Uttar Pradesh

A Non-Resident Indian (NRI) made his way back to India to work on the issue of girls’ education in rural Uttar Pradesh. His interesting initiative has girls getting Rs 10 for every day of school attendance and even a toilet at home if the attendance exceeds 70%. But the biggest reward is watching the young women get empowered to work and become independent.

Belonging to marginalised communities in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, these women are breaking many barriers and stereotypes on a daily basis. They work with India’s first newspaper run entirely by women, and are successfully taking grassroots journalism to a whole new level.

2015 was the year of many unseen and unsung heroines - women who broke stereotypes and achieved immense success for themselves and their communities. Here is a loud shout out to 5 such amazing women and their brilliant work.

A farmer in Uttar Pradesh was asked for a 3 lakh bribe to release government funds owed to him. He retaliated with a sting operation on the corrupt official. Read on to know more about this resourceful citizen.

Hungry children on a delayed train, a woman who needed medical assistance, a man who wanted a wheelchair, and more – Indian railways has helped many such passengers who tweeted about their personal grievances to the Ministry of Railways. And recently, it was a pothole conplaint that got resolved. This is how.

Pushpa Singh, a 26-year-old girl from a small village in Uttar Pradesh, has been physically disabled since birth. Today, she has been elected to the Block Development Council (BDC) in her area. This is her story.

A bride from Gulariapur village in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh called off her wedding when she found that the groom was unable to count beyond nine, and could not answer some basic mathematical questions she asked.

Watch how Gorapkhpur district in Uttar Pradesh is at the forefront of creating a climate resilient future for its citizens. They are prepared to face the floods that hit the area year after year. There are lessons here for the rest of India, indeed, the rest of the world, to follow.

Displaying their spirit of inspiring harmony and friendship, a group of Muslim men in Bareilly, UP, pooled in money so they could pay a fine of Rs. 50,000 for the release of 15 Hindu prisoners. These prisoners were stuck in jail because of the lack of money to pay the required fine for their freedom.

After the shocking terror attack in Paris, two Islamic seminaries have stood strongly against the terrorist group called Islamic State (IS). They have criticised the attack, addressing it as the “murder of humanity”.