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Amardeep Jhala was travelling from Ahmedabad to Delhi. But the air conditioner in the 3-tier AC coach of the train was not working. This is how a quick SMS to the railways complaint number helped.

Two brothers, Ranjeet and Sanjeet, needed just a little gift to get them to start attending classes regularly. And Poonam Tyagi was the right person to give it to them. Thus was born Project Chappal.

Meet Anil Gavade, the owner of a tea stall in Mumbai, who is known for his charitable work and concern for people living with disabilities. But Anil wasn't always like this. His early life revolved around robberies, thefts, cheating and fraud. This is his story of transformation.

When rains and floods in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu made life come to a standstill for many days in a row, there was an urgent need for quick and simple solutions that could help rescue people. And volunteers did come up with many brilliant jugaads.

Here's a complete lowdown on climate change, its ramifications on India and the world, and India's stance on it.

Sujay Ravikumar attended the grand Indian diaspora event in Singapore to listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. And these are the thoughts with which he came out of the event.

Tejaswi Subramanian was 13 when she first started thinking about environment conservation and climate change. Today, she is an environmental activist working for increased use of sustainably sourced food in India, and is preparing for an amazing Antarctica expedition, for an equally amazing reason.

R Srinivasan was in Varanasi for some work. A regular visitor of the ghats, he was surprised to see one of the ghats kept very clean, which stood out in comparison to the others. What's more, it was kept this way by 3 young oar-boys and their father! This is what he found out on further investigation.

To be raised by an Indian mother and father means different things to different people. For Gaurang Athalye, it’s about that overwhelming feeling when your mom takes care of you even when you are a thousand miles away, and the love of dad that is visible in the small things he does. His experience is something we'll all relate to!

Arundhati Nath was born with bilateral congenital cataract. After many surgeries, she gained 25 percent of her vision, and can now read print, though from a very close distance. Today, she is working with State Bank of India. She still faces challenges but is very happy with her many achievements. This is her journey.