Lucy Plummer

Travelling is not just about the places you see, it's about the people you meet. Nine people. Nine stories.

Gursimran Singh has made a device that visually impaired people can wear which will enable them to visualise the text being dictated by using the concept of binaural beats. He has been awarded a 20 lakh grant for the device to be produced at commercial level and distributed across the country.

The initiative by Hyderabad-based company Bamboo House India was a prototype to see if such a structure will be able to withstand all weathers.

Lucknow will hopefully soon see women professional chauffeurs as a norm on the roads as women's empowerment group FLO is helping to train women in their new career.

After a group of parents discussed their outrage at high school fees, Abhilash took the idea of a community-run school to the parents of his neighbourhood. 14 individuals committed to the idea and the school is planned to open at the start of this academic year.

At just 17-years-old, Tuhin Dey has big dreams of becoming a great scientist like his idol Stephen Hawking. And just like his idol, he isn't letting his condition get in the way of making this a reality.

Individuals and organisations in countries around the world are stepping up with innovative methods and campaigns in an attempt to tackle the global issue of food wastage. We look at some examples from across the globe of food waste initiatives done right to give India something to chew over.

On the day of accepting a National Award for his latest movie role, Bollywood's Akshay Kumar has uploaded a video expressing his sorrow at the alarmingly high rates of suicides among students in India.

We used Numbeo to investigate the differences in living costs across cities in India and it's safe to say we were quite surprised by our findings!

Figures from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN show that the average Indian's diet has undergone some changes in the past 50 years.