• Avanti Fellows: Helping low-income students attend India’s top-tier colleges

    Avanti Fellows: Helping low-income students attend India’s top-tier colleges

    Culture & Education | June 15, 2012

    Chetan Bhagat’s “Five Point Someone” and subsequent hit film “3...

  • The Rise of the Street Hawker

    The Rise of the Street Hawker

    Culture & Education | June 7, 2012

    Across Indian cities, the middle class appears to be rising...

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  • Breaking the Education Barrier

    Breaking the Education Barrier

    Culture & Education | June 8, 2012

    When Barack Obama became the 44th President of the USA,...

  • Profis: Social Inclusion through Liberal Arts

    Profis: Social Inclusion through Liberal Arts

    Culture & Education | June 21, 2012

    CAMPINAS, Brazil – Brazil’s public school system is notoriously awful...

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  • MicroGraam:  Partnering with India’s Rural Poor to Overcome Poverty

    MicroGraam: Partnering with India’s Rural Poor to Overcome Poverty

    Entrepreneurship | May 24, 2012

    India’s economy may be on the rise, but for the...

  • Cricketing superstars support NGO’s quest for a Cleaner India

    Cricketing superstars support NGO’s quest for a Cleaner India

    Entrepreneurship | May 29, 2012

    The IPL may be over, but the Mountain Cleaners Headquarters...

  • Civil Society: Creating New Narratives for India’s Media

    Civil Society: Creating New Narratives for India’s Media

    Culture & Education | June 14, 2012

    Eight-and-a-half years ago, Umesh and Rita Anand launched the 20-page...