The President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee Speaks to 16th Lok Sabha For First Time
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, spoke to the 16th Lok Sabha for the first time on Monday at the Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi. He outlined that the first priority of the members should be to serve the people with the mandate they received in the recent …
Volunteering For SEEKHO Is a Life Changing and Career Building Opportunity
I had the pleasure of speaking to Sam Brundrett who is the head of business development for our non-profit partner SEEKHO (for content from the interview visit our introduction page) regarding his work for the organization. We then did an email follow-up on the impact of SEEKHO on him and the contents of …
Featured I4SC Partner: SEEKHO is Revolutionizing Changemaking in Bihar
SEEKHO is a young and growing non-profit that has set out to change the way local changemakers in Bihar approach and solve problems. We are very excited that they will be partnering with Indians 4 Social Change to provide inspiring and informative content about their work! I had the pleasure …
Gender Discrimination Evident in Rural Indian Women's Breast Feeding Practices
A study was recently published in the International Journal of Health Sciences and Research that studied rural women and breast feeding practices with twin infants (one male and one female). The Study The study had 200 mothers with one infant of each gender. Of the 400 infants, only 210 of them …
Hate Crime and Hindu-Muslim Riots Over Facebook Post in Pune
Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh, a muslim man who lived in Pune, was allegedly beaten by Hindu Rashtra Sena (Hindu National Army) followers with iron rods and hockey sticks. They identified him as Muslim based on his beard and a skull cap. He ended up passing away while in medical care. Shaikh was an …
Child Marriages: A Prevalent Issue in India and Other Countries
There are many considerations to discuss when we focus on child marriage. We can look at the impact to the child, the bride or bridegroom, the effect on their lives, emotionally, physically and biologically. We can look at the consequence child marriage can have on their family, the community and …
Eat Dog Poop or Be Sexually Abused? Decisions Children in Karjat Shelter Home were Forced to Make
Some events in life are so unpleasant, unbelievable, and down-right cruel that after reading about it people are speechless and just stare at their laptop screens. This such an incident. One of the worst incidents regarding young children being sexually abused has occurred at the Karjat Shelter home. The house …
The Right to Love Campaign: Helping to Give Us All The Right To Love
According to the dictionary, love is a passionate affection for another person. No gender is specified in the dictionary, but the world and our societies have put limitations on whom we can and cannot love. India, a conservative and tradition-bound country, has had a hard time accepting this idea, and …
Banking on Change: One Man is Working to Reduce Disparities with His Skills
South Indian bank manager J S Parthiban is doing something to counter the poverty he saw by helping provide micro-loans and bank accounts to people. We need more people like him who care enough to take steps to counter the huge income disparity.
One Delhi School Takes A Bold But Required Step for LGBTQ Awareness
Sexual education in an Indian school? Forget about it. Sexual education that includes LGBTQ awareness? Are we in the future! This school is what the ideal future would look like. Share if you think they are doing the right thing!
