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Monday 30 January 2017

Beyond The Call of Duty: This IPS Officer Performs in Street Plays for an Important Cause

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Beyond The Call of Duty: This IPS Officer Performs in Street Plays for an Important Cause

Jan 30, 2017 03:02 pm | Guest Contributor



An officer by day, a social activist by night, Tejaswini Gautam has performed in over 50 plays.

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Underprivileged Orphan Girls in India Are Learning Robotics, Thanks to This Unique STEM Initiative

Jan 30, 2017 01:26 pm | Sanchari Pal



Sisters Aditi Prasad and Deepti Rao Suchindran, COO and CIO of Robotix Learning Solutions, are on a mission to inspire and educate young girls to learn to code and develop real-world programmes for real-world applications.

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Leaving a Mark: This 82 -Year-Old Woman Has Been Using Stamps to Create Art for 4 Decades

Jan 30, 2017 01:08 pm | Tamara Mathias



Meet the 82-year-old woman who has spent over 40 years painstakingly creating beautiful artwork from discarded Indian postage stamps and her son who passionately preserves philately.

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Hyderabad Animal Lovers, a New ID Card Makes Caring for Your Stray Four-Legged Pals Simpler

Jan 30, 2017 12:57 pm | Sohini Dey



People for Animals, a Hyderabad-based voluntary organisation, issues these identification cards to make feeding strays and taking care of their rescue and welfare easier.

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The Good Cop: Bengaluru Sub-Inspector Goes out of His Way to Help a Stranded Woman

Jan 30, 2017 12:50 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



Narayana K proved that a cop is never off the clock and was rewarded for his noble deed.

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TBI Blogs: Two Decades After a Stroke, This Woman Is Living a Happy & Fulfilling Life – Thanks to Her Husband

Jan 30, 2017 12:48 pm | Bonobology



It is difficult to take care of a patient who requires constant care and attention, and many people tire of the "burden" quickly. However, this married couple proves that love can overcome even the most difficult situations – even after two decades.

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Agra's Famous Pethas Yield 70,000 Tonnes of Waste Annually, Which This Team Can Turn into Fertilizers

Jan 30, 2017 11:24 am | Sohini Dey



Go Get Garbage is an Agra-based social enterprise that aims to solve the menace of excessive waste generated from the mass manufacture of pethas by turning it to manure.

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In Maharashtra, a Village Schoolmaster and His Wife Have Set a Benchmark for Primary Education

Jan 30, 2017 10:34 am | Sanchari Pal



With no holidays, no fixed periods and a flexible curriculum, Dattatrya and Bebinanda Sakat's 365-day school in Kardelwadi village is a unique one!

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Sunday 29 January 2017

Meet the 15-Year-Old Mumbaikar Who Has Recycled 350 Kgs of e-Waste Already!

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Meet the 15-Year-Old Mumbaikar Who Has Recycled 350 Kgs of e-Waste Already!

Jan 29, 2017 03:40 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



Nishant Jain is a 15-year-old boy from Mumbai who has been working with schools in the city to collect batteries and e-waste in order to recycle them properly.

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And That, My Friends, Is What the Life of an Army Kid Looks Like #LettersFromArmyKids

Jan 29, 2017 09:00 am | Guest Contributor



Amruta Mahajan writes about the nomadic life as an army kid and the numerous adventures.

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Hyderabad's Laddu Bhai Has Been Helping Young Kids Cross the City's Busy Streets for 35 Years!

Jan 28, 2017 04:12 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



Christopher, affectionately nicknamed Laddu Bhai, says this is something he does for his enjoyment and out of a personal sense of duty.

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A Window That Cleans Itself? A Material That Doesn't Need Dusting? IIT Students Have Made It Possible!

Jan 28, 2017 04:02 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



Working with nanoscience, researchers from IIT, Kharagpur, have developed a self-cleaning surface that will have real-world implications far beyond clean windows.

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TBI Blogs: Meet 'Lady Wi-Fi' and Other Super Inspiring Women of Rajasthan's Sahariya Tribe

Jan 28, 2017 03:52 pm | Digital Empowerment Foundation



Women of the Sahariya tribe in Rajasthan are making a mark for themselves and, in the process, enabling access to a better livelihood for others in their community.

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Visiting Kargil: An Army Kid Asks Indians to Look Back, Remember, & Thank Our Brave Soldiers

Jan 28, 2017 02:07 pm | Guest Contributor



Remembering the lost heroes of Kargil and the men who still sacrifice their lives so we can live ours.

