SocioStory · 365 stories
Stories of NGOs, social heroes, CSR teams and volunteers from across India. Every one is checked by an editor before it goes live.
365 stories
NGO storyArts & heritage
Music has the power to culturally, morally and emotionally influence our society. Coupled with the effects on endorphins, music connects to people. Music also promotes cooperation, understanding, mutual respect among people and a…
5 min read
NGO storyWomen & girls
Be it finding direction in life or direction for traffic, people look upto this 26-year-old girl. Well, known as ‘Lady Singham’ or the ‘Dancing Traffic Girl’, this super talented young girl has gone a long way in inspiring people…
4 min read
NGO storyWomen & girls
Dance is art in motion, an expression and an emotion. Be it her startling and sparkling eyes, fluid and balletic gestures, rhythmic and intricate actions, supple and graceful moves, Geeta Chandran is a name to reckon with. A…
5 min read
NGO storyWomen & girls
From teamwork, resilience, self-reliance, and confidence, sport is one of the great drivers of gender equality. The theme for the International Women’s Day 2022 campaign is #BreakTheBias. Sport is one such area which has been…
3 min read
NGO storyWomen & girls
Standing tall with the title of ‘Best Smile’, beauty queen Priyadarshini Nieharika was recently crowned ‘Face of North Mrs India-Pride of Nation’. Every woman’s success is an inspiration to another and Socio Story believes that…
3 min read
NGO storyChildren
A recipient of the Nari Shakti Puraskar, Dr Mini Vasudevan was brought up in a household without pets, but had always felt a deep connection to animals since her early childhood. When she was 11-years old, she turned vegetarian…
5 min read
NGO storyDisability & inclusion
Popularly known as India’s glass woman, Dhanya Ravi was born with a rare genetic disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI). The term "Osteogenesis Imperfecta" means imperfect bone formation. People with this condition have…
4 min read
NGO storyDisability & inclusion
‘She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails,’ goes a saying and this reminds me of a valiant young cancer warrior Tamanna Punjabi. ‘Tamanna’ itself means to wish, to desire and to hope.…
4 min read
NGO storyEnvironment
“We had inherited clean air from our ancestors, but can we think about what we are going to give to our next generation? I think we will be gifting them oxygen cylinders,” asserts Pankaj Kumar popularly known as ‘Earth Warrior’…
5 min read
NGO storyEnvironment
When each one of us are in accord with nature, nature will yield its bounty. Unfortunately, we are violating the environment in which we are living and cutting off the energy and source of our own living. Human beings and their…
4 min read
NGO storyEnvironment
In what he calls a ‘celebration of life’ where every life form is respected and considered as a sacred grove, Manoj Kumar IB, a naturalist by heart, has been instrumental in creating dense fruit forests around his home. However,…
3 min read
NGO storyWater & sanitation
“Water conservation for today is life conservation for tomorrow”, goes a saying. Socio Story presents the story of Colonel (retd) Shashikant Dalvi who designed and implemented Pune city’s first roof-top rain water harvesting…
5 min read
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