By Anuksha Dey 2020 was a hard year for businesses across India. However, for 47-year-old Madhu Ahuja, the year provided her with an opportunity to follow her lifelong dream of working in the social sector. She is helping women become financially independent by teaching them new skills for free, and is even paying some of … Read more
By Gokulananda Nandan Being an IB educator and examiner, I request IB to cancel the May 2021 exam in India as the students will be the most impacted for no fault of theirs. In many schools, the pupils have suffered loss of learning due to the technological instability of online classes, which has resulted in … Read more
By Anuksha Dey The parents have slammed private schools in Bengaluru for going on a strike yesterday (Feb 23) to protest against a 30% fee cut ordered by the state government. The schools claim that only 70% of the current school fees is not enough for payment of staff and maintenance of the school property. … Read more
By Anuksha Dey Sparsha Trust, a 16-year-old NGO which started out as a shelter for five children in a small shed near the Bangalore airport, has stopped 174 child marriages between April 2020 and January 2021. The organisation, which has received the Best NGO award from the state government of Karnataka on two occasions, works … Read more
By Qamar ZJ While there are several private fact-check websites, not many are aware that the Karnataka police launched a fact-checking website in April last year. This was to combat the fake news surrounding COVID-19. Today, the portal has become an additional tool that the citizens can use to check the veracity of the information … Read more
By Zahid H Javali Chetana Kulkarni (39), the co-founder of The Birth Home in JP Nagar, is on a mission. The resident of Indiranagar believes in natural birth and family-centred care to be her life’s focus. Though qualified as an engineer, midwifery has become her life’s calling in the last 15 months in Bengaluru. While … Read more
Videos courtesy: Anjali Saini By Qamar ZJ & Aratrika Dey At a time when everybody is struggling to get past the gloom of the pandemic, here comes some good news. Whitefield gets its own digital public library after a ten-year wait. This book-full of wonder is situated in Thubarahalli, Mahadevapura Zone, Whitefield. It should not … Read more
By Chandrima Mazumdar From fat to fit, from winning a national beauty pageant to quitting her corporate job and becoming a yoga trainer, Prathima David’s work-life balance instantly inspires you. She faced two major accidents, and only yoga came to her rescue. She struggled with weight issues and lost 37 kilos, thanks to yoga again. … Read more
By Zahid H Javali Ever since the Right to Information (RTI) cell shut down at the BBMP and BDA headquarters in 2017, RTI activists are rooting for its return. One such prominent person is COVID-19 affected Ravindra Nath Guru, a 76-year-old who is filing RTIs for the last 15 years. “COVID-19 has put a halt … Read more
By Ritika Srivatsan E-learning has impacted not only students as we have reported earlier but also teachers who are adapting to the learning curve. In March, many thought of online learning as temporary. However, after nearly seven months of remote lessons, e-learning is here to stay, and so are its implications. Teachers feel this year … Read more
By Zahid H Javali Lockdowns, road and footpath works in residential areas, and long relocations and vacations can drain your car’s battery. The problem can be to such an extent that you cannot start your car the next day. What do you do to prevent draining your vehicle’s battery? The short answer is in this … Read more
By Ritika Srivatsan Online classes are wreaking havoc on the lives of some students, impacting mental health, grades and future options. Many fear this year will significantly affect the rest of their lives and continue to haunt them long after the pandemic is over. The United States was one of the first countries to reopen … Read more