Where hope blooms May 2013 | Sangeeta Menon Two years since it was dedicated to the nation, the Tata Medical Center (TMC) continues to offer hope and healing to scores of cancer patients in India and neighbouring countries

Model of meaningful philanthropy March 2013 The Tata trusts have been custodians of a tradition of philanthropy that has touched and changed countless lives

Life after death December 2012 | Jai Wadia With the support of Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, Mohan Foundation is helping save lives by facilitating organ donations and training transplant coordinators

Folklore finds a voice December 2012 | Suchita Vemuri By documenting and recording folklore, social scientists are hoping to preserve pieces of the traditional and oral cultures of some of the tribes and sects being pushed to India’s margins

Glad tidings in Vidarbha June 2012 | Gautam Belle In the blighted Vidarbha region of central India, the Tata trusts are supporting organisations involved with easing the many burdens farmers face and, in the process, seeding hope for a better tomorrow

Dying tongues June 2012 | Gayatri Kamath A path-breaking linguistic survey is capturing data on hundreds of India’s lesser-known languages in an attempt to preserve what’s left of the country’s fast-fading oral traditions and heritage

Back from the past, lessons for the future March 2012 | Suchita Vemuri The magnificent Humayun’s Tomb complex is being restored, with help from the Tata trusts, to ensure that its breathtaking beauty ages gracefully

Learning to learn March 2012 | Sangeeta Menon Laying the foundation for a formal education — that's the 'Quest' of a potentially influential rural education project supported by the Tata trusts

Tata Medical Center: A welcome healing touch August 2011 | Philip Chacko The recently opened Tata Medical Center in Kolkata will go a long way in offering care and succour to cancer sufferers and their kin, but this state-of-the-art hospital requires continuous support to spread the canvas of care it provides

Wealth in water August 2011 | Sangeeta Menon The Sir Ratan Tata Trust and the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust have made life easier in Gujarat’s coastal villages through initiatives that improve the quality of drinking water and groundwater

Hope and a new future May 2011 | Nithin Rao In the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, the Janvikas Samajik Sanstha tries to find solutions that give hope to destitute women, marginal farmers and landless labourers

Health and a lot more May 2011 | Philip Chacko The Mitra programmes being supported by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust and the Allied Trusts are a rare bright spot in a blighted region rife with inequities and disparities

The power of water May 2011 | Gayatri Kamath By reviving traditional methods of micro-irrigation, Dilasa is bringing about economic and social change in Yavatmal, the drought-prone farming belt in western India

Moving mountains with hope May 2011 | Cynthia Rodrigues Supported by the Sir Ratan Tata Trust for almost a decade now, the Himmothan Pariyojana has paved the way for progress in rural mountain communities

Trust quotient May 2011 | Philip Chacko The Tata trusts are at the heart of a unique business model, and custodians of a tradition of philanthropy that touches and changes countless lives

The art and heart of giving May 2011 | Philip Chacko The Tata trusts have moved with the times to become more focused and better able to address the needs of a changing development landscape

The wealth of wellness May 2011 | Sangeeta Menon Ashwini is working closely with tribal communities in south India to help improve their social lot through participative inclusion

Lighting young sparks January 2011 | Cynthia Rodrigues Avehi, an education-focused charitable trust, makes learning more fun and more relevant for Mumbai’s municipal school children through the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust-supported Avehi-Abacus project

Salt of the matter September 2010 | Arundhuti Dasgupta With a little support from the Sir Ratan Tata Trust, villages in the Ghed region in coastal Gujarat learn to deal with high salinity of water and find sustainable solutions to health, hygiene and water scarcity

Growing up right August 2010 The Communication Deall (Communication Developmental Eclectic Approach to Language Learning) Trust conducts a unique, indigenously-developed programme for children with developmental language disorders