This Govt Clerk in Kerala Refuses to Take Bribes, and His Anti-Corruption Stance Is Winning Hearts

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! [This Govt Clerk in Kerala Refuses to Take Bribes, and His Anti-Corruption Stance Is Winning Hearts]( Mar 29, 2017 04:21 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Abdul Saleem Palliyalthody is known to go out of his way to help anyone who comes to the government offices. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Govt Clerk in Kerala Refuses to Take Bribes, and His Anti-Corruption Stance Is Winning Hearts on Facebook]( [This Doctor Couple Quit Well-Paying Jobs to Perform Free Heart Surgeries for Underprivileged Kids]( Mar 29, 2017 03:45 pm | Tanaya Singh Meet Dr. Gopi Nallaiyan and Dr. Hemapriya Natesan – the doctors who left their well-paying jobs to start a foundation to treat underprivileged children with a deadly heart condition for free. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Doctor Couple Quit Well-Paying Jobs to Perform Free Heart Surgeries for Underprivileged Kids on Facebook]( [IN PHOTOS: Kochi-Muziris Biennale, One of India’s Biggest Art Shows, Is a Feast for All Senses]( Mar 29, 2017 02:54 pm | Sohini Dey Curated by artist Sudarshan Shetty, the third edition of the Biennale has featured over 100 artists from all over India and around the world. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like IN PHOTOS: Kochi-Muziris Biennale, One of India’s Biggest Art Shows, Is a Feast for All Senses on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: How Amitabh Kumar Is Raising Awareness About Animal Cruelty in India Through a Gigantic Mural]( Mar 29, 2017 02:38 pm | Humane Society International (India) Art can be a great driver for social change. Encapsulating that sentiment, mural artist Amitabh Kumar talks about creating a mural that captures the suffering of battery hens in India. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: How Amitabh Kumar Is Raising Awareness About Animal Cruelty in India Through a Gigantic Mural on Facebook]( [This Man’s Last Wish Was to Build Homes for the Poor Rather Than Spend on His Funeral]( Mar 29, 2017 02:03 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Remaining funds from the campaign will now be used to set up water pumps in Africa as a memorial. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Man’s Last Wish Was to Build Homes for the Poor Rather Than Spend on His Funeral on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: How a School in Rural Tamil Nadu Is Using Traditional Theatre to Empower Marginalised Youth]( Mar 29, 2017 12:41 pm | American India Foundation Cal Brackin talks about joining a school in rural Tamil Nadu that promotes holistic youth development through traditional Kattaikkuttu theatre as part of the William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: How a School in Rural Tamil Nadu Is Using Traditional Theatre to Empower Marginalised Youth on Facebook]( [This 14-Year-Old Built a Solar Umbrella for His Farmer Dad, and It Can Even Charge Phones!]( Mar 29, 2017 12:32 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian It can shelter you from rain and sunshine, play good music, and charge your mobile phone. This umbrella really has you covered. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This 14-Year-Old Built a Solar Umbrella for His Farmer Dad, and It Can Even Charge Phones! on Facebook]( [10 Facts About India’s Longest Highway Tunnel That’ll Leave You Breathless]( Mar 29, 2017 10:53 am | Aishhwariya Subramanian The Chenani-Nashri tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir cost ₹3,720 crore to build and is located at a height of 1,200 metres. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 10 Facts About India’s Longest Highway Tunnel That’ll Leave You Breathless on Facebook]( [This Bengaluru IT Company Turned a Vacant Plot on Its Premises Into a Beautiful Organic Garden]( Mar 29, 2017 10:20 am | Aishhwariya Subramanian These veggies are now being sold to the employees at heavily discounted rates through a makeshift market that the company holds weekly. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Bengaluru IT Company Turned a Vacant Plot on Its Premises Into a Beautiful Organic Garden on Facebook]( [Gurgaon Beats Leading Asian Cities Like Singapore And Hong Kong In Quality Of Life. Here’s Why.]