Teach for India
Find out more about a unique programme that gets India’s best and brightest to dedicate two years to teaching children in public and private schools

Social responsibility in a corporate world
In this episode of the InfoChange Audio Files, Chhavi Sachdev of Sonologue interviews Tanya and Pooja of Karmayog, the meta-NGO that put out India’s first report on corporate social responsibility, last year. Listen on to learn more about who is doing what about their ecological footprint and what a CSR ranking really means.

Evangelist for open-source composting
In this episode of the InfoChange Audio Files, Chhavi Sachdev of Sonologue interviews Poonam Bir Kasturi, who is an evangelist for open-source composting. Poonam, who founded the Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology, runs a company called Daily Dump that works with local potters to create utilitarian but beautiful composting bins in Bangalore. She’s taking her solution for basic waste management to everyone who will have it.

Giant steps for Muslim women
Sharifa Khanam set up a Muslim Women’s Jamaat in Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu, in 2003, encouraging a liberal interpretation of Shariat law, and freeing women from patriarchal bias. In this interview she talks about her long struggle for women’s rights and her dream of setting up a women’s mosque.

Broken voices
An audio interview with Valerie Mason-John, author of a new book on dalit women in Maharashtra. These women are twice oppressed – first as women and then as dalits

Employment for the disabled: A slow change begins
Basic accessibility issues keep the disabled in India from meaningful employment opportunities. An audio report

SEZs: The new battleground
An audio story from Pen in Raigadh district of Maharashtra where farmers are opposing the development of a Special Economic Zone