by Amrita Priya | Dec 13, 2022
(December 13, 2022) “Didi, I need to protect myself.” Pooja Nagpal was taken aback, to say the least, by the diminutive teenager who stood before her, hand in a sling. The girl, Neha, had been beaten by a family member and knew she had to learn to defend...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 8, 2022
(December 7, 2022) Yash Gandhi was eleven months old, the much-adored firstborn son of Ash and Sonal Gandhi, when he was diagnosed with a rare, terminal disease. He wouldn’t make it past the age of five, doctors said, and there was nothing anyone could do....
by Amrita Priya | Dec 7, 2022
(December 7, 2022) A young 17-year-old took centre stage whilst top leaders from across the world gathered to discuss saving the planet from climate change at COP27 in Egypt. Addressing her audience, the young environment activist, Sagarika Sriram, pointed out the...
by Amrita Priya | 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,...
by Amrita Priya | Nov 23, 2022
(November 23, 2022) Every year since the time he was 10 years old, Soumya Ranjan Biswal has walked along the beach in Astaranga, weighted down by the big gunny bag slung across his shoulder, stopping to pick up empty bottles, plastic and all manner of trash that...
