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Watch What India’s First Surfer Girl Has To Say About Waves And Social Barriers
Ishita is India’s first surfer girl. By riding waves and taking up surfing as a sport, Ishita has also broken traditional barriers that women in India face – including the obsession with fair skin and...
View Article10 Photographs From India’s First General Elections In 1952
India’s first general elections were held between 25 October 1951 and 21 February 1952. Reddit user hauser-quaid shared some amazing scenes from these general elections. Here are 10 photographs from...
View ArticleThis Man Is Cleaning Toilets So That Our Daughters Can Live A Dignified Life....
60% of Indians defecate in the open. Enter Swapnil Chaturvedi, also known as The Poop Guy. His daughter’s complaint of lack of clean and accessible toilets made Swapnil start Samagra. What’s really...
View ArticleWhat Happens When A Tea Boy Becomes A CEO? It Makes Other Tea Boys Get Noticed
Question 1: Do you support child labour? Of course, not. All of us resolutely believe that children should be at the school, playground or home, instead of having to go through the grind of earning a...
View ArticleBy Building His Own Windmill, He Shows Why Every One Of Us Has A...
Diwakar Reddy built a windmill using scrap materials and used it to generate power in his village near Bangalore. Here’s what he says: “Power from coal power plants is cheap — but just look at the...
View ArticleMore than 90% Of Indians Were Not Born When This Happened. See What the Other...
India’s Independence Day in 1947 was a time when not many of us were even born. Ever wondered how it must have felt to the people of that time? Here’s a news clip about India’s (and Pakistan’s) most...
View ArticlePradip Sarmah Reinvented The Rickshaw And Changed Hundreds Of Lives
Pradip Sarmah, back in 2002, had a conversation with a cycle rickshaw driver that changed his life’s purpose for ever. Watch how Pradip reinvented the cycle rickshaw and how his rickshaw bank is making...
View ArticleThis Child Prodigy Died At The Age of 7. And Left Behind Over 25,000 Stunning...
Edmund Thomas Clint was born in 1976 and was a true child prodigy. Named after Clint Eastwood, Clint loved painting festivals and traditional events. A kidney failure led to his death at the age of 7,...
View ArticleTravel To The Village Of Tonk And Learn The Ancient Art Of ‘Felt’ Making
Namda is a film covering the craft cluster of artisans working with Felt craft in Tonk, Rajasthan. It shows the processes involved in the making of a fine felt fabric. The story is told by an anonymous...
View ArticleWaai Is One Of The Rarest Music Genres Of India. And Now You Get To Listen To...
Meetha Khan and Jan Mohammad Jat inhabiting the remote village of Bhaagadia in the Rann of Kutch, have the distinction of being proponents of possibly the rarest of the rare music genres in India – the...
View ArticleDo You Know How Beautiful The North East Really Is? This Video Shows You In...
They say travel frees the mind. Watch this short film from the amazing parts of North East India. One of the most beautiful but less explored regions of India, the north east is a treasure trove of...
View ArticleMechanics On A Mission: How A Group Of Mechanics Solved Water Problems Of...
A self-taught mechanic who has been loving his job for 28 years, an organization who invested $64000 to bring together the team of most skilled mechanics to train and equip them and a group of...
View ArticleThis Is How 551 Million Votes Were Counted On India’s Election Results Day
As India’s 2014 election results started rolling out , many of us were unaware how exactly the votes are counted from the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). This instructional video, which was made for...
View ArticleHow A Used Carton Is Solving Rural Indian Schools’ Biggest Problem – In Less...
Most schools in Rural India lack basic necessities. As basic as a desk. Children sit hunched for hours, leading to bad posture, poor eyesight and bad handwriting. An NGO, Aarambh came up with an...
View ArticleOne Incident In A Man’s Life Changed The Lives of Hundreds of Underprivileged...
We often see children on streets begging for money, food and other basic necessities. Sometimes we shrug them off thinking they might be part of a bigger beggars’ racket or giving them money might...
View ArticleIndia’s First Ever School For Sex Workers, By Sex Workers
UPDATE: This Video Has Been Removed Temporarily. It has been brought to our partners’ attention that there are concerns on the scrupulousness of the person in charge of making sure donations get to...
View ArticleA Riveting (And Sometimes Amusing) Glimpse Into The Lives Of India’s Youth 20...
Some want to become actors and some would like to serve the country by joining the Army or the Airforce. One would like to sit in an air conditioned room and earn lots of money while another wants to...
View ArticleWhere The Destitute Go To Die With Dignity
Watch this heart wrenching, thought provoking video on miseries of the old and sick, and how this team is helping them live the last hour of their lives with some dignity. Often we forget the faces of...
View ArticleWatch The Giving Hand As It Goes Around Mumbai Making People Smile
This film, “The Giving Hand”, demonstrates the power of ONE! Watch it to see how small gestures can create joy all around. Video by DexterLab Productions
View ArticleCritically Acclaimed TV Series ‘Malgudi Days’ Is Now Available For Online...
If you watched television during the late 80s in India, there is a high chance that your favourite TV series was Malgudi Days! This award-winning series was directed by Shankar Nag and based on the...
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