by Charu Thakur | Aug 5, 2022
(August 5, 2022) A hospital visit for her project Compassionate Clowns changed Nikhiya Shamsher’s life forever. She was just 14 when she saw a man whose half jaw was removed due to oral cancer. Upon inquiring about him, the nurse affirmed that he was one of the...
by Darshana Ramdev | Jun 16, 2022
(June 16, 2022) When she travelled to the Arctic in 2013, Canadian student and researcher Maya Burhanpurkar was, understandably, blown away by the incredible beauty of the glacial landscapes that surrounded her. There was, however, a sense of foreboding – the...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 10, 2022
(June 10, 2022) As a 15-year-old visiting India from Saudi Arabia, Zain Samdani had no idea that this family vacation was set to change the course of his life. A meeting with his partially paralysed distant maternal uncle left him “shocked.” In the era of...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 7, 2022
(June 7, 2022) For a young seventh grader, losing seven close family members to heart ailments within a year was a traumatising experience. Her grief soon turned into a quest to discover the root cause. The findings led to a startling revelation – the lack of...
by sanjana | Apr 23, 2022
(April 23, 2022) He was 12 when the infamous Nirbhaya rape case shook the nation in 2012. People took to the streets asking for justice, and his mom was one among them. Curious about the protests and confused about the word rape, Siddharth Mandala joined his mom for...