Bioscope

According to the system, the next cyclone to hit our shores will be named Sagar, meaning “ocean”, a name submitted by India.

Meet Rupesh Krishna Rao Pawar, a graduate from Mumbai University who joined a multinational company immediately after college and worked there for a couple of years. But these days he is found dressed in khaki, diligently performing his duties as a police constable. This is his story.

Belonging to marginalised communities in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, these women are breaking many barriers and stereotypes on a daily basis. They work with India’s first newspaper run entirely by women, and are successfully taking grassroots journalism to a whole new level.

2015 will always be remembered as the year of the Tamil Nadu floods – the time when Chennai showed its true spirit. Here is an inspiring narration from those who helped restore life in the city, and are continuing to do so.

D. Prakash Rao is a chai wala in Cuttack, Odisha. Denied the opportunity to complete school as a child, today he is educating the children of slum dwellers. Watch this video to learn more about this remarkable man and his mission.

This one is to salute the amazing spirit of our parents and to thank them for all the love with which they help us be strong enough to go out and face the world. Like those potters who can mould any clay into the right shape.

Purnima and Rajagopal work in the US and had come to Chennai to get married in the presence of their friends and family members. But floods hit the city leaving them stranded. This is what happened next.

Indian music has a very special place in the heart of this young violinist from Bengaluru. And he has the incredible talent of presenting it in a very special form, for the world to enjoy and fall in love with it. This is how the ‘wireless walking violinist’ does it.

Watch how Gorapkhpur district in Uttar Pradesh is at the forefront of creating a climate resilient future for its citizens. They are prepared to face the floods that hit the area year after year. There are lessons here for the rest of India, indeed, the rest of the world, to follow.

An engineering student from Hubbali noticed the increasing number of accidents on Indian roads and decided to find a solution. Watch how his project, 'Smart Devices for Smart Bus’, has the potential to make our roads a lot safer.