When Alex Strand lost his job, he gave his friends $2,500 and asked them to plan a trip, not only to explore new cultures but also relinquish control and enjoy life as it comes.
When Anjali Lama walks the ramp at the Lakmé Fashion Week Summer/Resort in 2017, she will also be blazing the trail for transgender people across the world.
In 2011, an American teacher and 27 Tibetan refugees girls, living in exile in Dharamshala, formed the first Tibetan national women's football (soccer) team. For them, it was not just a way to combat the gender inequality prevalent in their community, it was also a precious opportunity to represent their lost homeland.
Initiated by the Asian Confluence, the Nadi Festival witnessed the participation of 5 countries with common river systems. With the river as a protagonist, the countries discussed policy ideas, and a shared legacy of dialects, cuisines, and arts and culture.
Social enterprises like Eduservices, powered by conscientious educators, are doing their bit to make a difference by enhancing the teaching methods and multimedia learning aids supplementing classroom instructions.
The story of how the mysterious distribution of chapatis spooked the British administrators of the Raj shortly before the outbreak of rebellion in 1857.