The Indian Express , the who's who of a changing
India write about the ways to empower our nation. In a special series
entitled India Empowered. If there's one engine that's today driving
a changing India, it's empowerment. Empowerment of the individual,
the family, the neighbourhood, the community - and, hence, the nation.
That's why reporters from The Indian Express traveled across
the county to search for exemplary stories of empowerment. And why
The Indian Express India Empowered series brings to you what
truly matters to India and what drives us. Read what really matters
to our country. Because it is your right to know.
2005-12-21 SONU JAIN: A mother’s question on her murdered son, Kalam’s answer and their meeting MANINI CHATTERJEE: President unfolds India Empowered map looking at the road less travelled EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE: ‘Hockey is playing catch-up with the rest of the world’ APJ Abdul kalam: India connected, India Empowered : Mother of all ideas : ‘The poor know how to work hard, the intermediaries should just get out of the way’ Varghese K. George: ‘Problems should not defeat me. I should defeat the problems and succeed’ 2005-12-20 Dhananjay Dubey What my brother died for: a country where the honest need no protection SOURAV SANYAL: My son is here, my son is here, says Manjunath’s mother as Dubey’s brother walks into the room : India empowered to me is... 2005-12-19 Ganesh Pyne, Painter: The will, freedom to make unbiased choices, be it for change, leadership 2005-12-18 P Chidambaram, Union Finance Minister: A common tide of economic growth that lifts all boats 2005-12-17 Aruna Roy When we have the political maturity to listen to the dissent of the deprived 2005-12-16 P Shankar When you no longer have to bribe govt officials to get your due 2005-12-15 Priya Dutt When we begin to protect our children’s rights 2005-12-14 Vishwanathan Anand; Chess Grandmaster: Not waiting for a chance, making it happen: my personal example 2005-12-13 Mayawati When Centre and states stop fighting, when power goes to the majority deprived 2005-12-12 Mallika Sarabhai; Danseuse, Social Activist When we are free from fear, not afraid to question 2005-12-11 Mahasweta Devi, Writer and Activist: When our tribals can take for granted schools and roads, power and health 2005-12-10 Gopalkrishna Gandhi When the afflicted begin to feel they have been heard 2005-12-09 Rakesh Sharma, The first Indian in Space: Boundaries, lines of control dissolving, as I saw from space 2005-12-08 Anju Bobby George, Athlete : Stop the medal count, start doing justice to the talent we have 2005-12-07 Ghulam Nabi Azad When people in places of strife connect to the idea of India 2005-12-06 Kiran Karnik The information pagdandi as bridge across social, economic divides 2005-12-05 Justice R C Lahoti When judiciary is strengthened quantitatively and qualitatively 2005-12-04 M Shanmugham When no father, like me, has to grieve because his child was killed for honesty 2005-12-03 Milkha Singh, The Flying Sikh: When the rich cricket board starts sharing its wealth with other sports 2005-12-02 Arun Maira Democracy’s hardware in place, we begin working on its software 2005-12-01 P A Sangma, Former Lok Sabha Speaker : When the talented young in North East go all out to compete 2005-11-30 Sheila Dikshit When armed with the right to know, you have the right to question the govt 2005-11-29 Shammi Kapoor, Bollywood legend: A computer in every Indian home with Internet as the driving force 2005-11-28 Brijmohan Lall Munjal When Vahan is priority like Bijli, Sadak, Paani 2005-11-27 Tabu, Actor: When we stop the blame game and realise that we are responsible, we make the govt what it is 2005-11-26 Mulayam Singh Yadav When armchair elite step out of their ivory tower, listen to real India 2005-11-25 Mehbooba Mufti When we start to deliver, stop fooling people with pill of secular vs communal 2005-11-24 Capt Amarinder Singh When we take steps to end the misery of farmers and the rural