Meet Zara Xavier, the young leader uplifting underprivileged students by bridging the digital divide

by Namrata Srivastava | Mar 7, 2023

(March 7, 2023) ‘Education’, they say, ‘is the base of any great nation’. However, in today’s technology-driven world, underprivileged students find it quite difficult to keep up with the rapid rate of innovation. The inability to access...

The purpose driven: Meet 5 changemakers driving social change

by Charu Thakur | Feb 24, 2023

(February 24, 2023) “You are never too small to make a difference.” These words by Swedish environmentalist Greta Thunberg hold true for hundreds of changemakers who are up in arms to create a purposeful change, and young Indians are not far behind. From...

Shifting the goalpost: Ananya Kamboj spreads awareness through football

by Darshana Ramdev | Feb 4, 2023

(February 4, 2023) “Man up!” Footballer Ananya Kamboj would bristle everytime her coaches hurled the phrase at the girls’ team. Were they implying that girls are inferior, she would wonder. Kamboj, the first Indian to be selected at the FIFA U17...

Anvitha Kollipara: Using solar power to light up the lives of underprivileged kids in rural India

by Charu Thakur | Jan 17, 2023

(January 17, 2023) India is the third largest producer of electricity in the world, yet energy crisis and power outages are common, especially in rural areas. Kalipeswarapuram in the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh is no different. When Connecticut-born Anvitha...

Vihaan and Nav Agarwal: Teen eco-heroes helping Delhi manage its waste

by Darshana Ramdev | Nov 30, 2022

(November 30, 2022) In 2017, two people were killed in East Delhi when a large mound of garbage in the Ghazipur landfill collapsed, sweeping people in the vicinity into a nearby canal. Spread over 70 acres, with a mountain of garbage higher than a 15-storey building,...