Responsible Stars

Bollywood star Salman Khan has joined hands with the Government of Maharashtra and Elan Foundation (philanthropic arm of commercial realty developer Elan Group) to rebuild homes destroyed by the floods in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The 2019 floods affected 223 villages in Kolhapur and displaced around 28,897 people in the district. In February 2020, Elan Group announced...

Two months after Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan offered the use of his office premises in Khar for COVID relief, BMC requested Hinduja HealthCare, Khar for their technical support in converting the area into an intensive care unit for critical COVID-19 patients. Hinduja Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the 100-year-old Hinduja Group, has stepped in with...

Mumbaikars have been known for their never-give-up spirit and their selfless generous acts of kindness. The population that has left behind their homes to fulfil their dreams are able to relate to distress and struggle making them empathetic to fellow humans. This is why, every now and then, stories of mumbaikars helping each other...

Today is Organ Donation Day 2020. More than half a million Indians are estimated to be in dire need of an organ transplant. Every year 5 lakh Indians lose their lives waiting for organs. Yet, less than a thousand Cadaveric donation (from a deceased donor) transplants are performed each year. That’s a life lost...

Acid Attack survivors are subjected to judgement over the way they look, making it impossible for them to lead a normal life in society. Owing to such a behaviour of people towards them, they often suffer from confidence issues making it difficult for them to be surrounded by people. Few, however, succeed in fighting...

Celebrity Paras Chhabra who starred in the reality show Bigg Boss 13 spent this Raksha Bandhan brightening the day for his 30 new sisters. He visited the Dream Girl Foundation in Gurgaon, an orphanage that has 5200 children and is supported by the Surbana Jurong Group. Established in 2003, Dream Girl Foundation provides underprivileged children...

Vidya Balan's latest film Shakuntala Devi is an inspiration to all women who want to strike it on their own. "The spirit of thousands of women entrepreneurs resonates in multi-hyphenate Shakuntala Devi’s grit, determination and passion to beat all odds to follow her dreams. Throughout the promotions of the film, I have exclusively worn...

Instagram campaign #ChallengeAccepted has drawn over 4.1 million posts. The hashtag has gone viral, with women of all ages posting black-and-white selfies and tagging other women to do the same in a display of solidarity. The campaign began somewhere in Turkey and has gathered momentum in India, with Tennis player Sania Mirza, actresses Sonam...

He has done it again! Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is really living up to his new Messianic image. After transporting thousands of stranded workers and students in the cities back to their homes, he is heeding the pleas of students stuck abroad. First on the list are Indian students in Kyrgyzstan. The first charter flight...

The economic hardship induced by the lockdown has left the boatmen in Varanasi with no source of income. Their misery has been compounded with the onset of monsoon as they cannot venture into the Ganga river. The timely intervention of the Mukul Madhav Foundation (MMF), and Finolex Industries to provide them with grocery kits...

USPL’s apparel line Wrogn, in association with wildlife channel Animal Planet, is launching a new collection - Animal Planet X WROGN. The apparel range aims to shine light on the cause of endangered species. Conceptualised by Black White Orange, Animal Planet’s licensing arm, each style in the range portrays an endangered animal including the...

The man who liberated his nation from racial apartheid is also perhaps the model for Citizen Social Responsibility (CSR) whose values live on, seven years after he bid the world goodbye. It's these values of peace and equality that are honoured on July 18th every year, celebrated as Nelson Mandela International Day. Nelson Mandela International...