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Zero Connect

Centuries ago, the Little Rann of Kutch was part of the sea. Deposition of silt brought down by sea along...

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Including the excluded

Excited shouts of “Computer sir is here! Computer sir is here!” fill the air every afternoon at the Shanthi Bhavan HIV/AIDS...

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Local art and global reach

Bidyabati Meher belongs to a small village called Barpali in Odisha. Located in Bargarh district, famous for hand-woven ikat sarees,...

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Pre-historic art in digital era

Abrar Ahmad, wearing his crisp white kurta, says that he was the first one to introduce bone carving in Mailaraihanj,...

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Fighting against odds

During a recent trip to rural parts of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, we met several women who gave a glimpse...

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Woman from Rajasthan fights against Child Marriage

Twenty-four-year-old Vijaylaxmi Sharma was born in Jhorinda Bhojpura village of Phagi district, Rajasthan, when her mother was just 14 years old. Five years later, Vijaylaxmi already had two other...

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Breaking the stereotypes

As a child, Rakhi was an extremely hard working and determined student. In Class 5, Rakhi was made the vice...

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Turning into entrepreneurs

Until 2011, Dabri village on the outskirts of Birni, one of the 13 community development blocks of Giridih district in...

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On a journey to meet 52 innovators

An MBA dropout, Rahul Karanpuriya is on a 52-week-long journey across India to discover 52 innovators and individuals who are...

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The Elrhino effect

A father-daughter duo, Mahesh Chandra Bora and Nisha Bora, are running a successful enterprise in Assam to rebuild the bond...

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Rajasthan’s inspiring tribal women

Women of the Sahariya tribe in Rajasthan are making a mark for themselves and, in the process, enabling access to...

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A wave of online and offline support

Every morning at 7 am about 40,000-60,000 people in and around the village of Tilonia in Ajmer district of Rajasthan turn on their radio transistors and tune into 90.4...

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Falling in love all over again

The women of Tilonia are in love. And this love is for their newly acquired iPads. Strolling around the campus...

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Google turns children of Alwar into tourists

Last month, I was in Alwar district of Rajasthan (Alwar is about 160 kilometres from Delhi, and is also one...

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Technology is making Chanderi richer

Twenty-seven-year-old Mohd Shahdab Ansari studied till Class X before he took up the family tradition of weaving in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh. There...

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Living in Digital Exclusion

Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) aims to connect unreached and underserved communities of India in an effort to bring them out of digital darkness...

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Kalle Bhai: A living musuem

Muzaffar Ansari, more popularly known as Kalle Bhai, is a man of many stories and mysteries. A Class 6 dropout,...

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