Month: April 2016

This 9-Year-Old From Bhopal Runs A Library To Educate Other Kids In Her Slum

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This 9-Year-Old From Bhopal Runs A Library To Educate Other Kids In Her Slum

At the time when you and I were too busy troubling our parents for a new toy, dress, yada yada yada, Muskaan Ahirwar realized the bigger problems in the society, which most of us still pretend to be unaware of, and started a library to educate other children in her slum who are devoid of something as basic (to us, of course) as education.   Through crowded, shanty alleys, surrounded by the excited groups of children, stands a “Bal Pustakalaya” in the slum area which is run by this 9 year old. Every day, after coming…

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This 7-Year-Old Kashmiri Jabs Her Way Into The World Kickboxing Championship

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This 7-Year-Old Kashmiri Jabs Her Way Into The World Kickboxing Championship

catchnews.com The first-ever female Kashmiri kick-boxer to represent India at the World Kickboxing Championship that is to take place in Andria, Italy, this November is all of 7-years-old. Hailing from a small, unsung village in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Tajamul Islam may look like any other kid-next-door, but step into the ring with her and you’ll know she’s not someone you want to mess with. Tajamul’s father Ghulam Mohammad Lone, a driver with Hindustan Construction Company, earns enough to just make ends meet for his family. Tajamul has four other siblings-…

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Dipa Karmakar : The First Indian Women to Qualify for Olympic

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Dipa Karmakar : The First Indian Women to Qualify for Olympic

Dipa Karmakar created history by becoming first Indian women gymnast to qualify for Olympics after her stunning performance at final qualifying and test event. She will be the Indian gymnast qualifying for the quadrennial extravaganza after 52 long years. Since the independent of the country only 11 male gymnasts have participated in Olympic but this is the first Indian women to participate in Olympic. The international Federation of Gymnastics has confirmed that Dipa Karmakar is qualified by official for Rio Games. She has been listed by FIG for 79th gymnast…

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A Refugee Who Lost His Leg In Syrian War Will Carry The Olympic Torch

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A Refugee Who Lost His Leg In Syrian War Will Carry The Olympic Torch

https://www.facebook.com/ajplusenglish/videos/720697458071764/     The story is as simple as it is touching. It is about a Syrian refugee in Greece, Ibrahim Al Hussein. Aged 27 now, Ibrahim was forced to flee Syria when he lost part of his right leg to the war. He sought asylum in Greece and has been staying there since. Ibrahim has been training for swimming in a former Olympic training complex in Athens and is also a member of a wheelchair basketball team. On 26th April, 2016, he will get to carry the Olympic torch…

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From Chaiwala To CA And Now He Is Maharashtra’s Brand Ambassador For Education

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From Chaiwala To CA And Now He Is Maharashtra’s Brand Ambassador For Education

  Somnath Giram (30), a Pune-based tea-seller, had recently hogged limelight when he cleared chartered accountancy (CA), beating all odds. Son of a humble farmer from Solapur district, Somnath, had left home in 2008 when pursing BCom became impossible for want of funds. “As an ambassador, he will be visiting universities and sharing his experiences with students on how to ‘earn and learn’,” said Sidharth Kharat, deputy secretary, higher education department, adding that the success story of this chaiwala is truly inspiring. Higher and technical education sector in Maharashtra has…

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Liquor Ban In Bihar Brings Back Happiness Into A Couple’s Life, Gets Reunited After 16 Years

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Liquor Ban In Bihar Brings Back Happiness Into A Couple’s Life, Gets Reunited After 16 Years

For 13 years, Jai Gobind Singh and his wife Vijayanti Devi, residents of Mohuddiganj in Bihar’s Sasaram district have lived apart. Though never formally separated, Vijayanti had vowed never to return. The couple were married about two decades ago. But since then, Vijayanti, 50, said she was fed up of her husband’s chronic alcoholism, beatings and abuses. In 2003, Vijayanti took her daughter, then just a year old and walked out of the house. “He used to consume alcohol every day. Sometimes he used to assault me too. One fine…

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Thanks To Our Carelessness, India May Have To Import Water By 2050

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Thanks To Our Carelessness, India May Have To Import Water By 2050

This is not a mere figment of imagination if we are to consider the latest figures released by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB). Our present generation seems to be oblivious to this quote by Wendell Berry, a well known environmental activist – “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”. This forms the crux of sustainable development which was defined in the Brundtland Report as “development that meets the needs and aspirations of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their…

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My Story: After I Gave Birth To My Daughter, My Husband Started Having An Extra Marital Affair

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My Story: After I Gave Birth To My Daughter, My Husband Started Having An Extra Marital Affair

“After I gave birth to my daughter, my husband started having an extra marital affair. I loved him very much, so I tried to bring him back to me but he began to treat me really badly — he wouldn’t even look at me. When I confronted him about this other woman he said, ‘it happens in every family– at least I’m giving you a place to stay, so you shouldn’t complain.’ He didn’t give me any money for anything, so I began to do odd jobs in my village…

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The PepperTap Journey: Our Story

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The PepperTap Journey: Our Story

The last year and a half have been nothing short of a thrilling rollercoaster ride, with ups and downs in equal measure for us at PepperTap. Rewind to sunny September 2014, in Galleria market in Gurgaon. The coffee shops here were the conference rooms in which I pitched what was just an idea then, to potential team members. And what an idea we thought it was, simple as it comes – we were going to revolutionize grocery shopping. No more queues, no more parking hassles, no more bickering with sabzi-wallahs….

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Teaching India: A Mobile Book Van

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Teaching India: A Mobile Book Van

Akshaya Routray is 34, and Satabdi Mishra is 32 years old. They met at a book store. Being book lovers themselves, they decided to help make books accessible to everyone, especially children and those living in remote areas. They soon started Walking BookFairs, a mobile book store which runs on wheels. “We realised how the common man feels intimidated by the thought of entering a book store. When we took books on to the road, it was for the entire public and people did not hesitate to come and see,”…

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