Without waiting for politicians, two young college students in Mumbai have embarked on a mission to light up villages with solar lamps. Kavita Kanan Chandra throws light on Project Chirag

Year-end is the time to look back. The Weekend Leader does it by celebrating Tanishk Shyamya's social enterprise even as P C Vinoj Kumar looks back, rather nostalgically, on street food moments, putting the young woman's work in perspective

Durga Munda has been behind the CBI filing a slew of corruption cases against many politicians in Jharkhand. Santosh H K Narayan profiles the tribal crusader who vows to carry on the fight

The humble bicycle that ran out of the roads is slowly getting back on its wheels thanks to some modern youth. In Bangalore, Ravi Ranjan is one of them, says Marianne de Nazareth

Six years after he was killed, forest brigand Veerappan's name is to resonate in court. P C Vinoj Kumar encounters an activist with documents that contradict the fate of an aide of Veerappan

Equipping 28,000 villages with computers is the aim of a self-made man, who is building a rural database for the use of big corporations. R Savitha meets Pradeep Lokhande of Rural Relations

Not many know that there is a 'Women Only' park in Lucknow. It's not only been neglected but also encroached upon by land sharks. Mohd Faisal Fareed writes about the struggle to salvage it

We want to change the world. This is how Nisha Agrawal, head of Oxfam India, sums up the plans of her charitable organisation with an annual budget of Rs 100 crore. Partho Burman meets her

In the urban cacophony, the bird’s chirp is not a part. But C L Khanna is desperate to bring back the birds to Kanpur as he wants future generations to hear the chirp, says Abhishek Pandey

They are an unusual couple promoting organ donation. Rama Devi Menon catches up with Lalitha and Raghuram, who donated the organs of their 19-year-old son when he was brain-dead in 2004

A triumvirate from Kolkata brings light to the lives of villagers through an innovative project with a hope that it will lead to their uplift. Lesley D Biswas illuminates us on the mission

To put the struggle of Sri Lankan Tamils in its historic perspective – it was not an army versus militant fight - a documentary is being made.   P C Vinoj Kumar meets those behind the project

Vijay Manchanda turned a crusader for haemophilic patients after his son was diagnosed with the condition. He ensured that every haemophilic got free treatment. Mohd Faisal Fareed met him

She is part of Tamil Nadu’s first family. Yet Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi has charted a own course for her through environment protection campaigns and other creative pursuits, says Fehmida Zakeer

Moved by the plight of poor children, a group of youth start an initiative, calling it ‘Mission 5’. It grows, drawing more students and youth into it. Shubham Sharan checks out on the mission