Press
| 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
- These 4 college freshmen from India have a remarkable story to tell by Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR
- Lilly Marie Thomas is breaking gender stereotypes through football by The Bridge
- Kickstart FC’s Rasiga shines in the KWL even as she juggles work with football by The Bridge
- 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
- The Story of School: Four Books to Read During Lockdown by HS Insider
- How COVID Created Confidence for a College of Idaho Student by The College of Idaho
- 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
2018
- Shanti Bhavan’s Daughters of Destiny, by Tamil Culture
- Destiny’s Daughter by Dr. Rajesh C. Oza; Interview by Anupama R. Oza, Khabar Magazine
2017
- Shanti Bhavan features at Toronto design festival by liveMint
- Padma Lakshmi is celebrating Diwali by gifting underprivileged Indian kids an education by Elle Magazine
- Ajit George, the Good Son by Seattle Met
- The Desi Outsiders Podcast: The Story of Shanti Bhavan
- The little school with an all-star caste by Times of India
- Netflix’s Daughters of Destiny offers an answer to the cycle of hopelessness afflicting India’s Untouchables by National Post
- ‘Daughters of Destiny’ shows how to lift India’s ‘untouchables’ one child at a time by CatholicPhilly
- Aga Khan, Dev Patel amongst 2017 Asia Game Changers awardees by News India
- ‘Daughters of Destiny’ finds hope in India’s caste system by the Daily Dot
- In Daughters of Destiny, Educating the ‘Untouchables’. Vogue
- Ajit George, Director of Operations, discusses Shanti Bhavan and Daughters of Destiny with King5 Seattle
- At a school for poor children in India, price of attendance is paying it forward by PBS
- Will ‘Daughters Of Destiny’ Return for Season 2? India Has A Long Way To Go To Close Its Education Gap by Bustle
- Noteworthy: Daughters of Destiny by New York Times
- ‘Daughters of Destiny,’ Netflix’s Newest Doc, Shines a Light on Extreme Poverty by Glamour
- Daughters of Destiny review – a documentary full of hope and adorable children by The Guardian
- ‘Top Chef’ host Padma Lakshmi: We need to do our part. Fox News
- The Children of Shanti Bhavan by India Abroad
- A Ray of Sunshine at School for the Underprivileged by The Hindu
2016
- Dignity by Ajit George at TEDx College of William & Mary
- Shanti Bhavan: Giving Back and Giving Forward by the Stony Brook School of Journalism
2015
- Shanti Bhavan – Breaking the Shackles of Poverty Through Education by Your Story.com
- Between Two Worlds: A Shanti Bhavan student finds success in writing by YourStory.com
- Shanti Bhavan comes to Chicago and NPR syndicated show Worldview by NPR
- Shanti Bhavan Documentary the Backward Class Wins Accolades by the Toronto Star
2014
- 8th Grader Visali Honored at Glamour Women of the Year Awards by Glamour
- From Untouchable to Unstoppable By Ajit George at TEDxUNC
2013
- Verizon Foundation to fund educational programmes in Shanti Bhavan by M Ramya
- Beating the odds, Shanti Bhavan’s 12th grade students gear up for a bright future by Deepika Burli
2012
- Karthika Annamalai interviewed on Channel IBN-7 by IBN Khabar
- MacArthur Awards 13 Documentary Film Grants
2011
- My Story – Part 1 & Part 2 by News 9
- Quarry worker’s daughter makes it to top law school by Mathang Seshagiri & Sruthy Susan Ullas, Times of India
- Shanti Bhavan: Haven of Peace by ABC World News
- Day 312: Shanti Bhavan Children’s Project by Living Philanthropic
2010
- Interview with Dr. Abraham George – November 20, 2010 by Image-In-Asian
- A Chance to Dream: The Shanti Bhavan Residential School Story by Shilpa Raj, Policy Innovations
- Empowerment Through Dance by Angela Paik Schaeffer, Johns Hopkins University Arts & Sciences
2009
- India’s ‘waste’ to transform Bharat by Divya A., The Times of India
- School Of Angels by Sriram Srinivasan, Outlook Business
- Free vs fee: Why govt schools deliver results by Divya A., The Times of India
- Why We Travel by Austin Considine, The New York Times
- Sony Photographer of the Year Awards 2009 by The Guardian
2006
- Return of the Native Son by Daniel Gross, STERNBusiness Magazine
2004
- Making India Shine by Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times
2000
- The harbinger of hope by The Times of India
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