Kerala

Radhamani Amma drives and owns licenses for 11 vehicles, including heavy vehicles like JCBs, excavators, road rollers and cranes.

Rajasree R from Kerala has been making over 400 value-added products out of jackfruit. These include things like pasta, chocolate, flour, etc.

Viji Sreekumar from Kerala runs AVS, a healthy food and organic venture that sells bamboo rice-based products, health mixes, protein supplements, skincare products, and more.

Kochi resident Selina Michael has been a crematorium worker for over a decade. She talks about how this job helps her stay afloat after a life of hardships, and how her work breaks the stigma around women performing such rituals.

For a decade, Kerala resident Radhamani, a librarian at the Pratibha Public Library, has been walking door to door to distribute books for just Rs 5. Watch this video to see what her motivation to start this endeavor was.

Inspiring teacher Lincy George and her husband Sebastian, a couple residing in Kerala, have dedicated several years to give their students, most of whom come from under-resourced backgrounds, a permanent home to live in.

Abdurazak, a resident of Kerala, grows many varieties of fruit trees on his terrace, using plastic drums. Here’s how he does it.

Kerala residents Haripriya and Sivapriya grow seasonal vegetables on 80 cents of land. Here’s how organic farming came to their rescue when they decided to help their parents make ends meet

Kerala-based Vinayakumar Balakrishnan runs Thooshan with his wife Indira. Together they make eco-friendly tableware using rice and wheat bran. Here’s their story.

Kerala farmer P Bhuvaneshwari’s Maruti Gardens is a vast organic farm with a variety of fruit, vegetables, and fish. She converted her barren land without the use of chemicals.