Tanvi Patel

Defying the times with her unconventional choices, Venu Chitale decided not to marry and moved to London in pursuit of higher studies—where she went on to become a spokesperson for India’s freedom struggle.

Swarochish Somavanshi was appointed as Umaria’s Collector in March and he immediately took up a campaign against dagna- a traditional method of branding kids with hot iron to ‘treat’ malnutrition

“150 years ago, I would have been burned at the funeral pyre with my husband’s body," A Lalitha had famously said in a New York conference. Instead, she went on to make history!

A satire on the Simon report, the earliest known rendering of Odisha's state song & the first movie in Odia are just some of the iconic records that Vedabandhu Mishra has archived. Today, his YouTube channel has over 59,000 subscribers & a list of over 1000 videos!

In 2009, a group of kids ambushed GK Bhatnagar, begging for alms. At that time, he promised them a free school. Today, Bhatnagar has more than fulfilled his promise!

"We had never stepped out of our homes alone and so, when I announced that I am going to be a Jal Saheli, people scoffed that Geeta alone cannot do anything. They were right, I could not do anything alone. So I gathered more women of my village to join in this mission."

These traditional wooden toys have been made since the time of Tipu Sultan but today, only a few hundred toy makers remain. One organization is on a mission to help this eco-friendly craft regain its lost glory!

As a child, she was forced to beg and was molested by strangers. Growing up, Neetu Singh was determined that she will change the fate of slum kids who were trapped in a situation similar to hers.

The land lay barren save for the invasive Vilayati Keekar that prevented native trees from growing. Thanks to Vijay's efforts, the range is today a self-sufficient ecosystem of over 200 plant species that needs no human intervention!

When Akshay Agarwal and Gajendra Choudhary opened Adrish Store in Pune, they never imagined their small grocery store would impact farmers from Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and 11 other states!