Dear Friends, Like everyone else across the globe, at Pratham, we are learning a lot of new things in a hurry. We remain hopeful that we will all come out of this trying period stronger and better. At Pratham, our first priority was to ensure that our students, teams, and families are staying safe…
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An eclipse is associated with many superstitions in India. To counter such superstitions and generate scientific curiosity among people, especially children, Pratham’s Science Program team designed many activities around the last solar eclipse of the decade, which was visible from India on the 26th of December 2019. The series of activities generated immense excitement among…
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Original article appeared in the Economist on Jul 5, 2018: https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/07/05/culture-and-the-labour-market-keep-indias-women-at-home How can they be helped to return to the workforce? Neither of Kirandeep Kaur’s older sisters works. Nor do most of her girlfriends. But the 21-year-old is giving it a shot. By the summer, upon completion of a three-month nursing course, she hopes to…
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