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TBI Blogs: Casteism, Illiteracy, Child Labour, Child Marriage – 13-Year-Old...
Casteism and discrimination is still a problem in many parts of rural India. This 13-year-old has initiated a fight against these social evils in her village, vowing to eradicate casteism, illiteracy,...
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A Farm Labourer From Jaisalmer Made His 6 Daughters Mayor, Doctors, Engineer...
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” ― Nelson Mandela This is a story of an engineer whose 6 daughters are excelling in various fields, right from politics to...
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TBI Blogs: Experience for a Lifetime – How a UK Resident Rediscovered Herself...
Unknown and unfamiliar environments challenge set perceptions and individual world views. UK national Sarah Louise Horscroft talks about how interacting with villagers in Rajasthan helped her better...
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Not All Heroes Wear Capes: These Jaipur Teens Worked Together to Take Down a...
Sometimes during the darkest of times, heroes emerge to save the day. That is the case of a group of teenagers from Rajasthan that worked together to help capture a man claimed to be the most...
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TBI Blogs: The Next Time You’re in Jodhpur, Visit the ‘Chappalon Wali Gali’,...
In the narrow lanes of the historical city of Jodhpur, a community has been creating the signature Jodhpuri chappals tirelessly for generations. Art. The term is vast and enveloping, a gamut of...
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TBI Blogs: How a Youth Club From a Village in Rajasthan Helped a Disabled Boy...
When communities join together for social improvement and change, they can overcome even the most difficult of odds. Rupal Hariyaow talks about how a youth club in a village in Rajasthan banded...
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Once Fined for Littering in Kuwait, This Rajasthan Businessman Now Drives for...
In 1999-2000, Kailash Panchal was visiting Kuwait with his uncle. The young man threw a bottle of cold drink on the road, an unfortunately common activity in India. But this was Kuwait and Kailash’s...
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A Girl’s Letter Begging Her Father to Quit Smoking Has Made Her the Face of...
Sometimes the best person to call out the actions of adults is a child. And one health department in the country is hoping that the voice of a 12-year-old girl will be enough to get millions to stop...
View Article6 Interesting Facts About ABHAY, Rajasthan’s New High-Tech Crime-Fighting...
ABHAY will now be at hand helping the police in the state of Rajasthan conduct high-level surveillance and tracking in order to bring criminals to justice. ABHAY the super-cop is a high-tech command...
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Rajasthan Is Tackling Its Stone Slurry Problem by Turning It Into Building...
Stone processing units in general tend to generate a lot of stone slurry, which end up causing a lot of problems when it comes to disposal. Given that the Kota region tends to generate massive amounts...
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Students in Rural Rajasthan Are Being Educated On Important Social Issues. On...
A Delhi-based charity is using audio stories accessed through mobile phones to educate boys on gender equality and social issues in rural Rajasthan. Mobile phones are being used to promote inclusion...
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Rajasthan’s Elderly Folk Prove It’s Never Too Late by Hitting the Books to...
Barmer district in Rajasthan is a rather wonderful little oasis in the desert state. It is here where senior citizens of India are quietly setting an example that when it comes to seeking knowledge,...
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This Auto Driver Became an Amla Farmer to Support His Family. He Now Earns in...
Amar Singh’s story will rebuild your faith in the cliché that ‘all’s well that ends well’. He lost his father at an early age and became an auto-rickshaw driver to take care of his family. But his life...
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TBI Blogs: How an NGO in Rural Rajasthan Is Encouraging Villagers to Build...
The quest to make India open-defecation-free continues. An organisation is contributing to the drive by offering a unique and sustainable solution in Rajasthan’s villages — EcoSan toilets. Seva Mandir,...
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TBI Blogs: One Girl’s Simple Plan Aims to Help Reduce Human-Animal Conflict...
When Avital (Tali) Datskovsky came to Rajasthan as part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India to work on a project conserving local knowledge and traditions at the verge of...
View ArticleA Village with No Roads, No Electricity, No Water – and One Man Fighting for...
Ashwani Parashar, an MBBS student from Dholpur, is trying to bring to light the plight of the remote village of Rajghat in the hope of making way for development.
View ArticleOne Sapling at a Time, This Man From Rajasthan Is Painting the Desert State...
With concepts such as Familial Forestry and Budding, Shyam Sundar Jyani has not just brought back the biodiversity of the region but also uplifted the economic status of the people.
View ArticleTBI Blogs: How Women in a Rajasthan Village Overcame Caste Divides with the...
A remote village in rural Rajasthan had strong divisions based on caste, with people from different castes even living separately. Neha Srivastava narrates how she and her team bridged this gap and...
View ArticleThis Awesome Rajasthan Bride Challenged Patriarchy in the Coolest Way: By...
Breaking away from the tradition of the groom leading the baraat, young bride Jiya Sharma decided to shake things up a little!
View ArticleA Unique Baraat: Cops Join Wedding Procession to Protect Groom Who Broke...
Kamlesh Regar and his family decided to rope in the help of the police when they allegedly received threats for breaking from a casteist tradition. And the cops went all out to ensure a happy ending.
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