Want to study further, but lack funds? There's hope for the cash-strapped

Whether it is for disaster relief or a personal cause, some online platforms help you raise funds for a fee

Want to study further but don’t have the funds or unable to procure an education loan? There is hope for the cash-strapped. It is called crowdfunding. Subhash Singh (name changed) did precisely that a few years back. He was able to raise as much as Rs 250,000 through this route. More recently, a large number of people are raising disaster-relief funds for the Kerala deluge.

But how does one go about raising money through this route? Crowdfunding, as the name suggests, is money raised from a large number of people (generally small amounts) for various causes. It is mostly done