Society
In an era of economic growth, women remain worse o...
January 20, 2017
According to a recent report named ‘An economy for the 99 percent’ by Oxfam, an international confederation of charitable organisations focused on the alleviation of global poverty, the gap between rich and poor is far greater than had been feared. The report shows how our br...
Read MoreGayatri Chakravorty Spivak outlines challenges of ...
January 18, 2017
At a recent event in Kolkata, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak raised points on growing problems of education in practice and pushed for reforms for quality education.
Read MoreTrivia: the Indian Army
January 18, 2017
Founded on April 1, 1895, with the motto, ‘Service before Self’, the Indian Army has been working day and night since then to keep the nation sound and solid. And, not just that, they have achieved many milestones throughout their journey, which give us many reasons to be pro...
Read MoreMumbai sees first ‘open’ transgender wedding
January 7, 2017
The city of Mumbai saw the most unique kind of marriage as Madhuri Sarode, a transgender, married her boyfriend of five years, Jay Kumar Sharma. Though this is not the first transgender marriage in India, their marriage is unique as this wasn’t held in secret.
Read MoreNGO Series: Durbar – Empowerment of Sex Work...
January 4, 2017
Durbar, a large collective of sex workers in West Bengal, is working to ensure the rights of this largely marginalised section of society.
Read MoreWho was the Indian poetess Savitribai Phule ?
January 4, 2017
Celebrating the birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule, the poetess who stood against caste and gender-based discrimination in India during colonial times, Google India shows a meaningful gesture.
Read MoreNGO Series: The Rising People Welfare Society
January 3, 2017
In an effort to contribute to the society, a movement by young people taking ownership of the institutionalised children in the community led to the formation of ‘The Rising People Welfare Society’, an NGO in New Delhi that helps provide education and healthcare to Delhi's ma...
Read More20,000 NGO licenses cancelled in India
December 28, 2016
A year ago, the Indian government became compulsively vigilant on foreign funds procured by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and now, out of the 33,000 NGOs in the country, 20,000 have their licences cancelled for violation of laws.
Read MoreDelhi metro’s masterstroke of turning waste into...
December 28, 2016
In a bid to reuse the thousands of tonnes of waste that the Indian capital generates on a daily basis, the authorities of Delhi Metro are developing art by using waste and going green.
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