Here is the story of a unique commune that converted an arid area into a green and fertile zone

At a time when suicides by farmers have gradually been reduced to cold statistics reported by the media everyday, the Timbaktu Collective in Anantapur District is an astonishing story of how an arid desert was transformed by a rare gathering of visionaries.
Anantapur, located in the Rayalaseema...

Sucheta Dalal writes about a unique 24-hour helpline for children 

In the first week of August, India decided to ban the employment of children up to 14 years of age as domestic help or in the hospitality sector. The move is both welcome and long overdue. The rampant exploitation of children by preying on their poverty ought to be stopped and we need to restore their right to a happy...

Some do-gooders may end up undermining the Right to Information Act, finds Sucheta Dalal

MoneyLIFE started this section by pointing out how the Right to Information (RTI) Act has been one of “the most empowering tools handed to socially-conscious Indians in over half a century since independence”. Among the 40,000 odd applications filed under the Act, there have been enough of dramatic...