Bangalore Heroes

Five enterprising youngsters from Bengaluru have come up with two innovative methods to reduce wastage of paper and save trees: re-writable notebooks, and printing ads on paper bags instead of pamphlets.

Everyone, but everyone, has heard about Bangalore traffic. People complain about it in drawing rooms, write about it on Facebook and joke about it on WhatsApp. There are very few though who will step out to get down and dirty and do something about it. Ajit Lakshmirathan, 65 years old and retired from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is one such man.

A 4,818-year-old man, people who are 120 years old, numerous citizens aged less than 18 years, and several women listed as males – these are just some of the many errors PG Bhat has found in the country’s electoral rolls. But he’s also created the software to fix them!

The first question many cancer patients ask is about hair loss which deeply affects them. Kumar, a wig maker based in Bangalore, is putting his wig making skills to a better use by making natural looking wigs for cancer patients across the country. Read along to know more about his work and how he does it.

Shubhendu Sharma left his high paying job as an engineer to plant trees for the rest of his life. Using the unique Miyawaki methodology to grow saplings, Afforestt converts any land into a self-sustainable forest in a couple of years. He has successfully created 33 forests across India in two years. Here's how he made it possible.