Indians 4 Social Change

The ice bucket challenge put amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the national spotlight. Everyone from George W. Bush to Lady Gaga participated. Even some Indians have done it – here’s a video of Akshay Kumar. With the ALS Association reporting over $70.2 million in donations, the movement has been hugely successful …

In one of his first acts after being sworn in as India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi released 37 Pakistani prisoners, including 35 fisherman and 2 civilians. This announcement from New Dehli came after Pakistan Premier Nawaz Sharif ordered the release of 151 prisoners, including 150 fisherman and one civilian, and …

India has long been identified as the world’s largest democracy, and it’s growing even larger. There are 814 million voters registered to vote in this year’s general elections. That’s 100 million voters more than there were in the 2009 elections, and more voters than the combined populations of the United …

The Problem The changing conditions in the Assam region of India, one of the largest tea growing regions in the world, have led to weakened taste, decreasing production, and plummeting prices in its famous black tea. Shifting rainfall has affected the balance of chemical compounds found in the tea leaves …

A comprehensive report, released late last year, named India as the country with by far the most people living as slaves. The Global Slavery Index, published by the Walk Free Foundation, indicated that out of the 30 million people still enslaved worldwide, India has an estimated 14 million. From unskilled labor …

There’s a saying in Indian government – “प्रचा ही प्रभु है”. The aphorism “pracha hi prabhu hai” roughly translates to “the citizen is the king”, and reflects the idea that no office in the land should be higher than the office of citizen. Unfortunately, India’s political system fails to put …