Category: IANS Special Series

Daring to dream: How football changed the life of a poor Dalit girl

By Mudita Girotra Alakhpura (Haryana), April 29 (IANS) About four years ago, 15-year-old Anyabai won Rs 54,000 when she led…

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‘Concept of equality’ pervades world’s biggest community kitchen

By Jaideep Sarin Amritsar (Punjab), April 22 (IANS) If there is one big leveller for people, irrespective of their religion,…

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Beyond religion: Muslim cooperative society helps transform lives of Hindus, others

By Imran Khan Patna, April 15 (IANS) Kamla Devi, Pankaj Kumar, Geeta Devi and Sanjay Singh, all Hindus, share one…

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Setting an example: Temple, mosque, gurdwara join hands in this small UP town

By Kushagra Dixit Maholi (Uttar Pradesh), April 8 (IANS) With inter-community violence reported from many parts of India in a…

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Jayamma’s story: From victim to crusader for sex workers

By Mamta Aggarwal Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) Jayamma Bhandari was orphaned at the age of three and spend her childhood…

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Save our girls: Change comes from below for Rajasthan’s women

By Somrita Ghosh Jhunjhunu, March 25 (IANS) Sending her elder daughter Manushree to an English-medium school in Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) was…

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Raabta: Facebook helping revive composite culture, bridge social gap in Kashmir

By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) "Winter will go, snow will melt to make way for warmth of…

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Fighting climate change: How a ‘crazy’ engineer solved Ladakh’s water crisis

By Kushagra Dixit Leh, March 11 (IANS) Years back, on a harsh winter morning in Ladakh in the northernmost Himalayas…

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The invincible: A disabled woman’s relentless fight for accessibility

By Bhavana Akella Bengaluru, March 4 (IANS) Never give up -- these were the simple yet profound words that kept…

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Flying high: Changing the narrative on disability

By Somrita Ghosh Pune, Feb 25 (IANS) Divyanshu Ganatra was just 19 when glaucoma claimed his eyesight. Being a nature's…

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How Darul Umoor is turning madrassa graduates into change agents of society

By Abu Zafar Srirangapatna (Karnataka), Feb 11 (IANS) Surrounded by a cluster of coconut trees and at a stone's throw…

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Kachchrapur to Safaipur: The magical transformation of a historic Delhi neighbourhood

By Mudita Girotra New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Ten-year-old Chandni, living in the predominantly Muslim settlement of Hazrat Nizamuddin that…

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Amazing journey: Sightless man with the clearest vision

By Mamta Aggarwal New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) He suffered from meningitis and became visually impaired when he was only…

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Hyderabad trust shows zakat’s potential to bring change through education

By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, Jan 21 (IANS) One of the five pillars of Islam, "zakat" is mandatory charity for every…

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Feeding the hungry: Cancer doesn’t detract him from his life’s mission

By Jaideep Sarin Chandigarh, Jan 14 (IANS) He is 83 years old and has been serving free food to the…

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Bend it like the Alakhpura girls: Football empowers in a Haryana village

By Mudita Girotra Alakhpura (Haryana), Jan 7 (IANS) On a cold and wet winter afternoon, some 30 km from the…

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Inspiring change: When a once-arid village becomes a national model

By Bhavana Akella ProtoVillage (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 31 (IANS) John F. Kennedy said "One person can make a difference, and…

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‘Rasta’ shows poor Muslim girls the path to education

By Nikhil M. Babu Khoda (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 24 (IANS) Ten years ago, when three women walked into Shabnam's one-roomed…

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On a wing and verse: Bengal girl gives poetic meaning to broken life

By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, Dec 17 (IANS) Eight years back, Sathi Mondal was a normal, jovial teenager, enjoying life and…

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Making a difference: Teenager’s passion sets an example in Kashmir

By Sheikh Qayoom Laharwalpora (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec 10 (IANS) Bilal Ahmad Dar, 18, is ready to start his daily…

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