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The Yamuna ghats in Vrindavan were lit up when over a hundred widows breaking social taboos and conventional shackles, joined Diwali festivities, Tuesday evening. In the past, Hindu widows were treated as "inauspicious" and were ...

New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI/SRV Media): "In a gentle way, you can shake the world". These simple yet powerful words by Mahatma Gandhi came alive on January 30th '2021 on his 73rd martyr day, when 78 Impact Leaders, Change Makers, and Organizations, who are shaking the world gently yet making a powerful social impact were awarded the prestigious Mahatma Award at an award ceremony in New Delhi.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world. These simple yet powerful words by Mahatma Gandhi came alive on January 30th 2021 on his 73rd martyr day, when 78 I

Social Entrepreneurship’ emerged in the 1980s  when  Muhammad Yunus, the Noble laureate from Bangladesh, founded Grameen Bank which pioneered the concept of microcredit. He defined ‘ Social Entrepreneurship’ as the process of recognizing an opportunity to create social value and establish new business ventures to bring social change. He mentioned that Entrepreneurship is different from Social Entrepreneurship as the former aims to capture the business market share to maximum profits w...

An uncomfortable yet necessary look at why our waste matters

Haryana: Open defecation-free village to be named after US Prez Donald Trump in Mewat Haryana: Open defecation-free village to be named after US Prez Donald Trump in Mewat An Open Defecation-free (ODF) Village In Mewat Will Be Named After The US President Donald Trump. The Trump Sulabh Village Will Be Inaugrated On June 23. News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Neha Singh | Updated on: 22 Jun 2017, 12:21:00 PM New Delhi: An open defecation-free (ODF) village in Mewat...

An excerpt from a biography of the founder of the company that builds Sulabh toilets. Jan 14, 2021 · 05:30 pm Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak demonstrates his low-cost and environmentally-friendly two-pit toilet technology to former manual scavengers. | Sajjad Hussain/AFP Bindeshwar had his early education in his village, Rampur Baghel, and in Hazipur, the village of his maternal grandfather. The schools in these villages had no toilets either for boys or girls. Patha...

By Rudril Pandey* No person in the world would tout the practice of manual scavenging to be beneficial to society or a desirable outcome to be pursued. Many people would feel nauseated just by thinking about the activity. With an exceedingly low approval amongst the masses, one would think that manual scavenging would have been eradicated from the nation by now. The reality is far from it. According to the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis, 631 people have died in the activity from 2010...