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Khushi Jain from Gurgaon narrates her battles with anorexia and body dysmorphia, and how ‘diet culture’ is a slippery slope when it comes to eating disorders and mental health.

Bengaluru entrepreneur Haris Ali runs Sarvoham Trust, an animal welfare NGO through which he has rescued, treated, and provided shelter to thousands of injured and abused dogs. He seeks donations to continue his efforts

Professor Sudipta Sengupta, renowned mountaineer and geologist and one of India's first women to break into such fields, recalls her historic expeditions to the Himalayas and Antarctica.

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.

Engineer Gaurav Gurjar along with Afforestt transformed highly saline and infertile land in the Rajasthan desert into a safe habitat for birds, animals and reptiles

Geetanjali Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' chronicles the life of an 80-year-old woman who slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband

Despite her Osteogenesis Imperfecta condition, Shweta Maurya from Varanasi launched Astha Loving Kindness and Compassion (ALKC) Foundation which helps injured and abandoned animals

As part of a Central Government project supported by IIT Bombay, students of Federal Institute of Science and Technology (FISAT), Ernakulam, have come up with a nutritional formula in hydroponics farming.

Jeeveshu Ahluwalia, a stand up comic from Delhi, draws his jokes using his own experiences. Today, after having performed on stages the world over, he says those experiences shaped his personality.

Deepa Pawar’s own experiences as a member of the gadhiya lohar tribe shaped her organisation Anubhuti Trust, a women-led organisation that works for upliftment of India’s nomadic and denotified tribes.