Digital Empowerment Foundation

Women in Madhya Pradesh are learning to use mobile phones and access the Internet, thus becoming self-reliant and breaking cultural and social barriers.

Two generations of a folk musician’s family from Mungaska in Rajasthan are striving hard to keep their art and traditions alive while their numbers are dwindling in the community and social media is thriving in the country. Adya Parashar attended a Lok Utsav earlier this month organised by this family.

In a unique development, boys are joining English language lessons that have been tailor-made for girls in a village in Uttar Pradesh.

A young woman in Barpali, Odisha, has taken to digital tools and technology to take her community’s local art to global heights. Aviral Mittal explores further.

Despite challenges of several kinds, a 70-year-old man is credited with keeping the art of bone carving still alive in the Barabanki region of Uttar Pradesh. Nishita Banerjee recently met him and learned about his craft and trade.

Women of the Sahariya tribe in Rajasthan are making a mark for themselves and, in the process, enabling access to a better livelihood for others in their community.

A father-daughter duo, Mahesh Chandra Bora and Nisha Bora, are running a successful enterprise in Assam to rebuild the bond between man and animal – using poop. Rahul Karanpuriya explores further.

Muzaffar Ansari aka Kalle Bhai is a Class 6 dropout who did not let his lack of formal education come in the way of his passion for history and heritage. Today, the man is a certified tourist guide, a painter, a collector of coins and a linguist who can speak more than 6 languages

An MBA dropout, Rahul Karanpuriya is on a 52-week-long journey across India to discover 52 innovators and individuals who are making a difference by choosing alternative careers that benefit the planet.

Shiva Kumar of Vaithikuppam in Puducherry is using digital literacy to help individuals living with HIV get access to a better life.