
Jalandhar: In a state infamous for female foeticide, Prakash Kaur is mother to 60 abandoned girls in Jalandhar. She has given them a life to look forward to, when their own parents wished they were dead. No one knows when they were born. But for Sheeba, for little Zeinab and their 60 sisters, April 24 is special as it is their birthday. Prakash doesn't like to look back. Sixty years...

09:09 AM, Aug 01, 2011

Ranchi: Doctor Shyama Prasad Mukherjee has been treating poor patients for a mere Rs five for the last 55 years. He is said to be a medical marvel of a different kind. His consultation charges have helped many poor patients in times of sickness when other doctors and hospitals are too expensive for them. One such family who have immense respect for Dr Mukherjee is that of Harinandan Singh. Singh,...

10:25 AM, Jul 30, 2011

Uttam Teron set up Parijat academy in a village in Assam which opened up a whole new world of learning for the tribal children. ...

09:12 AM, Jul 29, 2011

Imphal: Manipur's Binalaxmi Nepram, who's seen how militancy has permanently scarred women in her state, has set up the Manipur Women Gun Survivours Network for widows who have lost their husbands in the ongoing conflict in the state. More than 20,000 people have lost their lives in the killing fields of Manipur in the last five decades and every year more than three hundred widows are created because of the...

08:53 AM, Jul 28, 2011

West Champaran: An electrical engineer Gyanesh Pandey left behind his American dream to bring light to villages in Bihar. Gyanesh Pandey is the founder of Husk Power system, the technology which is illuminating thousands of homes across 250 villages in Bihar. An electrical engineer from Benaras Hindu University, a cushy job took him to Los Angeles. But Gyanesh could never get over the darkness he saw as a child in...

08:44 AM, Jul 26, 2011

Purulia: Fourteen-year-old Bina Kalindi, a resident of West Bengal's Purulia district is fighting the illegal but still prevalent practice of Child Marriages. In the land of the powerful Goddess, her daughters are helpless. Even before they can realize, child marriage or 'ballo vivaho' abruptly ends their childhood and they are forced to walk into a life of unimaginable horrors. Sixteen-year-old Saraswati was married off at the age of 12 years....

08:51 AM, Jul 25, 2011

The award-winning Shillong Chamber Choir will perform for Barack Obama in New Delhi. ...

04:23 PM, Nov 07, 2010
Pratapura (Gujarat): Karsanbhai Patel has been training children of his village to swim in a local lake. He saw an opportunity where others saw only a dirty lake. For 28 years, there have been no professional facilities, yet the children he trained have gone on to become national champions. Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will probably never know about his popularity thousands of miles away in a tiny village of...

11:04 PM, Aug 14, 2010

India also has about two lakh Tibetans and Sri Lankans living with hope and despair. ...

11:31 PM, Jun 18, 2010
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Mahesh Bhatt accused by JNU students of distorting facts ...

06:31 PM, May 10, 2010

Daughters of sex workers have formed an organisation called Parcham. ...

11:13 AM, Feb 24, 2010

Mrityunjay Tiwari uses football to get girls in Mastichak village into schools. ...

02:02 PM, Feb 23, 2010

A report from Kumartuli or the artisan's colony in North Kolkata. ...

03:06 PM, Sep 25, 2009

There is much more to Durga Puja than just worshiping the idol of the Goddess. ...

01:27 AM, Sep 24, 2009

What makes Bengalis so excited about Durga Puja? Take a look at their films. ...

03:46 PM, Sep 22, 2009