social worker

At 60, Aparna Das from West Bengal, has dedicated her life to empowering orphaned children and elderly individuals through selfless service. From humble beginnings as a caregiver in a large family to becoming a pillar of strength in her community, her story is a testament to the power of compassion, independence, and mentorship.

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.

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.

While Sugathakumari's poems initially began as accounts of a tragic quest for love, her work eventually evolved to incorporate feminist responses to increasing social and environmental injustice and disorder.

Joseph Madiath was a mere boy of six when he organised the labourers at his father’s rubber plantation. And he hasn't stopped since!

Did you know he once injected himself with bacilli to prove that leprosy was not highly contagious? This was just one of his many attempts to smash the social stigma around the disease!

These stalwarts will be conferred with the prestigious award, to recognise their efforts.

India's adoption process has increasingly become child-centric to ensure that children awaiting adoption are not treated unfairly.

The City of Nawabs has a long and rich history of noteworthy personalities engaged in various facilities. Here is one of them, a living icon of our times – the woman who has been called “the iconic face of Indian womanhood in post-Independence India”.

When Vijaylaxmi was 13, her classmate was married off and a year later, died in labour. Vijaylaxmi knew she had to do something!