Kis Aadhaar Se?
Starvation In The Indian Context India is a country with a population of over 1.3 billion. The population increases at the rate of 1.2% per year, making us the second most populated country in the world. Incidentally, the Indian food industry is the world’s sixth largest and is expected to …
Access to Toilets: Need of the Hour
What is World Toilet Day All About? Since the year 2013, 19 November is celebrated as World Toilet Day. The aim of this day is to recognize the sanitation crisis across the world and urge the global community to take steps to solve this issue, since 1.3 billion people on the …
Access to Toilets: Need of the Hour
What is World Toilet Day All About? Since the year 2013, 19 November is celebrated as World Toilet Day. The aim of this day is to recognize the sanitation crisis across the world and urge the global community to take steps to solve this issue, since 1.3 billion people on the …
Resolved India-US Dispute Opens Doors for WTO Deal
India and the United States have recently reconciled over food stockpiles, subsequently allowing a global trade deal to be enacted that had been postponed indefinitely. The World Trade Organization (WTO) had decided on a deal called the Trade Facilitation Agreement to simplify trade processes in December at Bali, Indonesia but …
Social Experiment on Hunger and Giving
Even if the sample size is small, it is still heartbreaking to think that anyone would deny food to someone hungry, especially when juxtaposed with even one man who shared his food despite being impoverished himself. Sadly, empathy is a stronger force than sympathy.
How a UPenn Graduate is Empowering the Untapped Potential of India
“The future of India lies in its villages.” This famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi is being threatened today with India looking towards a shining future in its cities and skyscrapers. However Zubin Sharma, a 24 year-old graduate of University of Pennsylvania, took Gandhi’s words to heart. After starting an organization …
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 …
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.
Aarambh Helps Indian Children Learn By Solving Two Key Problems
Indian students often lack basic materials such as desks and backpacks. This creative and simple solution is changing how some students learn at school. Check out their website to learn about their other projects and help them out!
