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'It takes a whole rainbow to make the sky sing. And none of us carries every colour'

People who are the blueprints: A story of women (and men) misread

June 20, 2025 6:38 pm

Gender is not destiny. Emotion is not weakness. Strength is not shape-shifting into masculine myth. We must let go of these tropes.

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In this Gujarat district, 'smart' anganwadis are boosting child healthcare post Covid

July 14, 2022 6:25 pm

Project SAAHAS, a public-private collaboration, is working to empower anganwadi workers in Gujarat's Hansot.

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How Bihar’s artists rode out the Covid crisis with tech & tradition

July 13, 2022 3:10 pm

When Covid struck, the only thing selling well was masks. By innovating, adapting and helping each other out, these Madhubani painters in Bihar rose to the challenge and earned a steady income, even during the lockdowns.

How stitching skills helped a woman in Rajasthan village earn a livelihood, and empower others

June 28, 2022 3:36 pm

To help communities during that period, Gravis started active relief measures, supporting about 150,000 people. The organisation distributed food and hygiene kits to nearly 40,000 families (around 3,20,000 people).

In Hyderabad, online music lessons help a group of women keep their life in tune

June 24, 2022 1:03 pm

“When my husband was in ICU during the third wave, I got a lot of strength and inner peace only because of this group and the hymns we learnt. In difficult times, we had each other.”

How a tribal woman helped her community in a Chhattisgarh village during Covid-19

May 30, 2022 11:23 am

The challenge was to keep the services on for the community without putting them at an increased risk of getting infected.

From Helsinki to Payyanur, with a pandemic-induced detour into vlogging

May 26, 2022 11:32 am

Confined to her home, Johanna decided to film a few sit-down videos, where she spoke about her experiences in India, interspersed with a few snippets of her everyday life with her husband Vinod, a government official, and their one-year-old daughter Annika.

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Meet Dr Bharat Champaneria, bringing healthcare and nutritional awareness to rural Gujarat for over 40 years

May 18, 2022 1:51 pm

Dr Champaneria returned from overseas to live and work in the region, and contribute significantly to bring sustainable development to healthcare at the grassroots.

How a school WhatsApp group helped these women rebuild their lives

May 11, 2022 9:41 am

“We need women to be strong to build a strong nation. And that concept made me realise that we should do something about dropout mothers."

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How Dr Nivedita Gupta, a virologist, scaled up India's Covid-19 testing process

April 19, 2022 11:07 am

Dr Nivedita Gupta, the Head of Virology at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), had to take on responsibilities that did not really fit into her "designated work profile".

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26/11 Stories of Strength: Survivors to share accounts of personal triumph

November 26, 2017 5:02 pm

Nine years after terrorists killed at least 166 people in Mumbai on November 26,2008, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, actor Amitabh Bachchan and poet lyricist Prasoon Joshi will take the stage at a memorial event on Sunday to listen to survivor's accounts of their personal triumph over terror in the years since.