Heartwarming

With winter almost setting in and temperatures dropping, the drive undertaken by Bengaluru citizens can be replicated across the country to ensure children, women, elderly do not fall sick from extreme cold.

“I observed that the dropout rate was extremely high in the school and my first challenge was to change this. It did not help that the school had no infrastructure,” says Kotresh.

Sharad and Savita Tewari have dedicated their time to teach slum kids. They wish to see the kids become lawyers, engineers, pilots, soldiers, journalists and so on one day and serve the country, just like their son did.

In a world, where emotions of empathy, kindness and love for fellow humans are rare to find, Paromita is reminding everyone how simple words can have the power to heal and make everyone feel special.

“We pushed the door open and managed to get out. There were a lot of people standing along the sides, some of whom were hooting, catcalling. In fact they were making fun of pretty much everything that was passing by, including us,” recalls Rajeev.

All Bhavnaben wanted was to find more work. “It would have been easier to accept financial aid from us, but she just wanted more work to earn money and that won our hearts.”

Everyone thinks of helping school children by giving stationery but no one thinks of how to get the child to attend school. This Mumbaikar thought of it and is now giving cycles to underprivileged kids.

Mukta and Sanjeeva have been together for more than 34 years, and their love for each other and travel has only grown stronger.

Torrential rains have left waste pickers in Mumbai rummaging through garbage in ankle-deep water. And 15-year-old Sanjana's simple gesture is stopping them from being exposed to severe health risks. You are our hero, Sanjana!

A multi-tasker, the perfect bahu, wife, and mother. A control room to seek help every time something goes wrong, the perfect shoulder to cry on and the warmest person to hug at all times—she is looked up to as a being that can do no wrong.