Youth

The sport of Parkour, or free-running, is very popular in the West, but is yet to achieve mainstream acceptance in India. A Mumbai-based Parkour enthusiast talks about how taking up the sport has helped him turn his life around.

Prince Tiwari, a chartered accountant from Mumbai, could have easily landed a plum job in a multinational company. He chose instead to educate and empower underprivileged kids who lived under a flyover. Here's his inspiring story.

Alfa Educational Society, an NGO based in Udaipur, Rajasthan, has started a primary school called Village Spirit Academy in Karawara village to help students get easy access to education.

Child abuse in various forms is still an unfortunate problem in India. However, a couple of initiatives are seeing definite success in combating this twisted practice, including the Childline 1098 helpline.

Indian students comprise some of the biggest populations in overseas universities. With so many Indian students from all backgrounds travelling abroad to study every year, there is a special case to be made for Indian minority students to study abroad.

December 10 is celebrated every year as World Human Rights Day to mark the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that assures universal and inalienable human rights for all. Surinder Khatri is going over and above the call of duty to achieve this goal for the people in a remote area of Chattisgarh.

Open Sky is an art community that offers a platform to different kinds of arts like music, poetry, stand-up comedy, theatre and magic.

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

Two 17-year-old girls in Delhi have pledged to provide pure drinking water to residents of slums in and around Delhi.

One of China's most important pilgrimage destinations, the Shaolin Temple was founded in 495 AD by the monk Buddhabhadra, who had traveled from India to China. Centuries later, a few young Indians are keeping the ancient connection of India to Shaolin alive.