Anchal Sharma from Delhi is feeding hundreds of slum kids everyday while she fights third stage breast cancer Anchal Sharma has always been a fighter. The bright, vivacious smile on her face belies the tribulations ...
After losing her soulmate to cancer, Dimple Parmar and Kishan Shah founded Love Heals Cancer to help cancer patients and caregivers By Aatika H Jain Dimple Parmar firmly believes that love heals. She shared this ...
Paediatric cancer remains mostly overlooked as its incidence rate is only three to five per cent of the total cancer cases in India. But it is largely curable with early, correct diagnosis and effective treatment. ...
Goonj aims to empower communities by restoring the basic dignity of the poor and underprivileged By Christina Tom Jose When I feel cold, I hug a dead body and sleep.” These frightful words from a ...
The Butterfly Cancer Care Foundation focuses on bringing free cancer treatment to underprivileged children By Rajalakshmy R Legendary poet Rabindranath Tagore once said, “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” This, ...
Founded 50 years ago, the Cancer Patients Aid Association believes in the ‘total management’ philosophy when it comes to treating the disease By Rajalakshmy R It was in 1969 that Y K Sapru sowed the ...
An NGO founded by actor Deepika Padukone is giving voice to mental health issues in India By Aatika H Jain I was 18 when I suffered from depression and anxiety. When triggered, I ended up ...
A Bengaluru-based theatre group rises up to the challenge of creating a play from Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee’s award-winning book on cancer By Rosy Jose It is hard to look at a tumour and not come ...
Haiyya’s #HealthOverStigma aims to get women to access to proper reproductive healthcare without stigma. By Anila Mathew Vivek A scene from a Tamil blockbuster, Bhairava, showed precisely what is wrong with our priorities as a ...
Mumbai-based Helping Hands works towards aiding cancer-afflicted young children. By Rosy Jose Meet Neetu (name changed), 17, a quiet, shy girl from Madhya Pradesh. She aspires to be a teacher when she grows up. Unfortunately, ...