Category: IANS Special Series

How art is reforming prisoners, giving them second chance at life

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) One often thinks of Indian prisons as dingy, cramped cells with their…

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To clean Goa beaches, this ‘waste-bar’ exchanges cigarette butts, used straws for beer

By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) You could be fined Rs 2,000 for drinking beer on a Goa beach,…

6 years ago

My writings are obliquely biographical: Aciman

By Binita Das Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) American author Andre Aciman, whose celebrated novel 'Call Me by Your Name' (CMBYN)…

6 years ago

How a Muslim aristocrat’s art collection became a national treasure

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Jan 20 (IANS) In this city of Charminar and Golconda Fort, of pearls and palaces, Salar…

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A school that challenged the claustrophobic orthodoxy of ‘purdah’

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Jan 13 (IANS) Located in the heart of the capital of Rajasthan, this all-girls school, started…

6 years ago

We want capital punishment for Ram Rahim: Chhatrapati’s son

Panchkula (Haryana), Jan 11 (IANS) The son of Sirsa-based journalist Ram Chandra Chhatrapati, who was murdered by aides of convicted…

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Woman acid attack survivor turns saviour for burn victims

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, Jan 6 (IANS) Even 12 years after she survived an acid attack by a jilted lover…

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How an all-women driving school is giving wings to women

By Brij Khandelwal Mathura/Agra, Dec 30 (IANS) On any busy traffic crossing in the historic Mughal city of Agra, one…

6 years ago

Fighting hunger: This NGO feeds 1.9 million children every day

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Dec 23 (IANS) In a country with the largest number of malnourished children in the world,…

6 years ago

Breaking the glass ceiling in a male world: How an all-women construction group built a Kerala house

By Sanu George Thodupuzha (Kerala), Dec 16 (IANS) In a small, tucked-away village in Kerala stands a 475-square feet house…

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How their jewellery-making skill is empowering women of the forest

By Kushagra Dixit Bandha Tola (Kanha Tiger Reserve), Dec 2 (IANS) Dependent on the forest for their day-to-day needs, women…

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A philanthropist’s mission: Giving dignity to the homeless and abandoned

By Mudita Girotra Gurugram, Nov 25 (IANS) When his single mother could not take care of the mentally-challenged boy Rinku,…

6 years ago

Phool Waalon Ki Sair: An offering of communal unity at altar of secular India

By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) When Syed Fariddudin Qutbi, the "khadim" (attendant) of the shrine of 13th…

6 years ago

How a Muslim trust is redefining charity, making it meaningful

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Nov 11 (IANS) There is no dearth of generous people in society who want to do…

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Empowering children to be future civic leaders

By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) While kids of their age were busy playing, 12-year-olds Jatin, Vikas and…

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A library run by industrial workers means world of change for children

By Jaideep Sarin Ludhiana (Punjab), Oct 21 (IANS) At first look, it is just another small room with one wall…

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From pain and penury to pinnacle of success: The winning tale of gritty Swapna Barman

By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Until that evening in Jakarta when the country celebrated her success with much…

6 years ago

What a woman! She battled personal odds to become crusader against child marriages

By Archana Sharma Jaipur, Oct 7 (IANS) Her struggle for survival began even before she was born. Her own family…

6 years ago

Babar Ali’s inspiring story: How a nine-year-old’s zeal brought education to Bengal’s poor

By Bhavana Akella Murshidabad (West Bengal), Sep 30 (IANS) Walking home from school in a small town in West Bengal,…

6 years ago

Matka Man: From London to Delhi on a thirst-quenching mission

By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Sep 23 (IANS) On a scorching summer day, the likes of which are plentiful in…

6 years ago



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