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Academic and social entrepreneur Dr Brij Kothari is the pioneer behind Same Language Subtitling, a tool hailed the world over for its ability to improve literacy. Here’s how his initiative Billion Readers, or BIRD, is set to transform one billion lives.

The villagers of Ghusra in Jharkhand, numbering around 1000, have put the onus on themselves to achieve 100% literacy in the village by November 15th.