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Signs Of Light: Good News From South Asia
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| An Untiring Journey |
At 79, Mahtab Bamji, along with friend Dr. Devyani Dangoria, relentlessly works towards health and nutrition of the farmers
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Source: The Hindu,
Posted: May 21, 2013)
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| Dabbawalas Reach Out to Street Kids |
The Share My Dabba initiative aims to get food left over in dabbas to hungry street children, using just a tiny Share sticker.
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Source: IBN,
Posted: May 14, 2013)
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| Initiative of One, Relief for All |
Motivated by the leadership of Nasim Bibi, the local women in Abbottabad, Pakistan organised themselves to arrange water for their village.
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Source: OneWorld,
Posted: May 7, 2013)
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| The Saint of Karachi |
People of Karachi call him the living saint, angel and saviour. Children at his shelter homes run after him. Maulana Abbu does not need an introduction.
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Source: Dawn,
Posted: Apr 30, 2013)
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| Love for the Girl Child |
Jesse and Susanna are household names in villages near Madurai in India because of their work in improving the well-being and status of the girl child.
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Source: The Hindu,
Posted: Apr 23, 2013)
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| The Man Who Moved a Mountain |
Having lost his wife due to difficulty in reaching a hospital, Dashrath Maanji from Gaya, Bihar, hammered consistently for 22 long years to shorten the distance between his village and city from 75km to 1km.
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Source: SuccessStories.in,
Posted: Apr 18, 2013)
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| Son of the Ganges |
Veerbhadra Mishra dedicated his spiritual quest and scientific calling to cleaning the Ganga
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Source: DownToEarth,
Posted: Apr 9, 2013)
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| Jodo Gyan: Playing to Learn |
the creativity behind each of the 63 educational products in the Jodo Gyan kitty shows the commitment to make mathematics and science fun for children.
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Source: The Telegraph,
Posted: Apr 2, 2013)
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| Slum Soccer |
12 years ago, when Vijay Barse, a retired sports teacher, saw a small bucket being kicked and passed in the playgrounds of a shanty town.
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Source: BetterIndia,
Posted: Mar 26, 2013)
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| Saving One Drop at A Time |
On Sunday, for seven years now, Aabid Surti, the famous Hindi writer, has ben going door to door in a suburb of Mumbai. With a plumber in tow, he asks residents if they need their tap fixed for free.
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Source: ZedWorld,
Posted: Mar 19, 2013)
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| Recharging Rajasthan |
Lakshman Singh and rain water harvesting have made Laporia, a small village near Jaipur drought proof and poverty free.
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Source: thealternative.in,
Posted: Mar 12, 2013)
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| The Surefooted Painter |
Narayan Ramakrishnan, was just days old when a blood incompatibility problem rendered most motor controls over his fingers and toes useless. But that has not stopped him from becoming a top rated painter.
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Source: BetterIndia,
Posted: Mar 6, 2013)
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| Hand in Hand |
Away from media spotlight, Hand In Hand a charitable organisation based in Chennai, India, is scripting a quiet social revolution.
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Source: Hand in Hand,
Posted: Feb 27, 2013)
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| Bhutan First and Only Wholly Organic Country |
By shunning all but organic farming techniques, the Himalayan state will cement its status as a paradigm of sustainability
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Source: The Guardian,
Posted: Feb 19, 2013)
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| Karuna Farms Shows the Sustainable Way |
Hidden away in a quiet little village 13 kms from Kodaikanal, India, is Karuna Farms, a smal community which champions the idea of sustainable living.
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Source: Madurai Messenger,
Posted: Feb 13, 2013)
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| The Mahatma and the Poet |
"Between 1915 and 1941, Mahatma Gandhi -- who was assassinated 65 years ago -- exchanged a series of letters with Indian poet, philosopher, and celebrated creative spirit Rabindranth Tagore, debating such subjects as truth, freedom, democracy, courage, education, and the future of humanity as India struggled for its independence...These letters are unique in that they were private in nature but public in manifestation -- Tagore wrote in the Indian Nationalist intelligentsia forum Modern Review and Gandhi in his own political journal, Young India -- and their spirit of mutual respect and measured response was antithetical to how such a debate might unfold today, if carried out in the public forum of blogs and online commentary." Maria Popova shares more.
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Posted: Feb 7, 2013)
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| Random Hacks of Kindness - Building Technology Solutions For A Better World |
Random Hacks of Kindness provides a platform for geeks from all over the world to come together and utilise their combined technological prowess in creating innovative open source solutions for challenges facing humanity, both locally and globally. In India, techies can join in the hackathons held in Bangalore or Pune.
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Source: BetterIndia,
Posted: Feb 6, 2013)
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| Making A Difference in Chennai |
Make a Difference is a youth-focused organization that is trying to bridge the gap in education and empowering young people. A Photo Essay follows.
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Source: BetterIndia,
Posted: Jan 29, 2013)
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| Rainwater to the Rescue |
Revival of rainwater harvesting structures quenches the thirst of a village on the edge of Thar desert in India.
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Source: DownToEarth,
Posted: Jan 23, 2013)
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| Serving in Silence for 90 Years |
What began as a modest vehicle for philanthropic activities has today grown into a massive service institution. A look at Guild of Service.
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Source: The HIndu,
Posted: Jan 15, 2013)
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