Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak outlines challenges of ...

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.

Trivia: the Indian Army

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...

Mumbai sees first ‘open’ transgender wedding

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.

Bridging the Gulf

NGO Series: Durbar – Empowerment of Sex Work...

Durbar, a large collective of sex workers in West Bengal, is working to ensure the rights of this largely marginalised section of society.

Who was the Indian poetess Savitribai Phule ?

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.

NGO Series: The Rising People Welfare Society

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...

20,000 NGO licenses cancelled in India

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.

Delhi metro’s masterstroke of turning waste into...

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.

NGO series: Vaani – Sound of the soul

To inaugurate a series on Indian Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) and to hold a light to their noble contributions to make the world a better place, MIG chose to start with an organisation which is dealing with a major yet unnoticed problem – hearing impairment. Not only V...