Youth

Lack of support while recovering from a terrible illness can cause further complications. Sreoshi Bakshi suffered the same, but timely intervention by a friend and the discovery of a new passion helped her maintain her fighting spirit.

Finding one’s purpose in life can be a challenging prospect, especially for a young student. Manvendra Singh Inaniya talks about his experience discovering his purpose while working on sustainability in the Himalayan mountains.

When communities join together for social improvement and change, they can overcome even the most difficult of odds. Rupal Hariyaow talks about how a youth club in a village in Rajasthan banded together to get a disabled member assistance he desperately needed.

Over 400 Jagriks (Jagruk+Nagriks) have undertaken an arduous journey to better understand the Indian Constitution and its tenets and apply them in their lives, under Samvidhan Live: the Jagrik Project. Kanika Sinha talks about how watching these 400 journeys progress helped her better identify with the Constitution and apply its principles in her life.

The Helen Keller Awards, announced in Delhi on Dec. 2 on the eve of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, honoured people and institutions doing extraordinary work for the welfare of disabled people.

The publishers of Harvard Busines Review recently launched an India-specific digital resource aimed at improving the employability of young professionals.

The/Nudge Foundation in Bangalore alleviates poverty among underprivileged youth by equipping youngsters with soft skills that make them more employable.

Anando Ghosh recently participated in a webinar organized by World Peace Youth, where an Indian youth spoke about his views on peace keeping around the world.

Tenith Adithyaa, an 18-year-old innovator has written an open letter to the Prime Minister talking about the crucial steps that can help improve the condition of sports in India, and how he wants to contribute.

How’s this for the perfect hang out? A place where you get to meet the youth of India, all 231,878,057 of them in the age group of 15-24. No kidding. A new, user-friendly portal – YouthInfoIndia.org – puts together all the available data on the country’s young population.