Meet the 15-Year-Old Mumbaikar Who Has Recycled 350 Kgs of e-Waste Already!

Here is the latest positive news from The Better India Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser]. Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! [Meet the 15-Year-Old Mumbaikar Who Has Recycled 350 Kgs of e-Waste Already!] Jan 29, 2017 03:40 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Nishant Jain is a 15-year-old boy from Mumbai who has been working with schools in the city to collect batteries and e-waste in order to recycle them properly. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Meet the 15-Year-Old Mumbaikar Who Has Recycled 350 Kgs of e-Waste Already! on Facebook] [And That, My Friends, Is What the Life of an Army Kid Looks Like #LettersFromArmyKids] Jan 29, 2017 09:00 am | Guest Contributor Amruta Mahajan writes about the nomadic life as an army kid and the numerous adventures. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like And That, My Friends, Is What the Life of an Army Kid Looks Like #LettersFromArmyKids on Facebook] [Hyderabad’s Laddu Bhai Has Been Helping Young Kids Cross the City’s Busy Streets for 35 Years!] Jan 28, 2017 04:12 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Christopher, affectionately nicknamed Laddu Bhai, says this is something he does for his enjoyment and out of a personal sense of duty. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Hyderabad’s Laddu Bhai Has Been Helping Young Kids Cross the City’s Busy Streets for 35 Years! on Facebook] [A Window That Cleans Itself? A Material That Doesn’t Need Dusting? IIT Students Have Made It Possible!] Jan 28, 2017 04:02 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Working with nanoscience, researchers from IIT, Kharagpur, have developed a self-cleaning surface that will have real-world implications far beyond clean windows. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like A Window That Cleans Itself? A Material That Doesn’t Need Dusting? IIT Students Have Made It Possible! on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: Meet ‘Lady Wi-Fi’ and Other Super Inspiring Women of Rajasthan’s Sahariya Tribe] Jan 28, 2017 03:52 pm | Digital Empowerment Foundation Women of the Sahariya tribe in Rajasthan are making a mark for themselves and, in the process, enabling access to a better livelihood for others in their community. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: Meet ‘Lady Wi-Fi’ and Other Super Inspiring Women of Rajasthan’s Sahariya Tribe on Facebook] [Visiting Kargil: An Army Kid Asks Indians to Look Back, Remember, & Thank Our Brave Soldiers] Jan 28, 2017 02:07 pm | Guest Contributor Remembering the lost heroes of Kargil and the men who still sacrifice their lives so we can live ours. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Visiting Kargil: An Army Kid Asks Indians to Look Back, Remember, & Thank Our Brave Soldiers on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: Street Plays to Graffiti – These Talented People Are Using the Arts to Drive Social Change] Jan 28, 2017 12:33 pm | Teach For India The Arts – from performance to visual – are amazing tools for telling stories while turning the spotlight on issues in society. Watch how communities freely examine social problems, and derive inspiration for solutions, from these expressions. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: Street Plays to Graffiti – These Talented People Are Using the Arts to Drive Social Change on Facebook] [Here’s Why Snake Catchers From Tamil Nadu Have Been Called to Florida] Jan 28, 2017 12:24 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Men from the famed Irula tribe are helping officials in Florida deal with a deadly python problem. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Here’s Why Snake Catchers From Tamil Nadu Have Been Called to Florida on Facebook] [This NID Grad Left Her High Paying Job To Help Tribal Kids in Odisha Think Out-Of-The Box!] Jan 28, 2017 10:52 am | Sanchari Pal Shalini Krishnan left her fancy job in the city and shifted base to a remote village in Odisha to help tribal kids realize their true potential, dream big and design their own solutions for local problems. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like This NID Grad Left Her High Paying Job To Help Tribal Kids in Odisha Think Out-Of-The Box! on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: How a Bangalore-Based Initiative Plans to Help New Ideas in the Non-Profit Sector Grow] Jan 27, 2017 08:46 pm | The/Nudge The Indian non-profit sector has seen a lot of interest in recent years, with a large number of socially conscious youth looking to enter the sector through various startups. Now, a new Bangalore-based initiative hopes to help these youth achieve success in their ventures, and support the non-profit sector in the process. