All stories by Geetanjali Krishna
'We are neither terrorists nor anti-nationals'
Rediff.com20 Feb 2020'We are patriots who love India and the secular ideals it has always upheld.'
Fear and humanity know no god
Rediff.com8 Feb 2020As the country erupts over the CAA and NRC, all I can do is think of Daya Ram from Pakistan in Jodhpur and Tehmina from Afghanistan in Delhi, says Geetanjali Krishna.
A Reason to Smile
Rediff.com6 Feb 2020There are almost 1 million people in India with a cleft palate or cleft lip who have not received any treatment to remedy their condition. Every year, almost 35,000 infants are born with cleft lip and palate, reports Geetanjali Krishna.
Giving child cancer patients a fighting chance
Rediff.com3 Feb 2020St Jude India ChildCare Centres is a unique organisation which runs residential homes for families of children who need to undergo long-term cancer treatment. Its 37 centres close to India's premier cancer hospitals give children a fighting chance against the disease.
When survival trumped bias
Rediff.com23 Jan 2020What years of education, social messaging and reservations couldn't accomplish, water scarcity did in one summer, says Geetanjali Krishna.
When connectivity connects...
Rediff.com16 Jan 2020How did people with less education than me and my several degrees navigate the Internet with such ease, asks Geetanjali Krishna.
'I see my students as change-makers'
Rediff.com13 Jan 2020'The easy availability of funds has enabled us to not only hire the best faculty, but has also made it possible for us to retain them with the best possible infrastructure -- labs, grants etc,' Ashoka University VC Malabika Sarkar tells Geetanjali Krishna.
Heard Bombay Lokal's rebellious, angry, music?
Rediff.com11 Jan 2020Their music, available online, sung in Hindi, English, Urdu and Marathi, displays a new grammar and vocabulary which expresses the language of the disempowered,
The teacher from Dombautiya
Rediff.com10 Jan 2020Tudu's free tuition classes are sought after. She has 45 students who come to her every day to study. Geetanjali Krishna meets the young teacher in one of India's poorest villages, winner of the Plan India Youth Champion Award.
Jewellery with hidden strings
Rediff.com20 Dec 2019In the past, and even to some extent today, silver jewellery used to be an accurate indicator of a family's creditworthiness, says Geetanjali Krishna.
The family that shared its well
Rediff.com12 Dec 2019A simple act of generosity has gone a long mile, women of the locality no longer have to battle over water.
How Purvideen Khera got its road
Rediff.com5 Dec 2019Who'd have imagined that a bunch of poor, illiterate women in a slum would be able to achieve this?
The tyranny of the veil
Rediff.com21 Nov 2019'Within and outside their homes, all married women in this region must cover not only their heads, but in some cases, faces too,' discovers Geetanjali Krishna.
The tyranny of the veil
Rediff.com19 Nov 2019'Within and outside their homes, all married women in this region must cover not only their heads, but in some cases, faces too,' discovers Geetanjali Krishna.
The Magic of Katha
Rediff.com8 Nov 2019'If we're able to make a child laugh or feel happy to come to school, more than half the battle is won,' Katha Founder Geeta Dharmarajan tells Geetanjali Krishna.
Slum Soccer changing lives of these kids
Rediff.com28 Oct 2019Nagpur-based Slum Soccer is transforming the lives of slum children with the help of football, writes Geetanjali Krishna.
Inspiring! Shikoh Zaidi's Red Revolution
Rediff.com10 Sep 2019A Class 12 student is changing the lives of the girls in her village, says Geetanjali Krishna.
'Nobody cares about Delhi's homeless'
Rediff.com25 Jul 2019'We're faceless while we're alive, invisible when we die.'
Part-Time Grad
Rediff.com24 Jul 2019Why was it so easy for students to get a college degree? asks Geetanjali Krishna.
This is the water reality in Bharat
Rediff.com20 Jun 2019'Even the most basic water amenities, people like us used every day, didn't exist there at all.'