole of Mizoram...
Saturday, May 4, was an ordinary day for 16-year-old Lalrinnungi. After completing her studies and a few household chores in the morning, she left for the village market. Little did she know that an...
View ArticleAbhyas Galli, Mumbai’s Iconic ‘Study Street’ That Has Shaped the Careers of...
According to popular legend, if you lose anything in Mumbai, you can repurchase it in its iconic “Chor Bazaar.” But did you know that it was originally called Shor Bazaar, meaning “noisy market,” but...
View ArticleThis Incredible ‘Mother of Orphans’ Has Nurtured 27 Kids In the Last 26 Years!
It was like the world had stopped. I held her tiny body in my arms and froze. I couldn’t stop staring at this beautiful child on my lap; it felt like my life had found its purpose!” exclaims Annapurna...
View ArticleUndeterred by 24 Km Daily Commute, K’taka Farmer’s Son Tops CBSE Class 10...
For Yashas D, concepts like destiny or good luck are baseless myths. He believes that focus and hard work are the only two routes to success. Well, his belief bore fruit when the CBSE results for Class...
View ArticleHow Kirana Stores Are Helping Parents Fight Malnutrition in a Mumbai Slum
On the streets of Govandi, a suburban slum in eastern Mumbai, residents are headed to the nearest kirana store to pick up their groceries and other essentials. Additionally, they will also get the...
View Article15-YO Delhi Boy Raises Rs 12.5 Lakh To Buy Ambulance for An Old Age Home!
Vivhan Rekhi, a 15-year-old student of The British School in New Delhi, hails from a traditional business family living in one of the city’s poshest localities, Greater Kailash. Despite his background,...
View Article24x Stronger, 12x Cheaper, 8x Lighter: 17-YO Builds Green Material From Plastic!
For as long as he can remember, Mangaluru-based Swasthik Padma has been inclined to science and innovation. The 17-year-old likes to describe himself as an ‘innovator by heart and an entrepreneur by...
View ArticleThis Lady Has Single-Handedly Helped More Than 150 Terminally Ill Kids in Delhi!
Somewhere along the way, we must learn that there is nothing greater than to do something for others, Martin Luther King Jr. It was this realisation that changed 50-year-old Rachna Malik’s life. In a...
View Article12-Yo Chennai Girl With 79 Fossil Specimens Is India’s Youngest Palaeontologist!
Though 12-year-old Aswatha Biju is like every other preteen whose world revolved around school, friends and favourite hobbies, this young girl from Chennai is India’s youngest paleontologist, with a...
View ArticleLearning & Traveling: Bengaluru Mother’s Home-Schooling Ideas Are Teaching...
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – Augustine of Hippo. Lakshana and Shravan, a couple based in Bengaluru try to lead their lives by this quote. Parents to...
View ArticleMeet 3 IITians Using Live Tutoring to Prepare 15,000 Students for JEE, Other...
This article has been sponsored by Vedantu “I still can’t believe it!” says Sumit Jain, a 17-year-old resident of Satna in Madhya Pradesh who recently found out that he has bagged AIR 1 in JEE...
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