Anand Mahindra, the chairman of the Mahindra Group, launched a coffee table book, May A Million Buds Bloom, on Monday in Mumbai, which captures the qualitative impact of Project Nanhi Kali — an initiative started by him — on educating girls. The book was compiled by 18-year-old Nitya Manoj Kumar, a recent graduate of the International Baccalaureate programme at the International School of Hyderabad.
Mr. Mahindra began Project Nanhi Kali in 1996 with the objective of educating girls and encouraging Indians to contribute to a worthy cause. “In the 1970s, India was a demographic disaster,” Mr. Mahindra said. The population was spiralling, female literacy levels were low, and the number of women in the workforce was alarming, he said and added, “I felt that education of the girl child was the only solution.”