poor 2005-11-23 Nitish Kumar When rest of India realises that it can’t let the east (Bihar) slide into darkness 2005-11-22 Bhaichung Bhutia When there is hunger & incentive to compete with the world’s best 2005-11-21 Maulana Dr Syed Kalbe Sadiq When we are no longer called Muslim Indians but Indian Muslims 2005-11-20 P T Usha When Milkha and I, who just came No 4 in Olympics, are no longer seen as icons 2005-11-19 S Z Qasim When science and technology usher in economic and social changes 2005-11-18 Bhupinder Singh Hooda When we begin to solve a problem before it boils over 2005-11-17 Jagdish Khattar When every family has its own four-wheeler 2005-11-16 Sania Mirza When being a girl isn’t a liability, when we do not have to wait for champions 2005-11-15 Kapil Dev Building roads to set the pace for India’s progress 2005-11-14 Dr Anbumani Ramadoss When health for all in the country is no longer a dream 2005-11-13 Naresh Goyal When air travel becomes affordable and available to the vast majority 2005-11-12 Satish Gujral When art, the custodian of a nation’s culture, gets its due 2005-11-11 Kancha Ilaiah When we delete religion from our textbooks, teach dignity of labour 2005-11-10 The Late K R Narayanan Only when the suppressed and the exploited begin to assert their rights and empower themselves 2005-11-09 Venu Srinivasan When growth isn’t islands of prosperity in a sea of poverty 2005-11-08 M P Anil Kumar When the disabled stand on their own feet, on own steam 2005-11-07 Dhanraj Pillay When every village boy is given a platform to show his skill in sports 2005-11-06 Praful Patel Being responsive, incisive & decisive for the nation to take off 2005-11-05 M K Pandhe When wealth’s creators, and not its accumulators, get to benefit 2005-11-04 Naveen Patnaik When the weakest, poorest are able to empower the nation 2005-11-03 Kamal Nath Using our exports as tool to create jobs, more jobs 2005-11-01 K P S Gill Empowering our security forces to crush terror 2005-10-31 Dipankar Bhattacharya When human dignity is not the privilege of a few 2005-10-29 Nanaji Deshmukh When governance without parties, like JP wanted, becomes a reality 2005-10-28 U S Misra National clean-up starting with our bureaucracy 2005-10-27 Kumar Mangalam Birla Revamping our schools so that a student can be the best she can be 2005-10-26 Subir Raha When our children, rich or poor, can flick a switch and study at night 2005-10-25 P R S ‘Bikki’ Oberoi When we are ready to welcome the world to visit us 2005-10-24 Bhupen Hazarika When every Indian has knowledge, skill of communication 2005-10-23 Shyam benegal Creating a safety net for people who don’t have access to a level playing field 2005-10-22 Jayant V Narlikar When exciting science is done in colleges, not left to research labs 2005-10-21 M S Swaminathan When hunger is history and gram swaraj a reality 2005-10-20 R K Pachauri We start restoring the natural resources that we have destroyed 2005-10-19 Gulammohammed Sheikh When we start giving Kala same respect as Vidya 2005-10-18 Michael F Carter When people have a direct say in resource allocation 2005-10-17 Admiral Arun Prakash Dignity, self-respect for those who keep our home secure 2005-10-16 N R Narayana Murthy Having leaders who dream big, take tough decisions and make sacrifices 2005-10-15 George Fernandes Bharat and India ceasing to be two different people 2005-10-14 A B Bardhan When there is no longer a vast India Dull and Deprived 2005-10-13 Sqn Ldr V Somasundar Chopper on standby in J&K night, being airborne in minutes 2005-10-12 Kapil Sibal Using technology to save lives, be it tsunami or quake 2005-10-11 A M Naik Top infrastructure so that we can be a manufacturing base 2005-10-10 Wajahat Habibullah When people use power to sort out their own lives 2005-10-08 Y C Deveshwar When India Inc understands its social obligation 2005-10-07 Sam Pitroda, Telecom pioneer: Technology, the great social leveller, ushering in change 2005-10-06 N Ram The difference the news media do and can make 