As many as 80 experts on rural governance and poverty alleviation assembled for a summit in the national capital prior to the 75th anniversary of India's freedom. The experts discussed measures needed to eradicate poverty in India before the country's 100th Independence Day. Here are the major takeaways from the event.

There are many words for nature which are musical—they express, rather than just state. These are words with sensation, words with a prickle, words that work your imagination when you hear them

Mamta Singh, Principal of Upper Primary School, Narayanpur, Amethi, shares her experience in Teacher's Diary.

Girls of Bijauli village in Dholpur, Rajasthan had to drop out of school after class 8 as there was no high school nearby. Upgrading of the local school has brought girls back to school, with more than half the school students now girls.