GENRE: Features Citizen Matters

Green the Red: Enabling women for a sustainable planet

March 7, 2017 Shyamala Suresh

Organised around International Women’s Day, the Green the Red campaign aims to educate women about alternative menstrual practices that would be better for them as well as the environment.

Bengaluru looks underground in attempt to avoid water Doomsday

February 25, 2017 Patralekha Chatterjee, Citiscope

Innovative Participatory Aquifer Mapping project seeks to educate residents about precious groundwater and also involve them in sharing information about borewells in their communities.

How one 16-year-old student’s venture could help thousands of others

February 23, 2017 Sara Borasio

Bengaluru-based Isana Nambiar’s enterprise could help needy schools across the country connect with donors for all that they need.

If this is who we are, Swachh Bharat can only be a dream!

February 22, 2017 Sudha Narasimhachar

A journey to the heart of India and back leaves the writer distraught over the lack of civic awareness among educated, urban citizens and the implications for our much vaunted Clean India Mission.

A senior citizen’s guide to claiming maintenance

February 14, 2017 Abraham Koshy

What are the rights of an aged parent? Can a childless couple have rights to maintenance? Who decides? This guide educates senior citizens about their rights to claiming maintenance under the law of the land.

New hope for senior citizens, thanks to this Amritsar youth

February 7, 2017 Sara Borasio

Inderpreet Singh’s ‘Society for Productive Engagement and Entertainment for the Elderly’ helps residents in old age homes lead more productive and dignified lives by opening up new opportunities for them.

Empowering local communities to take care of our beaches

February 4, 2017 News Desk

An interactive and exploratory session, titled ‘A Tide Turns’, at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on February 6th to look at community-led monitoring of shoreline changes

How to lock and update your Aadhaar biometric data (and more!)

February 2, 2017 Akshatha M

In view of the obvious push for Aadhaar by the central and state governments, here is a quick FAQ to resolve your doubts and fears over the data shared with the UIDAI.

These Kolkata college-goers could make paper bags the preferred urban choice

January 25, 2017 Sara Borasio

Plastic bags are clearly among the biggest threats to the planet and this team could help urban citizens shun them by making paper bags more affordable and commonly available.

12 rumours that made news post demonetisation in India

December 22, 2016 Sumukh Kadekar

Along with dealing with the cash crunch post demonetisation, the Reserve Bank of India and Finance Ministry also had to tackle the rumours that were making rounds on social media.

Dining out? Bengaluru school girls tell you how you can save water!

December 19, 2016 Sara Borasio

16-year-old Garvita Gulhati and 17-year-old Pooja Tanawade from Bengaluru have launched “Why Waste,” focussing on saving water in restaurants and waste segregation at source.

Society

WhatsApp – the fast lane to fake news in India

December 15, 2016 Aarti Kelkar Khambete

Group forwards on Whatsapp are the latest source of news for a huge number of urban Indians. But how much of it is authentic?