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By Merril Diniz: Image posted by Chetna Organic on Facebook In 2008, British journalist Andrew Malone took a trip to Maharashtra to investigate a phenomenon that had come to be known as the “GM...
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Meet The People Who’re Trying To Fix India’s Broken Education System, And How!
By Akshay Saxena: India has more students in high school than Great Britain has people. India also has one of the worst performing school systems in the world. And no, it’s not just our government...
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Looking For A Social Change Opportunity? Here Are 5 Things To Know Before You...
By Merril Diniz: In the early 2000s, a conversation on volunteering was typically met with questions like “why should I volunteer?” and “what is the benefit to me?” as opposed to statements like “I...
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The Work Of These 7 Incredible Artists Shows How Their Disabilities Don’t...
By Preena Gadra: For art to leave a mark, talent is a prerequisite. But talent isn’t something only the ‘abled’ can lay claim to. Some of India’s most talented painters, sculptors and other kinds of...
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How The Dream Of ‘Clean India’ Ignores Ragpickers Who Work For Little Money...
By Abhimanyu Singh for Youth Ki Awaaz: Image source: REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri India has a serious garbage disposal problem. The quantum of garbage generated has gone up and even smaller cities are...
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This Real-Life ‘Swades’ Story Led An IT Professional To Find His True Calling
By Anvesh Thirukovalluru: Image posted by Anvesh on Facebook. We hardly ever question why we are doing something – especially if that option provides most of our material comforts. But if one were to...
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What These 5 Had To Say About Being Agents Of Change Is Truly Powerful And...
By Lipi Mehta: This Women’s Day, Youth Ki Awaaz, in association with Havells India, hosted a very special Twitter chat. We reached out to five inspiring changemakers whose work has helped create a more...
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Meet The Badass Female Forest Officers Who Are Saving Our Lions!
By Shambhavi Saxena: Image source: REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee In 1971, Helen Reddy sang “I am woman, hear me roar”. Today the Lion Queens of Gir National Park are really bringing that lyric to life....
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5 Ways In Which Volunteering Can Actually Land You A Job
By Merril Diniz: According to Rahul Nainwal, Founder of the India Fellow programme, volunteering is a great way to develop up some real, in-demand work skills. So, we thought of exploring what these...
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‘This Disease Completely Changed My Life, Robbed Me Of My Job, My Future And...
Submitted anonymously: Representation only. Source: Flickr I was working as an IT professional in a reputed multi-national company in Mumbai since 2012. Just like any Mumbaikar, I was working day and...
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This Graduate Learnt More In 4 Months Of Volunteering Than Most Do In College
By Laxminarayana Doosa: A 22-year old graduate, fresh out of city life, I was like most others around me who were up for going to villages to make some ground change possible. We had all the excitement...
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Meet ‘Your Dost’, An Online Community That’s Helping Thousands Cope With...
By Richa Singh: Image posted by Your DOST on Facebook Stress, anxiety and depression can affect anyone. These are not diseases, but they surely can affect our mental and physical well-being if not...
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What I Learnt From Visiting Haryana’s ‘Khap’ Lands To Talk About Women’s...
By Yashaswini: Yashaswini (second from right) Decision-making is never easy. Yet, as a fresh graduate from Chennai in 2012, with all my enthusiasm to ‘do something’, it was an easy choice to not sit...
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With Her App, One Woman Is Trying To Make Finding Love Easier For The...
By Rohini Banerjee: These days when we hear of online dating – of couples who met on Tinder, Facebook, and so on – we rarely blink an eye. But while resorting to an app or website, to find one’s...
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It’s Tragic How This 18-Year-Old Has To Hide His Suffering Because Of Social...
By Linnet Griffith-Jones: Vijayakumar (left) with a Rainbow TB Forum member Happy to discuss his status as co-infected with HIV and TB with strangers, the one thing that 18-year-old Vijayakumar...
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This Brave 22-Year-Old’s Story Of Helping Girls Fight Against Child Marriage...
By Nazeef Mollah: Santwana Kar. Image credit: CINI. Santwana Kar stands out among the thousands of girls who, like her, are enrolled in a post-graduate programme; at the age 22, this confident and...
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How The ‘Water Man Of India’ Revived An Ancient Tradition To Bring Water To...
By Shambhavi Saxena: Growing up in New Delhi has always meant contending with some sort of water shortage. It’s often meant filling up buckets and drums at 4 am, or clicking your tongue at the water...
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How A Biker And Her Army Of 23,000 People Are Saving Hundreds Of Animals Daily
By Amritika Phool: Meet my pet brigade: I have three dogs and twelve cats. All of who were rescued. My golden retriever is epileptic. My desi mix came to me with mange. My German shepherd has E. coli...
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By YKA Staff: Despite India having taken recent steps in bringing forth rural development, there is one issue that’s still a major concern, and that is our continued water crisis. The availability of...
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10 Powerful Photos That Reveal The Disturbing Reality Of India’s Water Crisis
By Anugraha Hadke: Water is just one of those things that you take for granted as long as you have it, but the moment you run short, your whole life can come to a stop. It is surprising to see how...
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