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On a warm Friday afternoon in Delhi, at Rising Flame’s Lead. Grow. Change. event, the house was packed. Taking place at the Taj Ambassador in Khan Market, the guests weren’t quite sure of what to expect from the event; an…

An immensely successful advocacy week is how we would describe our work in Geneva with our networks and allies. Now we were waiting and waiting to hear the decision and recommendations of the CRPD committee members. As we mentioned we…

The Journey to CRPD Our journey of the past 2 years began with data collection to advocacy at the international level. We along with other civil society actors put together a report and had briefings with the committee to improve…

“STOP IT YOU’RE GOING TO GET FAT, YOU NINCOMPOOP”, I yelled at Sanjana. But it was of no use. She couldn’t hear me. And nincompoop? Really? Whoever uses that word anymore? I did.…

This story is based on “Jack and the beanstalk” renamed as “Flora and the beanstalk”. Flora was an adventurous young girl, living in a faraway land. She had an eye condition since she…

Hi! So I am, Beauty Kaur and this is my story. Where do I begin? I guess I will just begin at the very start. My father was a very rich merchant and my mother was the most melodious musician…

Once upon a time, I got lost. It doesn’t matter why or how, I just was. I have always lived in moderate luxury. The elders teased, “This generation, really, is cursed in fact,…

Retold as Harish and Geeta Once upon a time, there lived a poor farmer named Shyamlal in a small village. He had two children Harish and Geeta. Harish was 12 years old, an intelligent, smart boy and Geetawas 10, a cute little girl but unfortunately, she was born blind. Despite working hard the whole day in the farm, Shyamlal was unable to earn enough to fulfil his family’s basic needs. Every day Shyamlal was upset and…

The name of this tale is, Lal Pari. In a small corner of the big town of Mumbai, stays a girl called Pari. Her mother and all the neighbours lovingly call her Lal…

In our beautiful world, every single person has a different, a unique identity, a unique quality of his or her own. But one thing which connects everyone, is communication. Communication is not just…