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Meet the water warriors working with FORCE for mission 'blue planet'

FORCE, a Delhi-based organisation of water warriors, is pushing for rainwater harvesting and recharging systems, writes Geetanjali Krishna

The teacher from Dombautiya

Tudu's efforts have had quite an impact on her village. She's been able to convince three dropouts to return to school

Hearing them out: How Access Mantra helps the deaf with opportunities

From information on ISL classes, interpreters and legal/medical services to job listings and even matrimonial prospects, the Access Mantra website has it all

The stories of 'non'-citizens

'What grabbed my attention were the testimonies of people excluded from the NRC', says the author

Meet Anand Malligavad, a techie who has revived dying Bengaluru's lakes

Malligavad has developed a lake revival model that could be quickly and cheaply replicated across different terrains

Shakuntala Devi's pumpkin saga

We don't necessarily need only large scale, expensive measures to address our water woes, says the author

Shikoh Zaidi's Red Revolution

Zaidi wants to study law and hopes to join the IAS

Slum Soccer transforms the lives of slum children with the help of football

Slum Soccer has won the FIFA Diversity Award 2016 and FICCI Gender Diversity Award 2018. It now plans to mentor talented footballers under 14 years of age

Prafull Sawant and his Super 25

The idea of a free learning centre took birth in Sawant's mind while he was still in school

How this advocacy group is fighting to bring Yamuna back to life

The Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan is strenuously advocating cleanup and restoration of the river

Scaling new heights, literally!

The story of Monika, the girl who was selected to be part of an all-female scientific wilderness expedition, Girls on Ice Cascades, in Washington, USA

How an Indian startup improved incomes and efficiency of truck drivers

The interface for drivers includes an audio option and notifications about every incentive they can get

A world cup with a difference

"Slums are a storehouse of untapped talent and many children languish there because of the lack of opportunities"

Street children get shelter and canvas to paint, thanks to Artreach India

At their ongoing community art project at a homeless shelter in Delhi's Jama Masjid, the act of painting was intensely therapeutic for the women participants

The story of a 'part-time' grad

Why was it so easy for students to get a college degree?, asked the author

Nature's own museums

Cities and Canopies is a fun, simple read because it conjures up a wistful nostalgia for a simpler time when people and trees coexisted in harmony

Shramik Bharti trains farmers to use desi seeds, make their own fertiliser

Meet these modern "zero-budget farmers", who are not only saving at least Rs 2,000 per bigha in input costs but also enthusiastic partners in a new green revolution germinating in the region

Could doomsday be upon us?

Cleaning their beds and employing natural filtration methods is a relatively inexpensive way to recharge underground aquifers today - and could ensure greater water availability in future

The things we take for granted

In Bhadrak, as we toured several villages collecting pre-intervention case studies for the international NGO WaterAid, said the author

ILF places India's uncelebrated historical monuments on the online map

Today, ILF has got 200 colleges to participate in the heritage map challenge and a growing network of experts to tell their stories