Sanjay Joshi

An effective driver of change, community radio highlights issues in society and encourages audiences to look for solutions. Radio Nazariya is one such initiative changing lives in Ahmedabad.

A clown plus a counsellor makes a Clownselor - meet Sheetal Agarwal, a much-loved Clownselor from Delhi.

Fifty-five hundred tribal women from 100 villages in Gujarat came together to fight several social evils like witch hunting, using folk forms – dance, theatre and singing – to spread awareness about these issues.

Shyamsunder Bedekar from Gujarat has come up with a brilliant innovation which has the potential to change many lives in rural India. A low cost sanitary napkin incinerator, which he calls the Ashudhdhinashak, will help numerous women in discarding sanitary napkins in an environment-friendly way. This is how it came into existence.

From using ashes to dirty clothes, women in rural India put their health at immense risk during menstruation. Swati Bedeker not only spread awareness about using sanitary pads but also enabled rural women to make a living out of it. To add to it, she got even men interested in the idea! Here is how she did it.

He shows a magic trick and kids become filled with wonder. He then makes a funny face and kids roll on the floor laughing. Pravin Tulpule, an ex-officer of the Indian Navy, aka Pintoo - the clown magician, is giving children in several pediatric wards and orphanages a healthy dose of laughter. Read more to know what he really is - a magician or a clown?

We all have our role models but some people adore their leaders so much that they transform their own identity. Basavaraju is one such person who has taken his love for Gandhi to another extent, he not only follows his lifestyle but also impersonates Gandhi for a few hours or even days! Read the interesting story of the modern-day Gandhi.

Poonam was qualified, talented and educated but still could not get a decent job like "normal" people. Suffering from Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Poonam is just a little over two feet in height but this did not stop her from positively impacting the lives of many. She converted her disability into an opportunity and started an organization to help in many ways the people around her.

Often when we face challenges in life we get disheartened and give up. Nishtha is an example of sheer courage as she has been fighting muscular dystrophy for several years now, not allowing it to make her a "dependent". Not only this, she is on a mission to spread awareness about the cause and is helping similar patients to overcome this disability and lead "normal" lives. Read her inspiring story of courage and dedication.

They lived for years being told that their illness was "imagined". Finally, they were diagnosed with a rare disorder called Sjögren’s Syndrome. Now they are helping others understand their symptoms, get diagnosed early and "live well" with this with SS through their support group Sjögren’s India.