2005-10-05 Sushma Swaraj Ensuring women have a say in every decision taken 2005-10-04 Sharad Pawar When farmers benefit from businesses of pvt & public sectors 2005-10-03 Raghuvansh Prasad Singh When every rural home has its own bulb, tap & toilet Jaya Menon: Nun-turned activist puts Villupuram rapists in the dock 2005-10-02 Mukesh D Ambani Enabling every Indian to discover the Dhirubhai within 2005-10-01 Jaswant Singh When you disempower the millions of minions who tyrannise India Devyani Onial: Using mules to cross the digital divide 2005-09-30 Dr Naresh Trehan When we create healthy villages in the other India 2005-09-29 Anand Mahindra When we move from business for profit to business for people JAYA MENON: In Pondicherry, women script quiet revolution 2005-09-28 Mani Shankar Aiyar When lower middle class can pluck the fruits of progress KARTYK VENKATRAMAN : New books for tomorrow’s kids 2005-09-27 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Learning from our mistakes to keep pace with change 2005-09-26 Medha Patkar When people have control over their resources 2005-09-25 Ratan Tata Going beyond Common Minimum Programme shriya bhagwat: Beed’s own fame Gurukul 2005-09-24 Subroto Bagchi When we begin to value those who do physical work JAYANTH JACOB: Herbal garden in the midst of the mangrove 2005-09-23 Azim H Premji Reforming our schools to chart social progress SYED KHALIQUE AHMED: Micro-credit for macro change in Gujarat 2005-09-22 Dr R A Mashelkar Opening avenues for growth of IT, i.e. Indian Talent Jaya Menon: Cure, care and kindness in Chennai 2005-09-21 Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi Learning from the Armed Forces, its one-family values KARTYK VENKATRAMAN: In Nagaland, the return of tourists 2005-09-20 Sunil Bharti Mittal Corporates turning around agri sector, our mainstay PARIMAL DABHI: Securing land, rights and dignity 2005-09-19 Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Rising above self, using technology for common good JAYA MENON: Cinema of the future is here, now 2005-09-18 Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Spiritual teacher: Saying no to blame culture, yes to courage & change 2005-09-17 Jyotiraditya M Scindia When we bring democracy to our development JOHNSON T.A.: Young CEO, Big Dreams: IT Comes of Age 2005-09-16 Naina Lal Kidwai Nurturing spirit of business enterprise in our villages PALLAVI SINGH: Defying taboos for empowerment 2005-09-15 Dr P. Venugopal When Indian brains that built US are used at home too ATIQ KHAN: A wealth of water for UP farmers 2005-09-14 Lt Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore As many sports centres as we have malls and mobiles JAYA MENON: Building community on the airwaves 2005-09-13 Sachin Pilot, Congress MP, Lok Sabha: Making every region and every religion a stakeholder in future RAGHVENDRA RAO: Dark clouds give way to silver screen 2005-09-12 Anu Aga; Director, Thermax Ltd: Being accountable, and demanding more accountability JAYA MENON: Muslim women get own Jamaat, want mosque 2005-09-11 PRAGYA SINGH: Plugged into IIT Kanpur, UP villages are WiFi zone Devi Shetty, Cardiac Surgeon Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals: When our doctors world’s best, when half a billion have health insurance 2005-09-10 KV Kamath, Managing Director & CEO, ICICI Bank: Building world class infrastructure, both social and physical BASHIR PATHAN: At e-gram panchayat, new windows open 2005-09-09 Sitaram Yechury; Member, CPI(M) Politburo and MP: Making people masters of India’s resources, future DHARMENDRA RATAUL: Indo-Pak border trade makes Wagah hot property 2005-09-08 Deepak S Parekh; Chairman, HDFC Ltd: Leaders as drivers of change, teaching others the new skills SAYLI UDAS : Village that’s a model for self-help 2005-09-07 Rahul Bajaj; Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd: All of us pushing the envelope in our spheres of influence JAYA MENON: Telemedicine puts AP village on health map 2005-09-06 JANYALA SREENIVAS: Where