A resident of Athani, Karnataka, 40-year-old Chanda Maigur’s story sounds almost like a fairy tale. Chanda was a devadasi who fell in love with Sunil and lived happily ever after.
A devadasi recounts her journey from suffering horrifying sexual abuse as a teen to becoming independent and raising her two daughters with quality education.
On 18th December 2015, one of our team members received a suicide note through the Baliraja Whatsapp Group. This was a suicide note written by an efficient farmer, Vishal Pawar, who dedicated his life towards farming. The entire TBI team was shaken up by this news. We refused to just sit and mourn. We decided do something about this.
“I was a street kid. Like thousands of other kids who don’t have homes, I begged, I stole, I polished shoes," says Amin Sheikh, a 32-year old man who now has his own travel company, has penned a book, and will soon start a café.
Howard, a marine engineer utilizes his vacations of two months by visiting villagers and measuring the impact microfinance has created in their lives. The stories and insights he has about the beneficiaries is amazing. Know more about the incredible work he is doing.
Having developed a love for boxing at the age of 12, Mrunal has a national level bronze medal under his belt but is still struggling to make ends meet. Know more about this talented boxer and how you can help him.
This team of budding engineers has designed an unmanned air system that can send high quality images and can even drop things like food packets in needy areas. Know more about the amazing design and how you can help the team to scale up.