by ashika | Nov 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
For the past 45+ years IDS has embraced Gandhi’s “Gram-Swaraj” and Self-Reliance movement. It was truly humbling and inspirational to see how not only India, but the world is welcoming this philosophy as part of sesquicentennial (150th) birth anniversary of Mahatma...
by ashika | Aug 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
About Nishi Chawla: Nishi Chawla is an academician and a writer. She has six collections of poetry, seven plays, one mime, and two novels, to her credit. Her poetry has been published in various American journals such as Humanitas, Cathexis...
by ashika | Jan 19, 2019 | Education, Empowerment
You may be familiar with Adarsh Mahila Griha Udyog (AMGU) because of the NGO’s anti-dowry project, which was supported by IDS for the past several years. In 2018, AMGU began a new project in Zero Budget Natural and Spiritual Farming. The project is located in...
by ashika | Dec 29, 2018 | Interview, News
Today, we’d like to present an interview with someone who works for Avani, one of the NGOs that has received IDS grants for several years. I had a chance to meet Scott Kafora (right) this past August when he was visiting the Chicago area. Scott has lived in Kolhapur,...
by ashika | Dec 14, 2018 | Empowerment, Income Generation
This inspiring story was distributed by IANS (Indo-Asian News Service) in October 2017 and published in various forms online. We wanted to publish excerpts from it here in the IDS blog because the two young women in this story grew up in an orphanage run by Borderless...