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Niharika DabralThe Better India |
At 5.30 am, Sakthisri Anburaj ties her shoelaces in the half-light of a shared room in Chennai. By 6 am, she is downstairs for exercise. By...
In February 2026, a five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy was allegedly stopped from playing on a swing at a Delhi nursery. According to media...
Iftar4All is a citizen-led effort started in 2017 by Anas Tanwir and team to serve iftar meals outside hospitals, railway stations and public spaces...
On the morning of her wedding, Suchita Pati stood in the centre of a decorated hall in Bhubaneswar and took a slow look around. White...
The day for Pritam Nehare, a fellow with Learning Companions, begins at the Sonkhamb centre, with sunlight streaming across colourful mats and...
It is an image that has stayed with his granddaughter for years. At a commemorative concert last year, as stories flowed late into the evening, Shruti...
In Class 6, when most children were worrying about homework, Naman Sharma was cradling an injured pigeon in his hands. He had found the bird...
In the forests of Valparai in Tamil Nadu, a mother elephant’s vigil turned a tense rescue into a lesson in patience and coexistence. When her calf...
Ashutosh bends over a corner of the street in Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar, where a heap of half-eaten food lies strewn across discarded plastic plates,...
On most mornings in Dombivli, while the city below gears up for daily chaos, Asmita Purohit stands quietly on her tiny balcony, running her fingers...
At dawn, the steps leading up the sacred Vellingiri Hills in Tamil Nadu fill with pilgrims. Known as the ‘Kailash of the South’, the hills draw...
If you live with a teenager, you’ve probably noticed how quickly their world fills up with deadlines, tests, and targets. Weeks blur into tuition...
For 17 years, Dr Parag Gad has been working towards a moment many patients wait years to experience — a finger lifting, a leg responding, a small...
A BMW rolls into Nehru Place just as Delhi’s offices begin to stir. Mukesh Sharma steps out, unloads containers of chilled curd and spice boxes, and...