( Mar 28, 2017 07:08 pm | Lucy Plummer In a recent Quality of Life Index report, Gurgaon overall ranked higher than leading Asian cities Singapore, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Gurgaon Beats Leading Asian Cities Like Singapore And Hong Kong In Quality Of Life. Here’s Why. on Facebook]( [A Step-By-Step Guide That Will Make Applying for Your Passport a Breeze]( Mar 28, 2017 06:50 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian We break it down for you into easy steps, so this process can be a lot less overwhelming. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like A Step-By-Step Guide That Will Make Applying for Your Passport a Breeze on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: Meet Vijay, the Class 5 Dropout Who Today Runs His Own Coaching Centre and Inspires Hundreds]( Mar 28, 2017 06:41 pm | India Fellow Sometimes, determination and perseverance can help even the most unexpected people script truly fairy-tale stories. Alston talks about how Vijay Kumar Chauhan, a Class V dropout, grew to today teach and coach hundreds of students, inspiring all of them with his courage and never-say-die attitude. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: Meet Vijay, the Class 5 Dropout Who Today Runs His Own Coaching Centre and Inspires Hundreds on Facebook]( [Are ‘Emojis’ The Simple Answer To India’s Child Malnutrition Crisis? An MP District Is Finding Out!]( Mar 28, 2017 06:04 pm | Lucy Plummer Burhanpur in Madhya Pradesh is using colorful faces to identify hard-to-reach malnourished children in a bid to improve its children's well-being. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Are ‘Emojis’ The Simple Answer To India’s Child Malnutrition Crisis? An MP District Is Finding Out! on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: Saving Water to Growing and Selling Vegetables: Kids in This Indore School Learn Beyond Classrooms]( Mar 28, 2017 04:55 pm | Bhoomi College Education and school environments play the biggest role in moulding the generations of tomorrow and their attitudes towards nature. Hema Patidar talks about how she was inspired to turn her Indore school into an institution of holistic education and all-round development. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: Saving Water to Growing and Selling Vegetables: Kids in This Indore School Learn Beyond Classrooms on Facebook]( [From Bus Routes to Flooded Streets, This Man Has Been Making Free Maps for Citizens for Over 10 Years]( Mar 28, 2017 04:35 pm | Sanchari Pal From helping design TIFR's digital literacy programme to creating India’s first public transport map, Arun Ganesh has been working for over 10 years to make maps useful and accessible for the common man. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like From Bus Routes to Flooded Streets, This Man Has Been Making Free Maps for Citizens for Over 10 Years on Facebook]( [This Farmer Started Teaching 3 Students in His Living Room. His School Now Has 1,320 Students!]( Mar 28, 2017 03:41 pm | Manabi Katoch A farmer from Khardia village of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh, Keshav Saran started his mission to educate each and every person of his village with night classes for the adults in the village in his living room in 1989. Now he is running a junior college. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This Farmer Started Teaching 3 Students in His Living Room. His School Now Has 1,320 Students! on Facebook]( [An App That Can Help You Detect TB With Just a Cough Into the Phone]( Mar 28, 2017 03:02 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian As many as 2.8 million people developed Tuberculosis in India in 2015 alone, according to the World Health Organisation. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like An App That Can Help You Detect TB With Just a Cough Into the Phone on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: You Can Contribute to Protecting Leopards in Maharashtra in a Very Simple Way]( Mar 28, 2017 02:50 pm | Wildlife SOS Leopards in Maharashtra are increasingly falling prey to uncovered wells around forest areas. The buffer areas which mark the transition between forested regions and human habitation are dotted with uncovered wells which often prove to be fatal traps for the leopards and other species that slip and fall into them after dark. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: You Can Contribute to Protecting Leopards in Maharashtra in a Very Simple Way on Facebook]( [When I Did Not Get My Refund From Railways, the Govt’s Grievance Redressal Mechanism Worked!]( Mar 28, 2017 02:35 pm | Guest Contributor Chandan Kumar writes about the government's grievance redressal system and how it helped him. