Shreya Pareek

Aero India show, Kala Ghoda Festival, workshop on social enterprises and a lot more to look forward to this week. Here are five events you should not skip this week.

Ricky Kej and Neela Vaswani from India made the country proud by bringing home the prestigious Grammy award in its 57th edition. Here is all you need to know about Kej the self-trained musician and his journey to international success.

Jaywant Utpat invented a device that can simplify the use of several musical instruments. From Tabla to Dholak, this device can produce hundreds of sounds by just a single click. Know more about this one-of-its-kind Percussion Synthesizer for Indian Music.

Want to have a glimpse of Rome? Visit Arikamedu, the only city with an archaeological record of Roman presence in India. Famous for manufacturing amazing bead jewelry, the glass beads site here was considered as the “mother of all bead centers” in the world. Know more about this lesser explored place of India.

An international puppet festival, Neralu tree festival, Surajkund Mela, a sports event for differently abled children and a lot more to look forward to this week. Here are six events you should not miss.

Indrajit Singh Khas observed the problems faced by farmers while planting turmeric and ginger. They had to manually dig the soil which was both time consuming and costly. He invented a simple technology to solve this issue. His innovation not only simplifies the tedious process of ginger plantation but also increases the harvest. Know more about the machine and how Indrajit, who had no technical background, made it possible.

Dilip Kumar, a 24 year old man, was shocked to know that only 12 percent of women in India use sanitary napkins. He did his research and started Sukhibhava, a non-profit social enterprise that caters to the menstrual needs of urban poor women. From distributing low cost napkins to organizing information sessions, here's how Sukhibhava is leading this ignored section of the community to a healthier future.

Here is how Indian doctors successfully performed India's first paediatric heart transplant on a two-year-old Russian baby. Read all about the medical achievement that made Russian doctors give up on the baby and German doctors cringe in fear!

Read how Smaat India is enabling rural India to have access to clean drinking water at just INR 0.20 per litre through innovative water ATMs. The technology takes only a few minutes to convert contaminated water into pure water and can be easily operated by people of all age groups.

Why are girls not given an equal opportunity to study and progress like their brothers? Watch this heartwarming and thought provoking video that answers all the questions and shows how educating girls can create a larger impact.