Space to grow: How Odisha’s seasonal hostels are helping curb child migration and child labour

Poor villagers who migrate for work would take their children along. Now they can leave them in the hostels to be looked after and educated.

Rakhi Ghosh

· Jun 10, 2018 · 08:30 pm

How cultivating watermelon has changed lives of poor villagers in Odisha’s hunger belt

They are no longer forced to migrate for work and have enough to feed their children and send them to school.

Rakhi Ghosh

· May 21, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Video: Meet the woman who quit her corporate job to become India's youngest sarpanch

“I feel like I’m swimming against the tide,” says Chhavi Rajawat who became a village head to bring roads, water and banking to rural Indians.

Thomson Reuters

· Oct 28, 2017 · 10:30 am

How two Indian engineers built a global robotics company after a very human struggle

Having raised at least $38 million from the likes of Tiger Global and Blume Ventures, GreyOrange now sells its warehouse automation solutions across the world.

Devjyot Ghoshal, qz.com

· Jul 29, 2017 · 08:30 pm

How this synthetics tycoon went from teenage Indian emigrant to one of Indonesia’s richest men

Sri Prakash Lohia has a net worth of $4.6 billion. Yet little is known about the 'Polyester King' and his journey to the top.

Manu Balachandran, qz.com

· Oct 22, 2015 · 08:30 pm

Bombay to Barcelona: Former street child's autobiography is a hit around the world

Amin Sheikh, who grew up on the streets of Mumbai and in a shelter home, has written a book that will soon be translated in seven languages and published by Hachette in France.

Aarefa Johari

· Jun 13, 2014 · 06:30 am