Here is the latest positive news from The Better India | | | Hello! Here is today's edition of positive news! | Dec 14, 2016 03:58 pm | Tanaya Singh  Dr. Vishal Rao, who recently developed a voice prosthesis that can help throat cancer patients speak after surgery for just Rs. 50, has now developed a wooden device to insert the prosthesis into a patient's throat in just two minutes. And the best part? A toymaker helped him develop it. | | Dec 14, 2016 03:03 pm | Phalguni Vittal Rao  Amita Dutta (44) is a highly successful painter, reputed for the art that she creates using coffee. That's right, coffee! She has not let her hearing impairment come in the way of her creativity. | | Dec 14, 2016 02:27 pm | Teach For India  Music and its ability to transcend boundaries and backgrounds are well-documented. Two Teach For India Fellows are exploring this concept to revolutionise the way their students think and perceive the world around them. | | Dec 14, 2016 12:52 pm | Aditi Patwardhan  Kaali Tales is not just a story writing competition -- it's an invitation, an encouragement, and an appeal to change the world presented to children through traditional fairy tales. The initiative is trying to bring out fresh voices to reinvent fairy tales in a gender neutral light. | | Dec 14, 2016 12:19 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian  Pravin Shingare, a young boy living in Mumbai, is asking other young boys and girls across India for a simple gesture -- become Santa Claus for someone in need this December. | | Dec 13, 2016 07:34 pm | Sanchari Pal  Pune-based Sagar Mitra Abhiyan's simple, safe and effective plan is helping over a lakh school children contribute to the collection, recycling and disposal of plastic waste. | | Dec 13, 2016 07:02 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian  In the spirit of the wedding season, Manoj Munot, a businessman from Maharashtra, decided to give the ultimate gift of all -- he gifted 90 homes to underprivileged families. | | Dec 13, 2016 05:06 pm | Paani Foundation  Water conservation is a pressing need in many parts of India. The Satyameva Jayate Water Cup was a competition that aimed to spread awareness and get more people involved in the efforts to preserve this precious natural resource. | | Dec 13, 2016 05:00 pm | Sanchari Pal  Here's a list of 10 places across the country to spend an evening looking up into the universe we belong to. These trip-worthy dark-sky havens offer stellar celestial views that you are sure to remember for a long, long time! | | Dec 13, 2016 05:00 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian  The Ministry of Railways provided immediate assistance via Twitter to a group of travellers who had been robbed earlier in the day | | Dec 13, 2016 04:58 pm | Phalguni Vittal Rao  Theatre is not just a form of entertainment but also a means to educate and make audiences think about the society they live in. | | Dec 13, 2016 03:45 pm | Ranjini Sivaswamy  Budhi Prakash Thakur, an entrepreneur with no degree in business or management, is probably India's first ever aviation magnate from a farmer's family. | | Dec 13, 2016 03:02 pm | CRY - Child Rights & You  Children have no limits to their dreams, and no barriers or restrictions in their minds. These five kids, emboldened by their education, show that sometimes the biggest lessons can come from the youngest people. | | Dec 13, 2016 01:05 pm | Aishhwariya Subramanian  Nazreen Fazal has written a very relatable post about arranged marriages on Facebook that discusses the need for communication before every marriage. The post has been shared over 1,700 times so far. | | | | | |