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like When I Did Not Get My Refund From Railways, the Govt’s Grievance Redressal Mechanism Worked! on Facebook]( [You Must Watch Kalki Koechelin’s New Short Film That Takes on Online Abuse & Cyber Bullying]( Mar 28, 2017 01:33 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian The film provides a searing indictment of rape culture, cyber bullying, harassment of women and celebrity culture. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like You Must Watch Kalki Koechelin’s New Short Film That Takes on Online Abuse & Cyber Bullying on Facebook]( [Decriminalising Suicide, Assuring Humane Treatment: A Revolutionary Mental Healthcare Bill Is Here!]( Mar 28, 2017 11:18 am | Aishhwariya Subramanian The Bill seeks to protect the rights of those with mental illnesses. Here's how. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Decriminalising Suicide, Assuring Humane Treatment: A Revolutionary Mental Healthcare Bill Is Here! on Facebook]( [Cows in Drought-Hit Mahoba Are Abandoned, Starved & Locked Up. This Activist Aims to Save Them.]( Mar 28, 2017 11:18 am | Aditi Patwardhan Animal activist Abhinav Srihan is trying to save the abandoned, starved and locked up cows of Mahoba district in Bundelkhand. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Cows in Drought-Hit Mahoba Are Abandoned, Starved & Locked Up. This Activist Aims to Save Them. on Facebook]( [This 57-Year-Old is Teaching Children with Disabilities to Swim. Free of Cost.]( Mar 28, 2017 10:47 am | Aditi Patwardhan Rajini Lakka, a 57-year-old woman from Ballari offers children with disability free swimming lessons, while also helping them excel at several state- and national-level tournaments. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like This 57-Year-Old is Teaching Children with Disabilities to Swim. Free of Cost. on Facebook]( [8 Ways I’ve Become More Indian After A Month In The Country. And I’m Loving It!]( Mar 28, 2017 10:43 am | Lucy Plummer I'm a foreigner from the UK who recently re-located to India. It's only been a month but I've picked up some interesting local habits! [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like 8 Ways I’ve Become More Indian After A Month In The Country. And I’m Loving It! on Facebook]( [TBI Blogs: Why the ‘Make in India’ Movement Might Just Be What the Indigenous Arts & Crafts of India Need]( Mar 27, 2017 07:21 pm | HeartforArt Trust The ‘Make in India’ programme is an ambitious nation-building initiative to encourage more multinational and overseas companies to invest in manufacturing in India. However, there are several small and large arts & crafts setups in India that will also benefit from the support of this movement. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like TBI Blogs: Why the ‘Make in India’ Movement Might Just Be What the Indigenous Arts & Crafts of India Need on Facebook]( [₹2 Will Get You 250ml of Clean Water From This Water ‘ATM’ & Also Help You Reduce Plastic Waste]( Mar 27, 2017 07:15 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, has announced that it will be providing a seed fund of ₹50 lakh so the operations of Waah can be expanded further. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like ₹2 Will Get You 250ml of Clean Water From This Water ‘ATM’ & Also Help You Reduce Plastic Waste on Facebook]( [Have Your Wedding Clothes Been Lying Unused? This Trust Can Help You Give Them to the Needy]( Mar 27, 2017 06:28 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian The group has already donated two sarees each to 39 brides from underprivileged backgrounds. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like Have Your Wedding Clothes Been Lying Unused? This Trust Can Help You Give Them to the Needy on Facebook]( [The New Frontline in Defence: How an Army of Cyber Warriors Is Fortifying India’s E-Security]( Mar 27, 2017 05:58 pm | Sanchari Pal With a 300% rise in cyber attacks, it has become important that India evolves a mechanism that can be practically implemented in case of any cyber breach. And this is where the role of cyber warriors comes in. [Read This Story]( [share on Twitter]( [Like The New Frontline in Defence: How an Army of Cyber Warriors Is Fortifying India’s E-Security on Facebook]( [PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat About Depression Highlights an Issue That Deserves a Lot More Attention]( Mar 27, 2017 04:42 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian The Prime Minister made the remarks ahead of the World Health Day on April 7, whose theme this year is depression. 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