Shreya Pareek

At a time when rape incidents are occupying most of the news’ space, here is a man who is working hard towards promoting women-empowerment. Ajit Padmanabh, an IT professional and a musician by passion from Bengaluru, has come up with Foremost Forever, an initiative that aims at highlighting women and their achievements, starting at the school level.

While working as an SBI Youth for India fellow, Sandeep Viswanath was almost thrown out of a school for disturbing their regular activities. But this did not break his morale. He continued working with the tribal students, teaching them photography and making five documentaries with them. Read more about his journey and why he left his well-paying IT job to work in the development sector.

Can you imagine that one can realize their dreams of becoming a sports person at 47? Umadevi did, and this is her inspiring story of transformation from a shy and financially weak typist to a Billiards world champion.

There are some movies which leave an impact on society. Some actually manage to change a couple of lives while some have helped to speed up long pending justice, some fill you with emotional turmoil and some give your life a complete new direction. Here is a list of 20 such movies.

Providing shelter, care and, when needed, last rites for the destitute, aged or mentally ill cannot be easy. Watch this powerful video to know how this team is helping them survive the last hour of their lives with some dignity.

Jadav "Molai" Payeng started planting bamboo saplings when he was 16 years old. Today he is 47 and lives in his own forest with tigers, rhinos and elephants!

Most Indian women still use scrap cloth from old saris and towels, the traditional method for managing menstruation for thousands of years. On World Menstrual Hygiene Day we present you with a list of 8 revolutionary brands that offer you cheap, affordable, hygienic and eco-friendly sanitary solutions.

We all know about the famous monuments of India. But, there is much more to the heritage, unexplored and unknown. Lets talk about lesser known heritage sites of India and the story behind them. Explore Rasmancha, the oldest brick temple and the only temple of its kind in the whole country.

This video shows the youth of India who were born on 15th August 1947, and their thoughts after 20 years of independence. Watch these amusing and fascinating replies from the 20 years olds and what they have to answer to basic questions like career, freedom, happiness and relationships!

Girish Badragond, a 28 year old from Bijapur District in Karnataka, came to Bangalore in 2006 with a laptop, a wireless router and a 1-way bus fare. Read the story of how this same man is solving Indian farmers' irrigation problems through his interesting innovations. All that without even having a degree!