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TBI Blogs: Street Plays to Graffiti – These Talented People Are Using the Arts to Drive Social Change

Jan 28, 2017 12:33 pm | Teach For India



The Arts – from performance to visual – are amazing tools for telling stories while turning the spotlight on issues in society. Watch how communities freely examine social problems, and derive inspiration for solutions, from these expressions.

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Here's Why Snake Catchers From Tamil Nadu Have Been Called to Florida

Jan 28, 2017 12:24 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



Men from the famed Irula tribe are helping officials in Florida deal with a deadly python problem.

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This NID Grad Left Her High Paying Job To Help Tribal Kids in Odisha Think Out-Of-The Box!

Jan 28, 2017 10:52 am | Sanchari Pal



Shalini Krishnan left her fancy job in the city and shifted base to a remote village in Odisha to help tribal kids realize their true potential, dream big and design their own solutions for local problems.

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TBI Blogs: How a Bangalore-Based Initiative Plans to Help New Ideas in the Non-Profit Sector Grow

Jan 27, 2017 08:46 pm | The/Nudge



The Indian non-profit sector has seen a lot of interest in recent years, with a large number of socially conscious youth looking to enter the sector through various startups. Now, a new Bangalore-based initiative hopes to help these youth achieve success in their ventures, and support the non-profit sector in the process.

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16 Padma Awardees of This Year You Probably Don't Know About, but Should!

Jan 27, 2017 08:25 pm | Sohini Dey



The Padma Awards 2017 are a celebration of those unsung heroes who have dedicated their lives to India.

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Jyoti Bansal, the Man Who Was Rejected 20 Times Before Selling His Company to Cisco for $3.7 Billion

Jan 27, 2017 08:04 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



Indian-American, Jyoti Bansal has sold his company, AppDynamics to Cisco for an impressive 3.7 billion dollars. Here's everything you need to know about him.

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TBI Blogs: Here's How a Multi-Lingual Dictionary Is Simplifying Education for Tribal Children

Jan 27, 2017 07:46 pm | Aide et Action International South Asia



A group of community members and teachers in Mudumalai and Bandipur Forest Reserves have developed a multi-lingual dictionary to help tribal children understand lessons easily. Chandra Kiran Katta takes a closer look at how this simple innovation is simplifying education by leaps and bounds for the children.

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Why a Popular French Blogger Is Quitting Her Job to Promote the Cause of Conscious Travel in India

Jan 27, 2017 07:39 pm | Sohini Dey



French travel blogger Stéphanie Langlet gained recognition for her stories of India's tribal communities. Now, she is promoting the cause of sustainable travel in the country.

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VIDEO: Women with Big Hearts Knit Elephant-Sized Sweaters

Jan 27, 2017 07:35 pm | Aishwarya Bhatkal



With the onset of harsh winters, elephants from Mathura found themselves wearing cozy, hand-knitted sweaters and leg warmers.

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'Pinky Beauty Parlour' Is a Film That Asks All the Right Questions about Colour Bias

Jan 27, 2017 07:28 pm | Aditi Patwardhan



Actor-turned-director Akshay Singh looks to tackle the deep-rooted issue of colour bias through his directorial debut Pinky Beauty Parlour.

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In Pictures: Girls in Rajasthan's Villages Are Kicking Their Shackles Using Football

Jan 27, 2017 07:16 pm | Guest Contributor



In villages where girls are discouraged from picturing a life beyond their veils and are married off as minors, football feels a lot like freedom.

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An Army BRAT Reveals How It Is Easy to Recognize One When You Spot One!

Jan 27, 2017 07:14 pm | TBI Team



Uma Sudhindra writes about being raised as an Army BRAT and how the upbringing of Army kids differentiates them from other children.

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Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma's Feat Earned Him the President's Award, His Story Will Give You the Chills

Jan 27, 2017 06:37 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian



The Squadron Leader piloted a failed MiG 29 despite an injury, and risked his life in landing the plane safely.

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TBI Blogs: A Unique School in Bangalore Takes Lessons From Nature to Provide Holistic Education to Students

Jan 27, 2017 06:34 pm | Bhoomi College



Too many schools focus on academic learning while ignoring other aspects of education that are equally important in a child's development. Seetha Ananthasivan talks about a school in Bangalore that is attempting to make its students' education more holistic and in-tune with the lessons from Mother Nature.

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The Tweeter Side to Life: How Indians on Twitter Are Making a Difference

Jan 27, 2017 05:00 pm | Tamara Mathias



The truly incredible stories that unfold on Twitter are narratives involving ordinary folk who turn to the little blue bird to cut through red tape.

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