A teacher from Jodhpur, Rajasthan builds bridges for children who have migrated from Sindh in Pakistan, so that they can integrate smoothly into their new home.

In a gurukul set up by him in Hussainpur village in Nalanda district, Bihar, Monu Kumar wants to revive the learning traditions of the ancient Nalanda University. The students learn not just science, mathematics, philosophy, meta physics, history, and sanskrit, but also about Ramanujam, Buddha, Vivekanand, Aryabhatta and other personalities.

Coming to school is a treat for the students of the government primary school in Bhavani Dinpur village in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh as their teacher packs in a lot of music and dance, even as he teaches them.

Siddharth Kumar Mishra did post-doctoral research on stomach and intestinal cancer at the National Cancer Centre, Gachon University in South Korea. He had a comfortable life and a well paying job, which he gave up to teach students in India and spread awareness about cancer in rural India.

Following Chandrayaan-3’s successful landing on the lunar surface, India’s next ambitious space mission, ‘Aditya L-1’ is set to study the sun. As part of the mission, the Aditya L-1 will study aspects of the sun such as its heating, solar flares, and dynamics of space weather. Details here.

During the four day-long Raja festival, it is believed that Bhudevi (Mother Earth) menstruates and prepares herself for future agricultural activities because of which all farming activities such as digging of soil and ploughing the field are suspended. Women, particularly unmarried girls, have a special place in this festival.

The director-cum-teacher at a private school in Balotra has spent Rs 16 lakh from his earnings to finance a minibus for students who come to study at the school from far flung villages. Introduction of the school bus has led to a jump in enrolments.

Two years after finding it unsustainable to pursue their traditional singing, about 150 Kendara singers in Odisha are now back to wandering in the villages, humming songs while playing their cherished musical instrument which dates back to the 12th century. State government’s efforts to include these artists in the craft festivals and the ongoing festive season has brought cheers to the wanderer-singer community. Details here.

Manohar Chamoli has sourced over 3,000 books and set up a library at the government school in Kewars village in Pauri Garhwal where he teaches.