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TBI Photo Essay: Post-Monsoon Celebrations In Rural Maharashtra 27 Aug 2013 | 01:28 pm
This photo essay captures the range of activities, colours and festivities amidst the verdant hills brought about by the monsoon rains in rural areas of Maharashtra, including the celebration of the V...
The Left-Right divide in economics 27 Aug 2013 | 01:28 pm
The recent clash between two eminent economists of our times, Amartya Sen and Jagadish Bhagwati, appears to be centred around the Food Security Bill. Shankar Jaganathan provides a historical context t...
TBI Inspirations: An Incredible Journey From Jharkhand To Spain For This All-Girls Football Team 25 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
For several days now, our readers have been pointing us to a remarkably inspiring story that was making waves on social media but had not received its due coverage in conventional media. As we prepare...
TBI Special Reports: 8 Defining Milestones In India’s Social Enterprise Landscape 25 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
As India celebrates its 67th year of freedom, we wished to pause and reflect on eight milestones that have played an important role in shaping India’s social enterprise landscape and the lessons the...
Sevalaya – Service For All 25 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
Read about a remarkable organization working from villages in Tamil Nadu, and exemplifying service in its every deed. With various initiatives ranging from orphanages and a school to medical care and ...
TBI Specials: Young, special, on the ball and ripping apart the net in Spain 25 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
Many of you would have read our previous coverage of the Jharkhand tribal girls who won the third place at the prestigious Gasteiz Cup in Spain. Here we bring you the complete story, to know more abou...
Swades Foundation – Building Capacity In Rural India 25 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
Remember the 2004 Bollywood film in which an NRI Mohan Bhargava (played by Shah Rukh Khan) returns to India and is moved by the harsh realities faced by the people in his village to become an agent of...
TBI Videos: Music Basti – Where Music Creates Magic 25 Aug 2013 | 01:26 pm
It might be one of the most unique covers of a Green Day hit you'll ever hear: young, at-risk girls from an Indian shelter singing Boulevard of Broken Dreams. But that is what Music Basti has brought ...
TBI Specials: A Different Kishtwar – One Which Showed The Way In Religious Tolerance And Communal Harmony 24 Aug 2013 | 01:24 pm
As curfew continues for the 12th straight day in Kishtwar based on the reports of communal violence, it might be difficult to imagine it as a place where Hindus and Muslims lived in perfect harmony, i...
In celebration of resistance 24 Aug 2013 | 01:24 pm
Sanjay Kak's latest film Red Ant Dream weaves together disparate stories of people's movements and transports the viewer to hidden pockets of resistance to paint a picture of conflict and revolutionar...
