Children’s Day

After having been called the ‘Youngest Changemaker from Kashmir’ and the ‘Green Ambassador of Dal Lake’, Srinagar-based Jannat Patloo, who is 14 years old, strives only for one thing: to see Dal Lake clean and shining again. As a part of The Better India’s series for this Children’s Day, she writes a Letter to our leaders.

For over 20 years, Pragathi Charitable Trust has been a beacon for school dropouts and child labourers. Now, they need your help to keep their doors open.

D Sivakumar was rescued from a brick kiln when he was ten years old. He has devoted his life to reaching out to other child bonded labour survivors through subject and skill training. Here's how you can help.

Here are 10 books for children, recommended by authors like Ruskin Bond, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Anu Kumar and more.

Meet Alice Thomas, a social worker from Puducherry who has spent 32 years funding the education of over 150 children from tribal and marginalised communities and helping them find jobs as paramedical staff, teachers, engineers, and more through her NGO Udhavi Karangal.

From conducting classes at home to going door-to-door to help with lessons, each of these teachers went out of their way to ensure none of their students missed out on an education.

Children's Day: Innovators to child Prodigies, meet 15 amazing children making India proud with their incredible achievements. They have all been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Shakti Puraskar

This November, Flipkart decided to make Children's day extra special for 5,000 students of 24 government schools across Karnataka, and they invited their customers from across India to join them in this heartwarming initiative!

The year was 1957, and Nehru was attending a Ramleela performance, where 14-year-old Harish, who was a Boy scout, was guarding the VIP enclosure.

"Our USP is the door-to-door step service we offer. Several websites and apps facilitate e-waste management. However, we have collaborated with authorised recyclers who can come to your doorstep to collect the waste."