Empowerment

With the Indian Sign Language (ISL) being their only tongue to communicate in with their parents, these CODAs, or Children of Deaf Adults, share what it is like to live a day in their lives.

Using sports to teach crucial life skills, Magic Bus Foundation India is playing a significant role in impacting 4,00,000 adolescents.

An initiative by Naandi Foundation, ‘Toofaan Games’ are helping 2 lakh girls across the country grow - both at school and in life.

IAS officer Alby John Verghese has rescued and rehabilitated hundreds trapped in bonded labour in rural Tamil Nadu. This has led to numerous transformations in their lives.

Kavya Saxena, who left her lucrative job in Gurugram to live in India’s tribal villages, shares what she has learned from their culinary practices and history, and how she’s working to empower the people she has met along the way.

Ankita Jaiswal's 'Brio Art Cafe' in Lucknow is an ode to India's artisan community, fresh food grown on site, and a plastic and preservative free environment that is making waves through art and sustainability.

Jivam Foundation was started by Isha Godara in September 2020 in Sirsa, Haryana. Along with her brother Abhijeet, she provides access to quality education for the students in her village.

Vibha Chugh started Sakha Ek Pehel in August 2020 that has helped over 70 women earn a steady income. They also take care of more than 400 street dogs in Nithari, Noida.

Winning Miss Universe to winning a gold medal at the Paralympics; check out this list of powerful women from Harnaaz Sandhu and Avani Lekhara to the passionate Tulasi Gowda.

Anandibai Joshi, Kadambini Ganguly, Rukhmabai Raut, Haimabati Sen, Muthulakshmi Reddy and Mary Poonen Lukose – written out of history, India’s first women doctors were trailblazers.