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5th Space Actions that Matter Youth

The enigma of constitutional impact and how a national game solved it!

March 22, 2019

5th Space Actions that Matter Education

How one man’s resilience is helping to break the shackles of the failing education system

February 14, 2019

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Stories from the Category

Young Changemakers

FIRST-HAND: First Hand testimonial of Sumanth who created an English curriculum for minority children in Hyderabad

Tuhin Sen March 28, 2019

FIRST-HAND: First-hand testimonial of Priya whose efforts changed the face of her rural neighbourhood

Tuhin Sen February 25, 2019

How Cleaning staff and 2 students from Jamshedpur are subtly rediscovering what it means to be free

Tuhin Sen February 22, 2019

How youth in Vellore are fighting their difficult upbringings by imbibing the core values of the constitution

Tuhin Sen February 12, 2019

How the constitution is unfurling the knotted diversity of India’s largest youth population

Tuhin Sen December 14, 2018

Project No Hunger: Teenager trio from Delhi who are relentlessly crusading to vanquish Hunger

Suma Perumal September 13, 2018

Debunking conventional hospitality, this backpacker’s hostel is creating a therapeutic tribe

Tanvi Desai September 12, 2018

Two friends who are turning rural youth into social changemakers in a village with high dropouts

Jyoti Yadav August 27, 2018

Stories from the Category

Unsung Heroes

[MY STORY] I met a teacher on my work trip to a remote Himalayan Village and it changed my understanding of grit and determination

Milaap February 16, 2019

Green People

How a group of volunteers are setting up examples of rural tourism and organic farms in Uttarakhand to inspire thousands of villagers to come back home

Sonal Paliwal March 20, 2018

Sarbjeet Singh

Sarbjeet Singh – A man blessing from Shimla who has arranged 20,000 units of blood for many hospitals, runs a free canteen for hospital patients and drives a free-of-cost funeral van

Debarati Choudhary March 12, 2018

Stories from the Category

THE IDEA

A young Couple who left their illustrious careers to weave Personalised Heroic Tales for Children across the Globe

Nazneen Kachwala October 31, 2018

A new ‘thought’ by a quartet of youngsters is bringing rural artisans to limelight

Milaap September 14, 2018

An NGO is utilising colour to honour its patrons and support entrepreneurs from distressed communities

THE OPTIMIST CITIZEN September 1, 2018

Stories from the Category

THE ACTION

A young man’s incessant tussle to bring dignity for the sex workers of New Delhi

Tuhin Sen November 27, 2018

A resolute volunteer from Lady Shri Ram College who broke the ceiling of patriarchy and created inclusive spaces for the oppressed

Tanvi Desai October 29, 2018

How young volunteers are striving to feed 120000 victims, 30000 children and setting up medical camps in 60 villages

Shubham Khairnar August 21, 2018

Stories from the Category

THE PEOPLE

Kids of a primary school in a financially marginalized community of Gujarat dare to dream

Tuhin Sen November 30, 2018

Ima Keithel – The oldest woman run market of Asia, a vocal flux of women voices in Manipur

Milaap May 23, 2018

A girl from a deprived community turns Director and all it took was a Donated Camera

Nikita Kothari April 13, 2018

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THE IMPACT

How a couple is changing lives in tribal hamlets of Maharashtra using forgotten government schemes

Nazneen Kachwala November 11, 2018

For those who love – The Faces who won the fight against Section 377

THE OPTIMIST CITIZEN September 6, 2018

In the valley, beyond the unrest, young Kashmiris are building mental peace in youth through art

Tannison Mathews August 17, 2018