How ‘Local Narratives’ Are Bridging Bharat and the World Through Stories, Dignity, and Purposeful Travel
Most journeys begin with a destination, but ‘Local Narratives’ began with a question: What if the village itself became the teacher? Across rural India, where stories are inherited rather than manufactured, there exists a wealth of wisdom. This includes living crafts, rich food traditions, ecological knowledge, and community practices that rarely reach the outside world. […]
Another Daughter Lost: The Urgent, Inescapable Cycle We Ignore
She had been fourteen when she ran away. He had been nineteen, promising a life where love was enough. They married quietly in a temple, with no guests, no blessings, only hope. Back in their village, the families turned them away. Shock. Anger. Shame. So they left. The city offered them little. A slum room […]
Warp and Weft: “I am able to provide livelihood opportunities to other women weavers in the community.”
Minati started her business in July 2024 and, within a few months, started making a profit. Now, she is able to give extra weaving work to other women in the community who work in her workshop. Nestled in the back of her home, where she lives with her family, is a bamboo shed workshop which houses three Jacquard handlooms.
Empowering girls — the Protsahan way
While on a film shoot in 2010, Protsahan founder Sonal Kapoor met a young woman who had six daughters and was pregnant with her 7th child. On being asked about her circumstances, the woman narrated in a matter-of-fact way that she was ready to strangle her newborn if it was a girl once again. She […]
Construction of Integrated Child Development Scheme Center at Sundarban
Sandeshkhali Maa Saroda Women & Rural Welfare Society has been working in Sundarban area since 2009 in the field of Women Empowerment, Education, Health, Drinking Water, Livelihoods, Environment, and Relief etc. Our Volunteers are working in grass root level to understand the problems facing the peoples of Sundarban. After identification the problems, we try to […]
Prasanna Trust’s mission is to work towards the betterment of the poor and marginalized sections of our society
Guided by ancient wisdom in Hindu and global philosophies and under the aegis of Swamiji Sukhbodhananda, the mission of the Prasanna Trust is to work towards the betterment of the poor and marginalized sections of our society. The Prasanna Trust is a registered public charitable trust founded by Swamiji Sukhabodhananda in 1982. The Prasanna Trust […]
Tarunya Foundation, A mission to educate children with life skills
The youth in Tenkasi and Tirunelveli somehow managed to get a degree but often struggled to get a decent job. Being working closely on the ground with them, Anitha and Kavi understood these students and their families’ plight. Thus, the duo decided to work on their development, and Tarunya Foundation was born. “Lack of guidance in facing the real world and dealing with challenges hindered the student’s […]
Greenpeace India: power the pedal
In a bid to empower women from low-income groups, Greenpeace India has delivered bicycles to over 450 women laborers in Delhi and Bengaluru as part of the ‘power the pedal’ campaign. Focusing on the issue of gender equality in mobility, the campaign aims to create a community of 5,000 cyclists of female domestic labourers, who […]
A Tree library in Assam
The habit of reading should be sown in the fresh minds of the youngsters which would later bore fruits of learning. The Jorhat Chapter of NGO JCI Femina took the responsibility of inculcating the habit of reading in the young minds by setting up a library in a tree in Mariani town’s Girl High School […]
Learning for a Change
“Change is the result of all true learning.” – Leo Buscaglia The story of Saranya, a grade 8 student at Worli Naka Hindi Medium School in Mumbai, exemplifies this quote. Long ago, Saranya’s family migrated from Salem, Tamil Nadu, to Mumbai in search of better prospects. Her father, a school dropout, lost his ability to […]
