The thought of crossing a public toilet while walking in India arouses feelings of nausea and disgust. Closing your nostrils with your fingertips might still
Everything blue in my cabin is an epitome of work day blues. Days in and out, newspapers lie unattended and files hardly looked at. Then,
Prayas is a social work demonstration project of the Criminology and Criminal Justice, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, established in 1990. Prayas’s focus is on
“Until I completed my Class 12 examination there was no electricity connection in my village. I have spent all my school life studying with a
Springs, a primary water source for villages in Uttarakhand and the Himalayan sub-continent, are vanishing resulting in loss of income and migration. The disappearance of these precious
Our armed forces are the guardians of our land, water and skies. They are the first respondersin any situation of combat, whether protecting the nation
Food, Farmers and Frenzy have for a year been the mainstay of India’s news-cycle as well as public discourse. While there can be longer debates
“I remember toiling in the fields barefoot, using my hands to spread the insecticides and pesticides. I could never dream of affording any technology. But
Nearly one in 10 children are subjected to forced labour worldwide — with some pushed into hazardous work through trafficking, as per UNICEF (United Nations
Apart from being a major health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is also one of the biggest educational calamities in human history. The effect is seen
There are no less than 1000 schools of various hues on 150-kms route from New Delhi to Anupshahar, a small town on the banks of
Aarohi was founded by Oona and Sushil Sharma, a rural development specialist and a doctor, respectively in August 1992. With experience of social work in
Anumuthu’s childhood was marred with poverty and struggle as a child laborer after he lost his father at only 7. Learning from his own experiences,
Reeta Kaushik, from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, has fought casteism at every turn. Having completed her post-graduation with great difficulty, she started Samudayik Kalyan Evam Vikas
Jawhar, a rural taluka located in Palghar District of Maharashtra, has traditionally been inhabited by tribals, engaged in agriculture, getting by on their meagre earnings.
From training them to be ready for school to providing food, convincing their parents and providing transport, this NGO is doing everything it can to
I had superannuated as Secretary, School Education and Literacy, Government of India in 2018 but it was difficult to get “disconnected” with this sector. And,
“I would see children just loitering about the village. I wanted to make sure their learning doesn’t stop.” Please find the video on the link
It is a movement to bring around good people to identify, understand, appreciate, replicate and scale good work that is being done in the society as a whole.