Tailoring herself a beautiful life

Tailoring herself a beautiful life

Over the years, burdened by difficulties strewn across life, Kiran had forgotten how to smile. Growing up, her father seldom had enough money to fulfil her family’s desires. In fact, he used to take loans for meeting household expenses too. Adding to this, Kiran had...
Radha, the 80-year-old Social Butterfly

Radha, the 80-year-old Social Butterfly

Looking at the Radha, Shakespeare would have surely remarked “What’s in an age!” She might be 80-years-old, with two sons, but that never stopped her from flitting about the town in a socializing frenzy. People often lovingly refer to her as “the social butterfly”....
Enabling through inclusive education

Enabling through inclusive education

As our car pulls up by the building, young Karthik welcomes us with a big smile and a firm handshake. As a boy with visual impairment, he was fortunate to get the gift of inclusive education and has grown into a poised, confident young man. Karthik takes us through...
Bringing visibility to the invisible

Bringing visibility to the invisible

Swarnalaxmi is a 17-year-old class 11 student with visual impairment from Pondicherry. She attended the Special School for the Visually Challenged in Chennai from classes 1 to 10. One day when she was in class 8, her teacher spoke about the Children’s Parliament....
Rising from a disaster

Rising from a disaster

Borim Rongpi was born to Rensig Rongpi and Kaseng Timong in the village of Rongmandu, Kharbi Anglong district, Assam. He was a healthy child till he was seven years old. In an accident, he lost both his arms to a sugarcane crushing machine. He was moved to Guwahati...