My Grandmother’s Story Showed Me How Not All Partition Tales Are About Hate
By Shivani Chimnani: August 1947 Rumours were rife; Hindus were being slain in all parts of the North West Frontier. Fear, apprehension and animosity arose amongst all Hindus in the land of Sindh, a...
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5 Things We Learned When We Asked School Students About Corruption, Gender...
By Aditi Parekh: Ask questions. On the surface, that may seem simple enough. Introspection, reflection, analysis – all variants of asking questions – are hard. The average person doesn’t want to ask...
View Article10 Boys From My Class Spoke Up Against A Sexist WhatsApp Joke, And I’m So Proud!
By Sinjini Sengupta: Every morning we’re hard hit with headlines screeching gender crimes, and I won’t even go into statistical figures. Every morning, we’re also served tea in bed by the mother, the...
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This School In Jharkhand Is Using The Power Of Regional Language To Make...
By Tiatemjen Jamir: Sometimes when we adapt to circumstances, the results surpass expectations. That’s exactly what happened to the Literacy Boost reading clubs in Dumka, Jharkhand. Photograph of...
View ArticleDear Gap Year Takers: ‘This Is Your Blank Canvas. Paint It With As Many Colours’
By Avantika Singhal: Dear gap year takers, This is it. You have done it. You have taken the plunge. You have decided to let it go. And by ‘it’, I mean a lot of things and people. You have let your best...
View Article“Getting A Master’s Degree For The Sake Of Getting One, Holds No Value”
By Nandhitha Ravindran: Off late, my Facebook news feed has been flooded with statuses about people moving to new cities and schools in pursuit of a Master’s degree. Aptly named, the fall season does...
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5 Young Entrepreneurs Share How Their ‘Small Cities’ Offered Them Big...
By Cg Akhila: Starting from the scratch is tough, but when it comes to starting one’s own business, it is the toughest, especially if one belongs to a middle-class family. The story of five...
View ArticleWith Teenage Pregnancy And Sexual Abuse On The Rise, Still Think We Don’t...
By Madhavi Jadhav: We cohabit in an indulgent world, where we get what we wish for, where all our answers seem a mere click away. But are we asking the right questions? And more importantly, are we...
View ArticleA College Graduate Shares The Frustrations Of Getting A Job As A Fresher
By Trisha: During my college days, I had to attend 75% of all lectures. The college administration would get you to sign an affidavit, as a warning if you went below the percentage mentioned above....
View Article7 Ways You Can Become A Better Team Player At Work
By Jyoti Sah: Are you a good Team Player? All of us have one thing common in the strengths’ column on our resume i.e., Team player. We have all written it because we agree that this particular strength...
View ArticleMy Love Story With Model United Nations, And Why I Can’t Stand Them Anymore
By Jash Dholani: Every relationship goes through three stages. Stage one is the moon landing stage: You meet someone new, someone utterly fascinating. You’re smitten, bitten by a bug, transfixed — it...
View ArticleI Missed Out On An Education, Now I’m Trying To Ensure Other Kids Don’t Miss...
By Sandeep Singh: When I first received word about the ‘Teach For India‘ movement, I was a 2nd-year bachelor degree student at Lucknow Christian College. In one of the television advertisement, popular...
View Article‘Good Degree, Job And Match’– The “Goals” We Have Reduced Education To
By Poonam Yadav: “Get up otherwise you’ll be late,” “Have you completed your homework? Don’t forget your notebook.” Every child has grown up listening to these lines during their school days. Parents,...
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9 Things You Need To Know About A Career In Design
By Saloni Maheshwari: I have a lot of friends who hear about my profession and think,“I would love to do what you do!” I love the enthusiasm, but I don’t think that a lot of people really know what...
View ArticleHow My Engineering Career Was Ruined Because Of A Private College’s High Fee
By CP Jain: I am an Indian citizen. And being an Indian, I want to serve my country and this is the ultimate goal of my life. I can’t join the Indian army because I am not physically strong. But I can...
View ArticleWorking With Youth In Rural India Smashed My Belief That They Want An Urban...
By Zubin Sharma: For the past four years, I’ve been working closely with the rural youth in Kishanganj District, Bihar. (first with SEEKHO and then with Project Potential). Having grown up in a...
View Article“Getting A Master’s Degree For The Sake Of Getting One, Holds No Value”
By Nandhitha Ravindran: Off late, my Facebook news feed has been flooded with statuses about people moving to new cities and schools in pursuit of a Master’s degree. Aptly named, the fall season does...
View ArticleWith Schools Failing Them, This Is How These Students Are Being Taught Beyond...
By Vivek Kumar: As a Gandhi Fellow, I have been focusing on my responsibilities and value what I have learnt from the toughest challenges I’ve faced till now. After my fellowship, I spent almost two...
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I Teach So That Kids Question Things Instead Of Following A Fixed Set Of Rules
By Kumari Shalini: I often think about why I joined Teach For India. To bring change, connect with the kids, or just teach? When I use the word teach, I mean forcing students to read the syllabus and...
View ArticleHow We’re Bringing ‘Smart’ Classes To Schools In Rural Maharashtra
By Sharad Sadaphale: We are a group of young working professional who have taken the responsibility of children’s education, awareness and to empower them by guiding them through various activities for...
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