Pillar of Strength: Meet Triveni Acharya, a Woman Who Has Been Fighting Sex-Traffickers since 1993

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! Pillar of Strength: Meet Triveni Acharya, a Woman Who Has Been Fighting Sex-Traffickers since 1993 Dec 10, 2016 05:38 pm | Aminah Sheikh Triveni Acharya has rescued and rehabilitated thousands of lives since 1993. She has also adopted a son named Luv, a child whose biological mother committed suicide in a brothel. Read This Story 8 Habits Foreigners Picked Up in India and Loved Taking Home with Them Dec 10, 2016 03:56 pm | Sanchari Pal Many foreigners who visit India go back with cultural habits that they have picked up in India, long after their trip to the country has ended. Here's what a few of them have to say about it! Read This Story From Fighting Child Marriage to Acid Attacks: Meet 6 Inspiring Human Rights Activists from India Dec 10, 2016 03:34 pm | Phalguni Vittal Rao This International Human Rights Day, take a look at seven Indian human rights activists who have made a positive difference through their efforts. Read This Story Google Goes Green: The Company Will Run Entirely on Wind & Solar Energy from 2017! Dec 10, 2016 02:48 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Google recently declared that all its data centres and offices spread across the world will be switching to clean and green power from the year 2017. Read This Story VIDEO: India Is Slowly Back-Tracking Its Way to the Cycling Trend Dec 10, 2016 01:47 pm | Phalguni Vittal Rao India is steadily embracing bicycles as an environmentally-friendly mode of transportation and the latest city to join the movement is Jaipur. Read This Story The Only Indian Pic in Nat Geo's Best Photos of 2016 Shows What the Better India Is All About! Dec 10, 2016 01:32 pm | Tanaya Singh To come up with its list of 52 best photos of 2016, Nat Geo went through 2,290,225 photographs taken by 91 photographers. Read This Story TBI Blogs: An ITBP Commandant Is Winning Hearts and Changing Lives in Chattisgarh's Naxalite Prone Areas Dec 10, 2016 01:27 pm | IDIA- Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access to Legal Education 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. Read This Story How Madhubani Art Is Bringing down Pollution Levels in Bihar Dec 10, 2016 12:55 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Women of Madhubani district are using their creativity and tradition to prevent deforestation in the area by making beautiful paintings on trees! Read This Story TBI Blogs: From Their Favourite Stories to Class Curriculum, India's Visually Impaired Kids Can Now Read It All Dec 10, 2016 11:32 am | Pratham Books Nonprofit tech company Benetech's Bookshare project is the world's largest online library of accessible ebooks for people with print disabilities. Read This Story How a Grassroots Organization Is Securing Justice for Victims of Bonded Labour in Indian Villages Dec 10, 2016 11:11 am | Sanchari Pal Honoured with the Free The Slaves 2016 award, Samarthan is setting the standard for successful and sustainable anti-slavery initiatives through its innovation, hard work and dedication to fight bonded labour in the most marginalised of Indian villages. Read This Story Celebrating Disabilities: Author Malini Chib Sheds New Light on Disability through Her Book Dec 09, 2016 07:00 pm | Women's Feature Service In this excerpt from Disability, Gender and the Trajectories of Power, edited by Asha Hans and published by Sage Publications, Malini Chib, disability rights activist and author, who has cerebral palsy, shares her experiences and observations of the time spent while she got around to developing a strong disability identity that she wants to "celebrate" rather than reject. Read This Story What Do Muslim Men in India Have to Say on the Topic of 'Triple Talaq'? Here Are 5 Reactions! Dec 09, 2016 06:53 pm | Aminah Sheikh Muslim men share their views on triple talaq practiced under the Sharia law. Read This Story "Every Artist Needs a Stage" – And This Art Community Is Offering Just That! Dec 09, 2016 05:41 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Open Sky is an art community that offers a platform to different kinds of arts like music, poetry, stand-up comedy, theatre and magic. Read This Story These Two Vigilant Railway Officials Prevented the Derailment of a Goods Train at Murtizapur Dec 09, 2016 04:46 pm | Aditi Patwardhan The derailment of a goods train bogey could be avoided near Akola, Maharashtra, on December 6 -- thanks to two vigilant railway officials. Read This Story Recent Stories You May Have Missed: No More Butts: This Duo Is Recycling Every Part of the Cigarette Butt and Paying Collectors Too! From India's Top Cop to Puducherry's Good Guv: Kiran Bedi Reveals What Keeps Her Going TBI Blogs: Here's How You Can Deposit More Than Rs. 2.5 Lakh by Dec. 30, and Not Get Hassled by Scrutiny! 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