Gopi Karelia

Lovepreet Kumar and his wife, Preeti, left their bustling city life in Gurugram to move to Ramgarh in Uttarakhand and embrace a life in the mountains. They run a YouTube channel called Punjabi Trekker, wherein they share their experiences and learnings from their new home.

In 1975, Prabir Das, a ventriloquist from Kolkata bagged his own show on Doordarshan Bengali to showcase his extraordinarily artful talking doll, 'Michael'.

Aamir Khan, Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, and other eminent names in Bollywood saw Malegaon Ka Superman, which catapulted the success of Mollywood, the film industry of the small town of Malegaon, Maharashtra.

Shreya Katuri from Delhi started collecting matchboxes as part of her University project but was soon hooked onto it. Her collection boasts of matchboxes from the United States, Australia, Russia and China

Ali Manikfan from Lakshadweep was honoured with a Padma Shri under the category of ‘Grassroots Innovation’. Here’s his amazing life story.

Despite facing innumerable rejections from publishing houses, Mumbai-based Sundari Venkatraman has written and published 52 books.

When a 10-year-old girl left her home in West Bengal to escape her abusive father, little did she know that her innocence would be shredded overnight. Held hostage a couple of hours away from her home, the story of this former sex worker finding love is an inspiration.

Biren Kumar Basak from West Bengal remembers the days when he earned Rs 2.5 to now establishing a Rs 50-crore venture, employing 5,000 artisans. His sarees have won several awards including Padma Shri.

Dr Sujata and Ashutosh Kelkar, an elderly couple from Jalgaon in Maharashtra, went viral for their rendition of Kya Yahi Pyaar Hai from Rocky (1981) on the harmonica.

Jameel Shah, came from Bihar to Mumbai's Dharavi in the hope of meeting celebs. Today his 'Shah Shoes' makes 200 shoes per month for the likes of Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Kylie Minogue, Hrithik Roshan and more.