Elphinstone Railway Station Stampede: More Than Time Lost!
Heavy rains bring disease, plagues, and panic. However, this monsoon unraveled a disaster that had been waiting to happen. The untimely rain, shocked many people, all who in a frenzy to stay dry rushed towards the foot overbridge. Eventually, all the panic-driven pushing and shoving resulted in 22 dead and …
Moving Towards Reformed Education: Reality or Illusion?
Education in India has come a long way from gurukulas in the ancient times to digital mediums in the modern period. As the country leaps to greater heights of development, education remains one of the crucial facets of this progress. Amid the fast-growing society of the 21st-century, the real question …
Protector Becomes Life Threat: Policeman Tries To Rape Six Year Old
The lack of safety for women and children in India and even the protectors of our society, policeman, have become a threat to women and children. A policeman tried to rape a 6-year-old. Lack Of Safety For Women And Children Though there are many laws to protect the interests of …
How Clean is the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Introduction “A clean India would be the best tribute India could pay to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150 birth anniversary in 2019,” was the statement given by Mr. Narendra Modi on the launch of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on 2nd October 2014. Three years into the Abhiyan and as many as …
Is Suicide An Epidemic Or A Weapon?
Introduction There was a time when students attempted suicides for reasons like depression, anxiety or peer pressure but today, they use them to fight the government or to take their stand. The suicide threat by a blind student Suresh from Karnataka had surprised the MCI and goaded them to reconsider his …
Live Life Then Give Life: Organ Donation
Introduction Organ donation is the process of donating organs or biological tissue to a living recipient who is in need of a transplant. Vital organs like the heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, lungs, and pancreas can be donated only in the case of ‘brain death’. However other tissues like corneas, heart …
Not As Fair, Just As Lovely: Panidepu Crowned Miss Virginia Teen USA
Various steps have been taken to promote a reform in media’s attention to what is considered beautiful, but society still has a long way to go in terms of breaking the social construct of beauty. It’s undoubtedly hard to effectively raise awareness about these issues in society, but Himanvi Panidepu …
Mitigating the ‘Brain Drain’: Government Hikes the Monthly Fellowship for IIT and IISC Researchers
Union higher education secretary Kewal Kumar Sharma has said that the Centre will provide Rs 70,000 as a monthly fellowship to those researchers doing their PhDs in IITs or IISc.”As part of the research fellowship scheme of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we wish the meritorious students who are being forced …
The Choice: A Film on Climate Change
I4SC is extremely proud to present a short movie about climate change created by one of our former interns who has moved on to become an impactful activist in society. Here’s a short summary about her film and its various features written by her. We encourage you to check it …
Stigma Surrounding Depression: Padukone Speaks Up About Her Experiences
Speaking at the India Economic Summit, actress Deepika Padukone has stated that her experiences with depression in the past have always left a fear of relapse in her. The actor opened up about her battle with depression in the beginning of 2015. It was a friend’s suicide along with her …