The Value of One Bucket of Water
It’s amazing and sad how much polarity is in the world when it comes to appreciating water. This video does a fantastic job of portraying those poles. It sometimes becomes easy to take simple things for granted, but videos like this do a great job of humbling us to the worlds problems.
Get Ready For The Rice Bucket Challenge
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 …
Connecting India’s Villages with Successful Village Migrants
A rather common question asked amongst Indians on being acquainted with one another is regarding their “native place”; the village, town, or city that the person originally belongs to. Having been born in the southern city of Chennai, but brought up in the western city of Pune; with my mother …
If You Saw This on the Street Would You Take Action?
If you saw a poor person on the street being beaten would you take action or would you walk on by? Watch this social experiment to see what members of the public did.
Caste and Corruption: The Reason Behind Rapes in India
Background Rape in India is a social construct propagated by the misinterpretation of cultural principles and ideals that are entrenched in Indian society. Although these cultural principles are gradually moving towards the background of Indian society, their implications are still quite discernible, rape being one of the most noticeable effects …
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 …
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.
Researchers Studied Uttarakhand Farm Women for Agriculture Information Needs
A study, “Agriculture information needs of farm women: A study in State of north India,” recently published in the African Journal of Agricultural Research sought to figure out three key things: (1) to find out the socio- personal, communication characteristics of the farm women; (2) to study their information seeking …
What Does Modi's Victory Mean?
As the world’s biggest democratic exercise in 5 years came to an end, India’s voters chose a Hindu-Nationalist, pro-business politician to be their next prime minister, tossing out the party that has led the country for most of the past 67 years. Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 284 …
