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| Thomas Friedman “The Shanti Bhavan School sits on a once-scorpion-infested bluff about an hour’s drive – and ten centuries – from Bangalore, India’s Silicon Valley. The students are mostly “untouchables” who are not supposed to even get near Indians of a higher caste … The school was started by Abraham George who came back to India with a single mission: to start a privately financed boarding school that would take India’s most deprived children and prove that if you gave them access to the same technology and education that have enabled other Indians to thrive in globalization, they could too.”Read more: “Making India Shine” (New York Times, 2004) |
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| Frankly Speaking With Vibhuti Jha – Dr. Abraham George
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| Charlie Rose Show
“A Conversation About India With Abraham George” (Charlie Rose, 2005) |
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| Get Schooled
Keerthi’s Story (Glamour 2016) |
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| ABC World News “Shanti Bhavan: Haven of Peace, 2011” |
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World View, Chicago Public Radio “Dr. Abraham George discusses poverty eradication.”
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Asia Society “Dr. George and Shashi Tharoor tackle poverty around the world.”
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Shanti Bhavan in the News
2021
- What Indians Who’ve Known Poverty Think of Netflix’s ‘The White Tiger’ Movie by Kamala Thiagarajan
- 11 Netflix Documentaries to Inspire You to Make 2021 Your Most Positive Year So Far by Helen Yu
2020
- Gender and caste inequality could hobble our economy by Livemint.com (October 2020)
- The Story of School: Four Books to Read During Lockdown by HS Insider (July 2020)
- How COVID Created Confidence for a College of Idaho Student by The College of Idaho (July 2020)
- Daughters of Destiny one of the top picks for on-demand viewing.
2019
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Plucked Out of Poverty at Age 4, This Woman Wants to Bring Mental Health Care to Her Rural Indian Village, by Kelli María Korducki (Feb 2019)
2018
- Shanti Bhavan’s Daughters of Destiny, by Tamil Culture (July 2018)
- Destiny’s Daughter by Dr. Rajesh C. Oza; Interview by Anupama R. Oza, Khabar Magazine (May 2018)
2017
- Shanti Bhavan features at Toronto design festival by liveMint (October 2017)
- Padma Lakshmi is celebrating Diwali by gifting underprivileged Indian kids an education by Elle Magazine (October 2017)
- Ajit George, the Good Son by Seattle Met (October 2017)
- The Desi Outsiders Podcast: The Story of Shanti Bhavan
- The little school with an all-star caste by Times of India (August 2017)
- Netflix’s Daughters of Destiny offers an answer to the cycle of hopelessness afflicting India’s Untouchables by National Post (August 2017)
- ‘Daughters of Destiny’ shows how to lift India’s ‘untouchables’ one child at a time by CatholicPhilly (August 2017)
- Aga Khan, Dev Patel amongst 2017 Asia Game Changers awardees by News India (August 2017)
- ‘Daughters of Destiny’ finds hope in India’s caste system by the Daily Dot (July, 2017)
- In Daughters of Destiny, Educating the ‘Untouchables’. Vogue (July 2017)
- Ajit George, Director of Operations, discusses Shanti Bhavan and Daughters of Destiny with King5 Seattle (July 2017)
- At a school for poor children in India, price of attendance is paying it forward by PBS (July, 2017)
- Will ‘Daughters Of Destiny’ Return for Season 2? India Has A Long Way To Go To Close Its Education Gap by Bustle (July, 2017)
- Noteworthy: Daughters of Destiny by New York Times (July, 2017)
- ‘Daughters of Destiny,’ Netflix’s Newest Doc, Shines a Light on Extreme Poverty by Glamour (July, 2017)
- Daughters of Destiny review – a documentary full of hope and adorable children by The Guardian (July, 2017)
- ‘Top Chef’ host Padma Lakshmi: We need to do our part. Fox News (May 2017)
- The Children of Shanti Bhavan by India Abroad (March 2017)
- A Ray of Sunshine at School for the Underprivileged by The Hindu (February 2017)
2016
- Dignity by Ajit George at TEDx College of William & Mary (May 2016)
- Shanti Bhavan: Giving Back and Giving Forward by the Stony Brook School of Journalism (May 2016)
2015
- Shanti Bhavan – Breaking the Shackles of Poverty Through Education by Your Story.com (August 2015)
- Between Two Worlds: A Shanti Bhavan student finds success in writing by YourStory.com (July 2015)
- Shanti Bhavan comes to Chicago and NPR syndicated show Worldview by NPR (May 2015)
- Shanti Bhavan Documentary the Backward Class Wins Accolades by the Toronto Star (February 2015)
2014
- 8th Grader Visali Honored at Glamour Women of the Year Awards by Glamour (November 2014)
- From Untouchable to Unstoppable By Ajit George at TEDxUNC (Mar 2014)
2013
- Verizon Foundation to fund educational programmes in Shanti Bhavan by M Ramya (Oct 2013)
- Beating the odds, Shanti Bhavan’s 12th grade students gear up for a bright future by Deepika Burli (May 2013)
2012
- Karthika Annamalai interviewed on Channel IBN-7 by IBN Khabar (December 2012)
- MacArthur Awards 13 Documentary Film Grants (July 2012)
2011
- My Story – Part 1 & Part 2 by News 9 (June 2011)
- Quarry worker’s daughter makes it to top law school by Mathang Seshagiri & Sruthy Susan Ullas, Times of India (June 2011)
- Shanti Bhavan: Haven of Peace by ABC World News (June 2011)
- Day 312: Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project by Living Philanthropic (February 2011)
2010
- Interview with Dr. Abraham George – November 20, 2010 by Image-In-Asian (November 2010)
- A Chance to Dream: The Shanti Bhavan Residential School Story by Shilpa Raj, Policy Innovations (August 2010)
- Empowerment Through Dance by Angela Paik Schaeffer, Johns Hopkins University Arts & Sciences (Spring 2010)
2009
- India’s ‘waste’ to transform Bharat by Divya A., The Times of India (September 2009)
- School Of Angels by Sriram Srinivasan, Outlook Business (June 2009)
- Free vs fee: Why govt schools deliver results by Divya A., The Times of India (June 2009)
- Why We Travel by Austin Considine, The New York Times (May 2009)
- Sony Photographer of the Year Awards 2009 by The Guardian (March 2009)
2006
- Return of the Native Son by Daniel Gross, STERNBusiness Magazine (Fall 2006)
2004
- Making India Shine by Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times (May 2004)
2000
- The harbinger of hope by The Times of India (December 2000)
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