Unsung Heroes

An urge to serve the society pushed Sarbjeet Singh to set up a free canteen for cancer patients, drive a free funeral van for the poor and organize regular blood donation camps to help Shimla's hospitals.

This chartered accountant served free food for three days to employees and customers standing in queues outside ICICI Bank in Noida.

Few people know that during the Bhopal gas tragedy, a heroic stationmaster risked his own life to save others. This is the little known story of deputy station superintendent Ghulam Dastagir, without whom the casualities in the catastrophe would have been much higher.

Largely overlooked by writers and historians, this is the little know story of India's youngest spy, 16-year-old Saraswathy Rajamani, who smuggled secrets for the Indian National Army's intelligence wing.

This former railway clerk from Nellore station, known as “Daddy” to more than 120 children, runs an organization that provides food for the body and soul to some of the most battered lives in our country.

Bunty Rao, the volunteer lifeguard, is often the go-to person during any emergencies on Juhu Beach.

In May 2015, Seema Saadikha started an NGO named Namma Mitra Foundation, which focusses on community development and rural empowerment in villages in Karnataka.

A hero till the end of his days in Amritsar, he built a hospital for the poor and needy after he retired and started studying law at the age of 80!

During Partition, there were people in India and Pakistan who did not just refuse to join the murderous mobs but took enormous risks to save people of other religious communities. Here are the little known stories of these real life heroes from both countries.

Bipin Ganatra is not a professional fireman but has fought over 100 fires in the densely populated, chaotic city of Kolkata – working tirelessly to douse flames, rescue people and clean up debris. Here is the inspiring story of this gritty 59-year-old firefighter, an unsung hero we all need to thank.