Divya Sethu

After losing her mother to a decade-long battle with a severe skin condition, Kruthika Kumaran started Vilvah Store, a brand of natural skincare products made of goat milk procured directly from her family farm near Coimbatore.

Raju Kendre runs the Eklavya Movement that aims to build young changemakers and leaders from marginalized communities so that they can work across various sectors via access to higher education and prestigious fellowships.

Dr Luis Dias recalls the life and struggles of his great-grandfather, Dr Miguel Caetano Dias, who came from a small village of okra farmers. He fought all odds to become the first and only Goan General, the highest rank in the Portuguese medical cadre.

Kailash Puri, the 'agony aunt' of the 60s donned many hats as an author, broadcaster, poet, counsellor and a self-proclaimed sexologist. She became a shoulder to cry on for several Punjabi women and families settled across India, Canada, the US, Germany and other European countries.

Sibash Kabiraj, Regional Passport Officer, Chandigarh, formed a task force of young brides abandoned by their husbands who have fled to foreign countries, leaving them with no means of support or livelihood. He helps such women attain justice by cancelling their husbands' passports.

Madhu Priya, a Chennai resident recently shared a viral post talking about the struggles her parents had to go through to educate their daughters.

After a life-changing accident Ayush Mishra from Uttar Pradesh launch a telemedicine startup Tattvan E-clinic to connect residents of small cities to doctors in India's biggest hospitals.

Disability rights activist and the executive director of National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People, Arman Ali was born with cerebral palsy but that didn't deter him from speaking up against discrimination.

Goa-based Dr Luis Dias quit his obstetrics and gynaecology practice in the UK and returned to India in 2008 to start Child’s Play India Foundation, which aims to uplift and empower children from disadvantaged backgrounds through western music.

At a time when only romantic Bollywood songs were commercially acceptable, Moheener Ghoraguli was born. Led by Gautam Chattopadhyay in Kolkata in the '70s, they made music on social issues and their own lives.