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The brainchild of Sudha Iyengar, Siddhi Creations was a venture to keep young children engaged fruitfully and joyfully during summer vacations while also picking up on essential life skills. With managing her Multiple Sclerosis condition, Sudha's smile for everyone who enters her home has been winning hearts in Bengaluru for decades.

A group of individuals and organisations partnered with the Maharashtra government to bring about change in Jalna district which has been struggling with water scarcity, drought and subsequent farmer suicides for decades.

Kuviraa, a nonpartisan organisation found that schools and parents were reluctant to speak to their children about politics. In a study done with UCLA social welfare department, they highlight the gaps in raising socially aware young people in India.

India's favourite getaway Goa is battling a severe plastic waste problem. This alarming situation led Sanjiv Khandelwal to start 'Maka Naka Plastic', a campaign to combat plastic pollution with cloth bags made from pre-loved fabric.

From misdiagnosis to social boycott, patients born with the genetic condition called Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) have a lot to deal with. Awareness is the first step to help them.

Kamlesh Atwal started Nanakmatta Public School in rural Uttarakhand to provide the village children with holistic education and a unique 'student-led' environment.

Colonel Sujan Mohanty had been in a fix over his future after his retirement in 2012. He wanted to break into a new venture but was baffled with the number of options available. His interest, however, lay in floriculture, which he eventually turned to.

Low-income groups are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. World Resources Institute (WRI) India shows us three examples of how keeping these communities at the heart of nature-based solutions has helped them build more resilience to the changing environment.

The Pali Hill Residents’s Association began with eight women in the 90s who dreamt of transforming their neighbourhood into a cleaner, greener, and safer home. The members recall how they achieved this award-winning transformation over two decades.

Cinema can go a long way in encouraging disability pride and the acceptance of diversity. v-shesh, an enterprise that prepares organisations with disability inclusion, maps the evolution of disability representation in cinema, and reflects on 10 films and shows that got it right.