Youth

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.

A computer science engineering graduate, Sidharth has been offered the position of a software engineer at the company’s San Francisco office.

Students of Kishinchand Chellaram (KC) College in Mumbai have constructed 107 toilets in the village of Karvale in Maharashtra to help it become Open Defecation Free.

Beekeeping, apart from helping improve crop produce and sustainability, can also provide a viable source of income for many in rural India. India Fellow Simant talks about how the practice has helped a high-school dropout rediscover his purpose in life, thanks to proper training and guidance.

The students of Rajagiri Centre of Business Studies have been organising Crayons since 2011, a day-long fest for children living in orphanages in and around Kochi.

Jambay Gyaltsen Chetan, a 33-year-old from Arunachal Pradesh, has been training over 40 underprivileged children in badminton in a Delhi park for the past three years.

Exploring religion can be a deeply moving experience, especially when one decides to overcome his/her own prejudices and explore other religions with an open mind. Jagrik (Jagruk+Nagrik) Priyanshu from Ahmedabad, Gujarat narrates his experience exploring different religions as part of a task for Samvidhan LIVE: The Jagrik Project.

Artistic community Kommune brings together poets, musicians and storytellers from across the country with the aim of creating quality content in performance art.

The Tour de France needs little introduction, and is the most iconic endurance cycling event in the world. Almost a decade old, the Tour of Nilgiris is India’s very own endurance cycling event, covering almost 900 km. in a week. This year saw the event’s youngest participant complete it successfully. Vidhi Bubna from Caleidoscope finds out more.

Polio took away two-year-old Shiva Prasad’s ability to walk. Today, the 28-year-old plays wheelchair tennis and participates in national and international tournaments. It is his dream to participate in the Paralympics one day.