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Lychee, Malnutrition or Heat Wave: What, Why & How of Deadly Encephalitis...
Between 2008 and 2014, more than 6,000 people died of Encephalitis in India. They were among the 44,000 cases that surfaced in parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. This year, the infectious disease, Acute...
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Coimbatore Initiative Serves Junk-Free Snacks & Lunches to Thousands of...
At the break of dawn, the whistle of the pressure cooker resounded through the walls, piercing into the deepest of slumber. A clarion call for impending madness of a day, it would set the chores...
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Odisha Tea-Seller Became a Teacher to Help Needy Kids Crack NEET For Free!
When the results of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2019 were announced earlier this month, perhaps no other teacher would be more ecstatic than Ajay Bahadur Singh. Fourteen of his...
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Made of Cardboard, This Rs 10 School Bag Doubles As a Desk For Rural Kids!
Every morning, carrying a burden of neatly arranged books wrapped in plastic in one hand and an umbrella on the other, eight-year-old Ganesh Sanas walks almost three kilometres dodging the monsoon...
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Phantom Cigarettes to Lijjat Papad: 6 Delicacies Every 90s Kid Grew Up On!
Nostalgia is adulthood’s best friend. From keeping you calm with sudden bouts and flashes of the pristine past to boasting about childhood stories of mischief and embarrassments over a few cocktails,...
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Parenting in the Digital Age: 4 Ways to Keep Your Kids Safe When Online
They say that it takes a village to raise a child. However, in today’s digital age, one could be forgiven if they feel that it is Google that helps us raise our kids. Whether it is parents looking for...
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50K+ Assam Kids Grow Organic Veggies In School Backyards, Earn Neat Profits!
Being forced to eat and appreciate vegetables, especially the dreaded Karela (bitter gourd), is an extremely painful memory from my childhood. My grandmother would come up with myriad ways of...
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Son’s Rejection From 42 Schools Made This Mom Start a ‘Home’ For Special Kids
When faced with rejection, different people react differently. While most of us curl up in the darkness to escape the sadness and pain, only a few take a step back to contemplate and come out stronger...
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Here’s The Inspiring Reason Why The Army Invited This 7-YO Amputee To Their...
“I wish it was a fictional story and not our real life,” says Dr Nisha Tiwari, and I am struck by the pain in her voice, even though this is a phone call, and she is miles away in Delhi. 15th September...
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16-YO’s Landslide Detection Device Can Make Mumbai’s Self-Engineered Slums Safer
Taking on the daunting task of dealing with Mumbai monsoons, Riyaan Bakhda, a Class 12 student of Dhirubhai Ambani International School, has not only been spreading awareness about disaster management...
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‘My School, My Farm’: Mizoram IAS Officer Tackles Malnutrition With a...
On her first visit to the remote hill slopes of Lawngtlai District, Mizoram, for her new posting, Shashanka Ala, a 2014-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was struck by the sheer time...
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One-of-a-Kind Innovation Recreates ‘Mother’s Womb’ Feeling to Help Newborns...
There are some things that no one tells you before you become a parent. One of them is how, for the foreseeable future, you will remain sleep deprived. I was always told, ‘Nap when your baby naps.’...
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This Powerful Photo-Initiative Fights the Stigma Against Public Breastfeeding!
Did you know that the lives of almost 8,23,000 children and 20,000 mothers could be saved annually by breastfeeding? Asks Chicago-based Aishwarya Rajan Babu, founder of The Mommy Series, an online...
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India’s Education Policy Updates After 30 Years: 4 Experts Share What It...
On 31 May 2019, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) released a draft of the National Education Policy (NEP). This is the first update to India’s education policy in nearly 30 years, and...
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Once a Child Labourer, Ranchi Man Has Rescued 4000 Women & Kids From...
The stage was set. And the prey was within reach. A call from an informer confirmed that he had arrived with promises of a better life. Baidnath Kumar smiled in anticipation as he closed the net that...
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TN Woman Helps Schools, Anganwadis Build Edible Gardens For Students!
What does a typical day within a school campus look like? Children running around or painting and perhaps even sitting in silence, immersed in reading? Want to begin gardening in your own backyard?...
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Kerala School Breaks Stereotypes, Introduces Gender-Neutral Uniforms For...
Valayanchirangara LP, a 104-year-old government primary school in Ernakulam district of Kerala is quite unique, besides the reason it is in the news these days. An all-woman team of teachers and staff...
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Ragpicker to Forbes List: How a Homeless Child Became an International...
The 11-year-old boy stood aghast at the chaos of the New Delhi railway station. The melee of passengers-walking, running and pushing to get to their destination was overwhelming. As the tears began to...
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How Unsold Food From Bengaluru, Mumbai Airports Is Feeding 100+ Kids Daily!
40 per cent of the food that India produces is lost or wasted, according to estimates by the United Nations. Ironically, the figures of people going hungry daily is also high at 194 million. There are...
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Parents, Is Your Child Coping With Trauma? Here’s How You Can Help Them
Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning, anyone can start over and make a new ending.” -Chico Xavier Children are resilient; stress which is natural to growth–leaving caregivers for a day at...
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