SocioStory · 347 stories
Stories of NGOs, social heroes, CSR teams and volunteers from across India. Every one is checked by an editor before it goes live.
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NGO storyEducation
Sarbjeet Singh’s father had a small-scale agricultural implements manufacturing unit for serving the nearby farmers. After his education, Singh joined his family-based company Dasmesh Mechanical Works, Amargarh which was into…
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NGO storyEnvironment
When Afforestt’s founder Shubhendu Sharma attended a lecture by Dr Akira Miyawaki at Toyota Bangalore where he used to work as an engineer, little did he know that one day he will be instrumental in bringing back the lost forests…
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NGO storyEnvironment
A recent report stated that the global textile industry emits more greenhouse gas than those from shipping and international air travel combined. No doubt, we are living in an era of fast fashion and its emergence is having a…
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NGO storyEnvironment
Sunita Narain is a renowned environmentalist and political activist as well as a major proponent of the green concept of sustainable development. She is the Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment and the…
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NGO storyEnvironment
After three years of getting addicted to smoking, around January 2021, Nirit Datta happened to come across a research article that happened to discuss the critically negative impacts of cigarette butts on environment and…
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NGO storyArts & heritage
‘A picture is worth a thousand words’, goes an adage. To add to it, there is also a phrase which goes, ‘A picture paints a thousand words. When I first saw the display of the pictures (artworks) by a talented artist at Dys Art…
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NGO storyEnvironment
Rituraj Phukan grew up in a period of civil unrest with the massive students-led agitation against illegal infiltration of people disrupting years of school. His family was ostracized for their political leanings during those…
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NGO storyEnvironment
We have only one living planet, unfortunately it is in a critical stage. We have been facing its dire consequences with a ‘do or die’ situation. Don’t we all think that we need to mend our relationship with nature? We need to…
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NGO storyEnvironment
Weddings now have become a spectacle and an extravaganza of events. And when we speak about the ‘Indian Big Fat Weddings’, there are various opinions and views. However, like the two sides of a coin, another side to weddings is…
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NGO storyWomen & girls
Way back in college in 2015, Manjari Sharma worked on a research paper competition ‘Badh Chala Bihar’ organized by CM Office in Bihar, where they had invited students across India to research on key development areas such as…
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NGO story
Darryl D’Souza started his professional life in 1993 as an Industrial Engineer and Business Management student. He spent 5 years working in the field of industrial goods manufacturing and also the design and implementation of…
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NGO storyArts & heritage
Usually, the thought of an NGO starts with the reason being a personal tragedy. However, with PotHoleRaja, both the directors identified that this is a problem that needs a lot of attention. They started this with the thought of…
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