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The founder of Delhi's iconic Giani Ice Cream, Giani Gurcharan Singh left behind his life’s earnings during Partition, but carried with him his experience in making traditional desserts. Little did he know that these skills would spawn a multi-crore business

Usha Raju from Visakhapatnam has come up with a rent-a-farm model that lets families grow organic food on a 600 sq ft farmland for three months, with the harvest being delivered on their doorsteps every weekend!

Three years ago, Tanushree Jain of Jaipur bootstrapped an idea and named it Nushaura. Today, the start-up is providing livelihood to 250 rural women through scented candles and other products.

A Chennai-based bank employee for the major part of his career, Sukumar today has covered all major sports events, including FIFA and the Olympics.

Tarachand Belji is a farmer from Madhya Pradesh who switched from traditional to organic farming in 2005, and started Prakritik Kheti Shodh Sansthan to help thousands of farmers earn more

Prema, a tribal woman from HD Kote, Karnataka, switched from growing conventional cotton and corn to the superfood chia, which has helped her increase her income

Ram Ki Bandi is an iconic eatery in Hyderabad, started by Lakshman Rao Shinde and taken over by his son, Ram. For over 30 years, the eatery has been selling delicious dosas and idlis across the city.

Anusuya Samantaray, a student of Ku Leuven University in Belgium, along with her friends Varun Singh and Apoorva Vardhan, has innovated edible alternatives for single-use plastic items like spoons and cups using a by-product from breweries.

Home to the longest wall in India, the beautiful Kumbhalgarh fort near Udaipur in Rajasthan was built by Rana Kumbha, the ruler of Mewar.

As the country marks its 75th Independence Day, Dr Alagappa Chettiar’s grandson, Dr Ramanathan Vairavan, sits down to honour his grandfather, a man whose contributions to a newly-Independent India have been monumental.