Manipur

How do you ensure transparency and end pilferage from the distribution of government welfare schemes? These are questions that have long dogged policymakers. But Manipur may have found an effective solution. #Governance

Seeing kids as young as four cooking, cleaning, and venturing into the forest to forage for food is what inspired Christopher Rego to build the first 'Friendship Hostel' in a remote Manipur village.

“People once laughed at me, taunted and called me names. I felt humiliated. But I had little choice,” says the inspiring woman who didn’t let poverty and domestic abuse defeat her spirit. #Respect #RealLifeHeroine

“Beauty is in everything, including waste. My mother inspired me to pursue this art when I was young, and I will do the same for the next generations. Although simple, this is too precious an art to die with time!

Once Elizabeth had earned enough money, she was ready to trade her cushy job, fat salary and secured life with a path less traveled- one fraught with risks, uncertainty and financial instability.

"How different would our rural areas be if so many more take up such incredible challenges, instead of their expertise being laid to rest after retirement?," writes a deeply impressed IAS officer Armstrong Pame.

Not just that, the initiative is also letting the villagers earn some income as well. Here's how!

Pame was appointed as an Election Observer in the Lunglei district of Mizoram. Here, he met Lalrindika, a young boy born with a cleft palate. Lalrindika hails from the remote village of Zehtat, and his family is not very well off.

Kamjong, a town bordering Myanmar, has been ravaged by years of insurgency. What followed is an intervention that could change the face of this town.

Moreh is a strategic point for both India and Myanmar, but what is truly interesting and intriguing is the amicable relationship that exists between people on both sides of the border.