A Fresh Look At What We Eat
IT was the autumn of 2004 when Canadian environmentalists Alisa Smith and James MacKinnon discovered a diet that would start a…
Small Talk With Ashif Shaikh
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Goonj: Ordinary people, extraordinary power
THERE’S a recent image that will remain etched in our collective memory for a long time: 40,000 farmers from Nashik…
To Child Refugees, With Love
DESPITE the world having the most number of displaced people in history, migration is still a controversial topic. There are…
Bollywood Stars Are Turning Green
WE all love to read about what our favourite celebrities are up to, but it’s always nice to hear that…
Privilege And Bias Affect Our Empathy: Alex Gabbay
By ALEX GABBAY —- IN 2001, I moved to Kathmandu to produce three films for UNICEF. Whilst making them I…
Films to watch if you want to change the world
WANT to change the world but aren’t sure where to start? Get inspired by watching one of these documentaries: 1. The…
The Princess Of Charity
MEGHAN MARKLE, actress, philanthropist, activist, humanitarian, World Vision ambassador, UN Women’s advocate for political participation and leadership, now has another title:…
Small Talk With Udai Malhotra
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
When Fundraisers Become Fun Raisers
AS a professional fundraiser in a previous life, we all strive for that ONE idea that will set our fundraisers…
5 simple inventions saving the environment
WHEN it comes to saving the environment world renowned physicist Stephen Hawking once said, “We have given our planet the…
Cops Are Tops On Social Media
POLICE have always been associated with a certain seriousness and their constant alerts about safety, traffic rules and drunken driving in…
Small Talk With Aditi Kaur
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Are We Oblivious To Caste Discrimination?
IF you think that caste bias is a thing of the past and India has moved into the 21st century…
The drama of social change
LIVE theatre has been a form of communication since ancient Greece and was a part of everything from festivals, religious rituals, academia,…
Poet Put His Stamp On The Subcontinent
THE humanist spirit of Kazi Nazrul Islam, known as the “rebel” poet is alive and strong. Despite religious strife still…
Small Talk With Kathy Walkling
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
Addressing Masculinity In India
By RENUKA MOTIHAR —- IN the early years of my career, I worked at CEDPA (now Centre for Catalyzing Change),…
Four women who changed their world
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day has been observed for over 100 years around the world. Since the last one a year ago,…
Many Firsts For India’s Third Gender
INDIA is one of the most forward-thinking countries when it comes to recognising non-binary genders, especially compared to many ‘progressive’ Western…
Small Talk with Tejshvi Jain
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…
More celebs need to be real-life heroes
By CHIRAG MALKANI —- BONO, the rockstar and activist, acknowledges the power of celebrity, saying: “It’s silly, but it’s a kind…
Is there a disconnect between donor giving and NGO needs?
AS a donor, do you have a preconceived notion of what your giving experience should look like? In today’s culture…
The Oceans’ Speedo-ed Superhero
LEWIS PUGH, a name you’ve probably never heard, is one of the most important unsung heroes of our planet. Gifted…
Small Talk With Maitreyee Kumar
CHANGE leaders do great things, and often that is all we know about them. Here we want to get a…