Pune

"We felt that their work was phenomenal, and yet, they remained invisible.”

She was not allowed to participate in several rituals at his brother's wedding, simply because she was a widow. Not wanting the same to happen to any other widow in India, Amit founded an organisation called Mitti Ke Rang.

Once you find out about the breach, raise an alarm immediately. You can either call the helpline numbers listed on the website or send an email.

Still looking for a motivation for doing a selfless act? Meet Sathya Natarajan who has been making a difference in the fields of menstrual hygiene, tree protection, river cleanup, gender empowerment and education for decades!

“I am a fighter. I do not give up, and am almost always ready to take on whatever comes my way.”

When Akshay Agarwal and Gajendra Choudhary opened Adrish Store in Pune, they never imagined their small grocery store would impact farmers from Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and 11 other states!

Through attention-grabbing and light-hearted cartoons, he highlighted a variety of social ills such as poverty, traffic woes, pollution, degradation of the environment, urban life, the poor state of urban infrastructure, to millions of people.

The Better India got in touch with co-founder Rachna Rao, to document the journey of this unique startup.

Working in tandem with kirana stores, the Saathealth App has already been downloaded 85,000 times—in not just the slums of Mumbai, but also other cities like Delhi, Lucknow and Pune.

Nayi Disha was founded to support parents of such children, empowering them with the right resources and necessary information, to help them care better for their children.