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How Volunteer Teachers are Bringing Electricity to a Small Mountain School in...
Keerthi Sagar and Nagakarthik MP are engineers by qualification. They had lucrative jobs in the tech industry before realising that perhaps it was not for them. So, Nagakarthik quit his job and found...
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What the USA Can Learn From India About Net Neutrality
On Tuesday, Ajit Pai, the head of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rolled out a plan to repeal the landmark rules regarding net neutrality that were passed in 2015. At present, the rules...
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Ambedkar’s Lessons Have a Greater Relevance Today Than 70 Years Ago
It was the day of 25 November 1949 when Dr B.R Ambedkar, being the legendary intellect and future thinkers he was, stood as a speaker in front of our highly esteemed Constituent Assembly. While...
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Special Gesture Opens Chandigarh Carnival’s Arms to Transgenders
The Chandigarh Carnival began on November 24, this year. As part of the three-day celebrations, a stall has been allotted to the transgender community. This decision was taken by the Tourism Department...
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This Ex-Armed Forces Veteran Needs Your Help to Educate Underprivileged...
Imagine a scene, where a teacher walks into a classroom with broken window panes, poor lighting, inadequate standards of cleanliness and no plug point to even use basic teaching equipment like a...
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Water Is Precious and This Hyderabad Lady Is Going All out to Save Every Drop!
Water is scarce. Apart from the fact that it is in short supply, the pollution of water-bodies doesn’t help the cause. Hyderabad is facing an ongoing water-crisis, one which forces citizens to buy...
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Bengaluru Plans ‘Less Traffic Day’ from February 2018. Here Are the Details
The toxic smog that has engulfed Delhi continues to affect the city. To ensure that Bengaluru does not face the same situation, the State Government is launching a campaign to ease the number of...
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Equality Gets a Boost in Chattisgarh, as Police Force Set to Hire Transgenders
Out of 27 districts in Chattisgarh, 17 are reeling from the Maoist insurgency. To tackle this issue, the Chattisgarh Police Force is planning to recruit 35,000 constables from these 27 districts. In a...
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Assam’s Dhruv Pedalled His Floating Bamboo Cycle down the Thames to Clean It!
Dhruv Boruah, an entrepreneur, loves sailing and adventure. His passion led him to get involved in Ocean Racing, and while sailing from London to Brazil, and noticed how the waters were full of plastic...
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A Tsunami Swept Away Their Kids, but This Couple Are Now Parents to 36 Orphans
Fondly known as Appa, among the children he takes care of, Parmeshwaran, and his wife Choodamani, have quite a packed daily schedule. Naturally, as taking care of 36 orphans isn’t an easy task....
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Want to Make a Birthday Extra Special? Take a Cue from This Retired Professor
The omnipresence of plastic, in places of worship, hospitals, shops and everywhere else, is unnerving, and one man takes his crusade against plastic very seriously. Professor Rajamani Ramakunja, a...
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Worried of Food Adulteration? File a Complaint & the Govt Will Pay for the...
We live in a time when food adulteration is widespread, and the belief that there is not much that one can do to tackle the problem is what deters most of us from actually taking action against this...
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Lack of Menstrual Hygiene Costs Women a Lot. Join Ruhpreet in Changing That
Twenty-six-year-old Ruhpreet returned to India in May 2017, after a traumatic divorce. The troubles she faced in her marriage left a strong impression on her mind, and she decided she would help women...
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Time’s Up: Here’s How Indian Cinema Can Take a Stand Against Sexual Harassment
Women in Hollywood are driven by outrage. The new year has brought with it an intolerance towards sexual harassment in the industry as well as blue-collar workplaces all over the world. Driven by the...
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Karnataka Sets Example; Govt to Cut Power of Factories Using Child Labour
Childhood is a wonderful time indeed. To play, learn, absorb and develop one’s mind, body and soul. Spending time doing all of the above, some of us wish we never grew up, and some of us just refused...
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Meet Mittal Patel, Who Skipped Her IAS Dreams to Uplift India’s ‘Criminal’...
Mittal Patel grew up in the Gujarati village of Shankhalpur, with the dream of becoming an IAS officer. However, life had different plans for her. While she shifted to Ahmedabad to study for the UPSC...
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Nagpur’s Vidya Kamble Becomes First Transgender Member Judge at Maharashtra...
Since 2014, when the Apex Court recognised transgenders as a third gender, a lot has changed for them in the country. In passing the order, the apex court said that transgenders would be allowed...
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5 Times Ordinary Citizens Took Extraordinary Steps for a Greener Future!
World Environment Day is celebrated to raise awareness about conservation, and sustainability and also remind us just how harmful pollution is. India will be hosting World Environment Day on June 5,...
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Members of the transgender community in India have undergone countless trials and tribulations throughout history. A film titled “Mr. Nangai,” directed by Ashwin Kumar, examines the the plight of these...
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Dear Sridevi, Thank You for Always Being There”: LGBT Activist Harish Iyer
My first memory of Sridevi is from ‘Chaal Baaz’. A trapped girl who found her escape in dancing – that version of Sridevi appealed to me. I remember watching that movie on a VHS tape at home, at least...
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