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: How a Bangalore-Based Initiative Plans to Help New Ideas in the Non-Profit Sector Grow on Facebook] [16 Padma Awardees of This Year You Probably Don’t Know About, but Should!] Jan 27, 2017 08:25 pm | Sohini Dey The Padma Awards 2017 are a celebration of those unsung heroes who have dedicated their lives to India. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like 16 Padma Awardees of This Year You Probably Don’t Know About, but Should! on Facebook] [Jyoti Bansal, the Man Who Was Rejected 20 Times Before Selling His Company to Cisco for $3.7 Billion] Jan 27, 2017 08:04 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Indian-American, Jyoti Bansal has sold his company, AppDynamics to Cisco for an impressive 3.7 billion dollars. Here's everything you need to know about him. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Jyoti Bansal, the Man Who Was Rejected 20 Times Before Selling His Company to Cisco for $3.7 Billion on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: Here’s How a Multi-Lingual Dictionary Is Simplifying Education for Tribal Children] Jan 27, 2017 07:46 pm | Aide et Action International South Asia A group of community members and teachers in Mudumalai and Bandipur Forest Reserves have developed a multi-lingual dictionary to help tribal children understand lessons easily. Chandra Kiran Katta takes a closer look at how this simple innovation is simplifying education by leaps and bounds for the children. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: Here’s How a Multi-Lingual Dictionary Is Simplifying Education for Tribal Children on Facebook] [Why a Popular French Blogger Is Quitting Her Job to Promote the Cause of Conscious Travel in India] Jan 27, 2017 07:39 pm | Sohini Dey French travel blogger Stéphanie Langlet gained recognition for her stories of India’s tribal communities. Now, she is promoting the cause of sustainable travel in the country. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Why a Popular French Blogger Is Quitting Her Job to Promote the Cause of Conscious Travel in India on Facebook] [VIDEO: Women with Big Hearts Knit Elephant-Sized Sweaters] Jan 27, 2017 07:35 pm | Aishwarya Bhatkal With the onset of harsh winters, elephants from Mathura found themselves wearing cozy, hand-knitted sweaters and leg warmers. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like VIDEO: Women with Big Hearts Knit Elephant-Sized Sweaters on Facebook] [‘Pinky Beauty Parlour’ Is a Film That Asks All the Right Questions about Colour Bias] Jan 27, 2017 07:28 pm | Aditi Patwardhan Actor-turned-director Akshay Singh looks to tackle the deep-rooted issue of colour bias through his directorial debut Pinky Beauty Parlour. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like ‘Pinky Beauty Parlour’ Is a Film That Asks All the Right Questions about Colour Bias on Facebook] [In Pictures: Girls in Rajasthan’s Villages Are Kicking Their Shackles Using Football] Jan 27, 2017 07:16 pm | Guest Contributor In villages where girls are discouraged from picturing a life beyond their veils and are married off as minors, football feels a lot like freedom. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like In Pictures: Girls in Rajasthan’s Villages Are Kicking Their Shackles Using Football on Facebook] [An Army BRAT Reveals How It Is Easy to Recognize One When You Spot One!] Jan 27, 2017 07:14 pm | TBI Team Uma Sudhindra writes about being raised as an Army BRAT and how the upbringing of Army kids differentiates them from other children. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like An Army BRAT Reveals How It Is Easy to Recognize One When You Spot One! on Facebook] [Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma’s Feat Earned Him the President’s Award, His Story Will Give You the Chills] Jan 27, 2017 06:37 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian The Squadron Leader piloted a failed MiG 29 despite an injury, and risked his life in landing the plane safely. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like Squadron Leader Rijul Sharma’s Feat Earned Him the President’s Award, His Story Will Give You the Chills on Facebook] [TBI Blogs: A Unique School in Bangalore Takes Lessons From Nature to Provide Holistic Education to Students] Jan 27, 2017 06:34 pm | Bhoomi College Too many schools focus on academic learning while ignoring other aspects of education that are equally important in a child’s development. Seetha Ananthasivan talks about a school in Bangalore that is attempting to make its students’ education more holistic and in-tune with the lessons from Mother Nature. [Read This Story] [share on Twitter] [Like TBI Blogs: A Unique School in Bangalore Takes Lessons From Nature to Provide Holistic Education to Students on Facebook] [The Tweeter Side to Life: How Indians on Twitter Are Making a Difference] Jan 27, 2017 05:00 pm | Tamara Mathias The truly incredible stories that unfold on Twitter are narratives involving ordinary folk who turn to the little blue bird to cut through red tape. 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