Joy of Giving Week celebrations in Bengaluru
The Joy of Giving Week is India’s “festival of giving”! Launched in 2009, the festival is…
Monthly Archives: September, 2013
Tour de Kashmir – First of its kind cycling event in India
Tour de Kashmir : A 5 day cycling event across the extravagantly beautiful Kashmir. The…
CGNet Swara: A cellphone based voice forum for rural India
India’s tribal population is highly under-represented in our national discussion forums. You will never find an…
A trip to Bidar Fort,Karnataka
Bidar Fort is situated in Bidar district of the northern plateau of Karanataka, India. Sultan…
Anuradha Bandari : How one student helped 300 villagers
I believe that our country has everything that it needs-we’re just not using what we…
Sikkim: India’s greenest state!
Owing to proper conservation and protection of forest areas, Sikkim continues to be India’s greenest…
The story of a village boy who turned his problems into opportunities
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves…
No more manual scavengers: Anti-manual scavenging Bill 2013
The first time I heard about manual scavenging was in an episode of the television show…
Karnataka minister jumps into lake to save 6 people from drowning
On September 17, Karnataka minister Kimmane Ratnakar saved a family of 6 from drowning into…
A solution to the problem of storage of foodgrains in India
In the past couple of years, the problem of insufficient facilities for storage of foodgrains in India…
Maithry Onam Celebrations: Voice of a Child inspires Keralites to sponsor Education in Tribal School
“Be a Mahabali”, was the slogan of Voice of a Child (VOC), a California Non-Profit,…
India’s 5 year old chess champs!
Indians put up a splendid performance at the recently held Asian Schools Chess Championship 2013…
Groundbreaking brain research by Indian scientist
In India when it comes to health, we like to confine our discussions to weight problems, diet…
Ensuring food security with an efficient Public Distribution System
With the Food Security Bill almost ready to be rolled out, it seems like a…
13 year old girl makes it to MSc Microbiology at Lucknow University
This is the story of Sushma Verma. She is 13 and she recently got selected…
Uttam Teron: The man who educated 11 villages
What better day than Teachers Day to reflect upon the role of education and our gurus in…
IIT Madras designs satellite to predict earthquakes
IITMSAT, the first satellite of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, will attempt to study…