Tanvi Patel

“Around 25 years back, people in rural areas were so open about killing their daughters, they would not mind showing the places where the foetuses were dumped," says the courageous 'Daughter of Punjab'.

From college students and school dropouts to housewives and widows, these underprivileged women pack quite a punch. And the best part - this awesome academy doesn't charge a single penny for the training!

Juggling his job in an MNC, this hardworking farmer’s son utilises his after-work hours and weekends to breathe fresh life into Noida’s lakes. The kind of hero India truly needs!

“My only qualification for writing this book is that I am a human being,” wrote Shakuntala Devi in 1977, calling for “full and complete acceptance, not just tolerance and sympathy.”

"'Aapno gaav, aap banao'—which means 'you build your village', was adopted as the mantra,” says Raj Yadav, the man behind the transformative project.

“I have modified everything from a Nano to a Mercedes. The car doesn’t matter to me — what matters is the person driving it,” says the National Award winner, Rajesh Sharma.

While plastic was a no-no for a very long time, Kalpana Manivannan has also started making soaps, shampoos & body-butter at home to ensure no mass-produced chemicals affect her family!

Dr Anita Sharma called about 2000 driving schools across India asking if they give lessons to the differently-abled. Disappointed by their answers, she decided to change the status quo herself!

“When someone asks me how old I am, I confidently tell them 13 years. Because I wasted nearly 50 years of my life doing nothing,” says the first visually impaired person to complete the 19,000 Dolma Pass in Tibet.

"Pushpa ma’am is like a Goddess to us. She understands that my boy is smart but because of his condition, he speaks slowly", says a grateful parent of a student with cerebral palsy about the amazing woman who won the Nari Shakti Puraskar 2018.