Social Issues
Future of Urban India
As the number of people living in cities continues to increase, India needs to be proactive in solving the problems of Urbanization according to LiveMint.com article titled “Future for Urban India”.
Girl’s School Reshapes Rural India
Krishna Chaudhry, 16 year old girl is inspiring her classmates to seek independence through education in rural Uttar Pradesh. She has been an inspiration for her classmates by challenging them to refuel This is reported in Voice of America article titled “Girl’s School in Uttar Pradesh Reshapes Rural India”.
Teach for India – NGO with a Mission
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State for US currently visiting India joined with Aamir Khan in a conference on Education at St. Xavier’s college at Mumbai. They found a common ground in challenging bright youth to take care of millions of Indian citizens that falling behind.
Young MPs face to face with Young Indians
CNN IBN has hosted the program called ‘Youngisthan’ where they invited the young MPs to face questions from young individuals. The MPs had to tackle very tough questioning by the youth. Click on Continue Reading to watch the video.
Empowering Rural Women to bring Electricity to Villages.
In India, 220,000 villages lack electricity. Development organizations like the Barefoot College have focused on empowering women to help these rural villages. Solar projects which brings solar-powered lights is run by the Barefoot College in Tilonia, founded by Bunker Roy in 1972 to help make Indian villagers become self-sufficient, with an emphasis on using women’s skills.
