Mansi Firth reports on the efforts of the Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group to rid society of the scourge of gender inequality

“You can tell the condition of a nation by looking at the status of its women” -- Jawaharlal Nehru Gender inequality is a pervasive problem and evident in cultures across the world. In India, it encompasses education, professional work, property ownership, relationships...

Ananya Trust is instilling hope in street children. Tarika Vaswani reports

At the age of nine, Nisar ran away from home, boarded a wrong bus, fell asleep and ended up in Bengaluru. Unable to communicate about where he came from, he ended up on the streets and was ‘adopted’ by a gang of beggars. A shelter for street-children took him under their wings for a few days; then for a while he stayed...

Tarika Vaswani of GiveIndia profiles a unique organisation that addresses the special needs of the deafblind

Donate a rainbow, donate a song, donate the words ‘I love you’.
Donate a starry night, donate a sunset, donate the sound of rain on a tin roof.
Donate a hearty laugh, donate a whisper.
Donate the glimpse of a child.
Donate the rustle of leaves.
Donate the sound of waves...