youth Archives

We’re paying the price for digging holes around the ground we stand on

November 30, 2018 Ashwin Mahesh

For years together, people talked about the ‘demographic dividend’. Thanks to high fertility ratios in the past, a large number of young people would be entering the workforce, and we as yet don’t have a

Chasing dreams

July 22, 2015 Chitra Srikrishna

The nice thing about having teens, is that you get to meet a lot of exciting young people – many of whom are musically gifted. I hope to bring you stories of these young musicians

Feminism thrives

December 30, 2012 Pushpa Achanta

The current socio-political (re)awakening nationwide encouraged me to share this piece that I had penned sometime back. I do not recall when and where I first heard the word feminist. But I am certain that

Unnati, and job placement for youth

September 10, 2012 Deepa Mohan

Unnati, a Bangalore-based NGO, has acheived its goal of empowering youth, by imparting vocational training to 110 young people. These youths have been placed in good companies with decent salaries. Sarojini Bharadvaj KSWDC Chairperson attended

BBMP canvasses for waste segregation at source

June 14, 2011 Yogaraj S Mudalgi

For the last two months, young recruits from BBMP (Bommanahalli Zone) have been actively canvassing for waste segregation at source in large apartment complexes along Bannerghatta Road and parts of JP Nagar. The recruits in

A demand for smarter roads

December 13, 2010 Pushpa Achanta

“Bangalore is not a garden city any more!” is a common refrain that I have been hearing for over 3 years. It is definitely not the cool town that we had visited a few times

Society

Girl, hold your head high…

August 10, 2009 Pushpa Achanta

For a long time, I had been wanting to participate in the campaign against street sexual harassment (aka eve teasing) by Blank Noise. Finally, last Sunday (Aug-5) afternoon I joined the fortnightly action – this time