Empowering Frontline Women Workers with Sanhita
ICDS Anganwadi Workers & Helpers: A Pilot Initiative by SANHITA, Supported by the Rukmani Trust About Sanhita Sanhita, a pioneering Gender Resource Centre, is dedicated to fostering safe and equitable workplaces for women. Through its pilot project in select blocks of Howrah District, Sanhita focuses on raising awareness about sexual harassment at the workplace and […]
From Rural Tamil Nadu to NATWEST: Atshaya’s Inspiring Journey
Atshaya’s story is truly inspiring. A beneficiary of the Rukmani Trust grant to Gold Heart Foundation (GHF) for the Siragugal project, Atshaya hails from a rural village near Manapparai, Tamil Nadu. Raised by a single parent, she overcame numerous challenges with determination and resilience. Her perseverance has now paid off as she is set to […]
Gold Heart Foundation’s Family Meet
By Gold Heart Foundation Providing scholarships to deserving candidates is only the beginning. To truly empower them, we must go further—upskilling them to make them employable, mentoring and grooming them to become future leaders. This approach creates a sustainable model for social work, allowing the cycle of education to continue for future generations. It ensures […]
Giving Back to Society
This is the third blog in the series. Find the first two blogs here, and here. For years, India’s reputation for generosity was lukewarm. Though the country has a rich tradition of charitable practices, philanthropy here often felt more performative than purposeful, with charitable acts sometimes seeming transactional rather than deeply felt. This was reflected […]
Education Triumphs Over Adversity
In the era of 5G and AI, villages in India still lack basic education facilities. I belong to one such village, Malayandipattinam in Tiruppur district, where my family makes a living weaving handlooms. Despite the challenges, I’ve always had big dreams and ambitions for my life. However, my aspirations were nearly crushed when my family […]
Holding My Wealth in Trusteeship
In my previous blog, I had shared my journey of setting up Rukmani Trust, and our focus on educating the rural girl child to bring about lasting change in society. As the vision statement of the trust evolved, we recognized the need to leverage technology for inclusive education and bridge the rural-urban digital divide. The […]
The Country Mouse Technology
“Computers will become a house for the mouse.” The line still gives me goosebumps. You may wonder what is so special about this nursery rhym-ish line? I am sure you will concur with my thoughts once you have a little more background. We were in Baksa district of Assam, visiting some Government schools a couple […]
Empowered Voices | Abirami’s Story: From Failure to Victory
Life has not always been easy for me, but I have learned to face my challenges and have even achieved success. In my younger years, I often felt dissatisfied and believed that I was unlucky, which led to feelings of depression. However, I had an epiphany: the power of positive thinking can change one’s life. […]
Stepping off the hedonic treadmill
Chase your passion & money will follow. How many times have we heard this line? Yet if we are put in a position where we need to decide between chasing something that brings more money and something that we are more interested in, the decision may not come to us that easily. The following experiment […]
Siragugal- Giving wings to dreams!
With college admission time around the corner, it is a time for feverish activity for students. Think CUET, JEE, SAT, applying to Ivy League Universities and a lot more! With some students already having obtained conditional offers, all they are waiting for are good results in the board exams as a ticket to their future […]