Illiterate Americans
October 6: Last week we had written about Ganga, a teenaged girl who taught the women in her slum how to read and write. These …
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Olympic Swim Against the Tide
September 23: Twelve-year-old Fatima Abdeljamid is creating waves at the Sydney Olympics and for all the right reasons. She is one …
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Kidnapped for the Camel Race
September 30: Ten year-old Mohammad Zubair Arrian was playing in Medina Syedan, his village in the Punjab province of Pakistan. …
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The Empire Strikes Back
October 28: The roots of the present-day education system in India lie in British attempts, more than one and a half century ago, …
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Winner Juice
Winner Juice [Illustration by Sudheer Nath] October 28: Ask anyone who watched the recent Olympic Games, and they will tell you …
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What Lies Beneath?
What Lies Beneath? [Illustrations by Shiju George] October 28: When archaeologist Donny Youkhanna started excavating an ancient …
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Talking Through their Hats for Peace
September 9: A group of children are going to attend the International Conference on War-affected Children, at Winnipeg in Canada, …
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History was Made Here
November 4: It is a dirty and dimly-lit room, located on the first floor of the government-run JJ Hospital at Byculla, Mumbai. It …
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Language Split
Language Split [Illustration by Anup Singh] November 18: The English language is believed to have caused one of Sri Lanka’s …
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Riding into a Promising Future
October 28: In Gujarat last year, thousands of girls who passed out of primary school, were given unique gifts by the Gujarat …
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