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‘Stree Soukhya’ delivers rural hygiene
Satara, Maharashtra: More than 300 million women do not have access to safe and hygienic products in India, which is endangering their health, curtailing their education and putting their livelihoods at risk, say experts at the Geneva-based Water Supply & ... -
Art of Living Programme Encourages Women to Quit Alcohol
Fulpur, Allahabaad: Three kilometers from the district headquarters, Fulpur, Bodai village had become a centre of alcoholism. Women tapped the business potential and produced alcohol to meet the demands of the locals as well as the neighboring areas. Soon ... -
Educating Tribal India
“I recently appeared for my board exams and have obtained 84 percent,” says Sunanda. Dressed in a blue skirt and checked shirt, her articulation and clear usage of language might betray you to think of her to be a product of a metropolitan school. Dig a l ... -
Rich Land, Rich Crops, Rich Hands
Click to enlarge infographic Farmers in India, who feed the whole country, don't have much for themselves. India is losing more than 2,000 farmers every single day, as villagers migrate to cities in search of better jobs. Nearly a quarter of a mill ... -
Powerhouse of Strength
Afflicted by polio, she has battled her illness with determination. Yet she has brought succor to villagers in Bihar by preventing girl child marriages. Social worker and an Art of Living faculty, Sangeeta Sinha recounts her journey. She sits in an electr ... -
Jal Jagruti Abhiyan breathes life into 22 rivers of Maharashtra
Villagers in parts of the Indian state of Maharashtra, who have been under severe water crisis for years, heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of water in river basins. From struggling to find enough water for consumption and agriculture to seeing overflo ... -
‘Convicts like family’: a policeman’s unique perspective
Among many policemen who serve the nation and maintain law and order, meet DSP of Ranchi who has walked an extra mile for transforming the lives of policemen and prisoners. “Even if it is a convict, I have learned to believe that nobody is bad." A ve ... -
Women of Naganadhi unite for river’s life
Sometimes pain can be turned into a powerful symbol of strength and revival. It can change the lives of everyone around. Ask the women of Kammavanpettai village in Tamil Nadu. Women were in despair at seeing the depleting levels of river Naganadhi, family ... -
A Jail Daughter
Indu Sinha has worked for the stress-relief of 5,000 prisoners across seven prisons in India. One morning, Indu Sinha, who was visiting her home state of Bihar, read a feature in the local newspaper of a massacre in Senari village where Naxalites beheaded ... -
Yes!Youth Program
A network of young leaders who empower themselves and their communities towards active citizenship “People always ask me, how’s Ocean View, and only now that I left do I realise this question irritates me,” says Jean. “Don’t ask me, go and see for yours ...