disabled means excellence, ISO 9002 Nandan M. Nilekani; CEO, President, MD, Infosys Technologies: Reducing knowledge gap between the ruler and the ruled 2005-09-05 Fali S Nariman; Jurist, MP: Empowering all our women, not in theory but in daily practice MANRAJ GREWAL: Muscles wither away, but not smiles 2005-09-04 MANOJ PRASAD & NIRMALA GANAPATHY: The village woman as CEO Vivek Paul, Partner, Texas Pacific Group: Making sure we don’t snuff out the chhoti si asha of our young 2005-09-03 CHITRANGADA CHOUDHURY: In Maharashtra dark zone, village lights up General J J Singh, Chief of Army Staff: When knowledge is the engine, where the home is safe 2005-09-02 TOUFIQ RASHID: Rewriting prescription for rural health Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister: Enabling all: From institutions to individual, to family 2005-09-01 PRANAB DHAL SAMANTA: Fusion project gets India feeler Lord Meghnad Desai, Economist: Being as democratic in daily life as inside the polling booth 2005-08-31 J P YADAV: Bihar farm trebles its yield Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice-President: Doing away with the corrupt, working for the poorest of poor 2005-08-30 RESHMA PATIL: Space lab just went swadeshi Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw; CMD, Biocon: People taking up challenges because they want change 2005-08-29 JAYA MENON: They all line up to adopt HIV kids Vasundhara Raje, Chief Minister, Rajasthan: Not letting ideology or politics come in the way of growth 2005-08-28 JANYALA SREENIVAS: Making Sensex Shariat-positive Harsha Bhogle When Dr Singh does to sports what he’s done to our economy 2005-08-27 SANCHITA DAS: Opening new file in Bengal windows K Natwar Singh, External Affairs Minister: Turning fault lines into bonds, at home and abroad 2005-08-26 MUZAMIL JALEEL: Why gunfire can’t drown this voice Yogendra Singh Yadav, Param Vir Chakra When we will stop blaming others, fix our own problems 2005-08-25 SANDIPAN SHARMA: Thar village mines its own business B K Chaturvedi, Cabinet Secretary: Giving to people their new right: The right to good governance 2005-08-24 KARTYK VENKATRAMAN: HIV: His Individual Victory Shah Rukh Khan, Actor: Making people wear a smile, giving them what they want 2005-08-23 G Madhavan Nair; Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation: Using our satellites in space to launch change on the ground CHITRANGADA CHOUDHURY: United colours of a village 2005-08-22 JAYA MENON: This man just came up with A Better Option B B Tandon, Chief Election Commissioner: When you go to vote, no criminal, no malpractice 2005-08-21 MANRAJ GREWAL: ‘Raddi’ scripts hope on this stage Shekhar Gupta: From whistleblower law to missing tiger, how our journalism of courage today means India Empowered 2005-08-20 J P YADAV: In heart of darkness, shining lights Omar Abdullah; National Conference president, Srinagar MP: Shifting power from the hands of a few to the hands of many 2005-08-19 JANYALA SREENIVAS: In rural Gujarat, why they say cheese V P Singh, Former Prime Minister: Letting those who are disempowered also decide 2005-08-18 JOHNSON T A: The Aviator: On the wings of a dream, he inspires a community I K Gujral, Former Prime Minister: Doing away with the idea of exclusivity 2005-08-17 L K Advani, BJP president, Leader of Opposition: Sanskriti, Samruddhi and Su-raj SHISHIR GUPTA: For the good of its men, Army goes to the stock market 2005-08-16 Somnath Chatterjee; Speaker, Lok Sabha: Bringing into the mainstream all those kept out MUZAMIL JALEEL: ‘I can never walk but helping others is an amazing freedom’ EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE: ‘Seize moment, time to make new history’ : Attitudes, platitudes 2005-08-15 Dr. Manmohan Singh: Open democracy and open economy EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE: Energy independence has to be priority No.1: Kalam 2005-08-14 Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam: India Empowered to me is Knowledge taking roots in the village
