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Sneha Mathur, A New Role Model

In the early 1990s, at the then nascent MIFF (Mumbai International Festival for Documentary, Animation and Short Films), the package from Canada included a public interest ...

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#GoodNews: Murshidabad Children Set Example In Local Governance

Devising a development strategy is no child’s play. Institutionalising it on the ground is far more difficult. When such a strategy is brought about by children in th...

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Yuwa is hope

To be born a girl in Jharkhand, an Indian state about 700 miles southeast of New Delhi, often is to be sentenced to a life of poverty, illiteracy and violence. So when Fran...

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13 Artist Residencies Around India Worth Checking Out

For the aspiring artist today, the road is long and winding — and, often, lonely. For these wandering mavericks then, artist residencies are sanctums of peace; forwar...

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Why An IIT Bombay Grad Is Working With Independent Musicians In Rural India And Taking Them Global

What is the future of an independent musician in India, especially if he/she belongs to a small village? Why is the image of indie music restricted to a festival or a pub i...

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Akshay Kumar Donates Rs 1.08 Crore To Martyred Jawans’ Kin

Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar continues to do his bit for the jawans. The actor has donated Rs 1.08 crore to the families of twelve slain jawans of the Central Reserve P...

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From London To Coimbatore – How One Woman Is Educating Orphans And Changing Their Lives

Muthailan and Muthuvel’s alcoholic father abandoned his family, leaving them with no financial support. The single mother turned to prostitution to feed her children....

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Exclusive: Melinda Gates On The Power Of Women Coming Together

When women come together, change happens. I think I’ve always known this intuitively, but I really started paying attention 15 years ago, when I visited a village in ...

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The Story Of Ladakhi Village Farmstays, And The Mothers Who Run Them

Beyond majestic, wrinkled mountains and glistening glaciers, past the worn-thin touristy attractions of Leh city, Ladakh offers the opportunity to experience the gentle cha...

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This Village By Ganga Nurtures Jawans

The Abdul Hamid Bridge, named after the 1965 war’s Param Vir Chakra awardee, transports people beyond the Ganga and towards Gahmar. If the vast expanse of the river m...

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