Madhya Pradesh

"I have lived here (the public toilet quarters) for about 12 years. My father earned about Rs 6000-7000 which supported our home. The conditions were bad, but I never gave up on playing."

"From my very first childhood memories, I remember two things—going to the park with my grandfather and going to my small town airport with my dad every Sunday, just to watch airplanes take off and land."

Changing professions from pediatrician to IAS officer, Sanjay Goyal believed he needed to make a difference

After three years of running from pillar to post, the girls decided to do the spadework themselves to help their farmer father!

In May 2016, there were 6 lakh people in the district who defecated in the open. Incredibly, it took just a year for all villages to become ODF.

Despite the spate of recent mob lynchings based on rumours, Mandsaur shows us that social media isn't really the problem.

A video of her typing a document was circulated on WhatsApp a while ago, and recently, a man named Hatinder Singh uploaded it on Twitter.

The circular also states that this freedom of choice will be given in both oral and practical exams

Sandhya Marawi, a 30-year-old woman, is among the 45-odd porters at the Jabalpur station and works shoulder to shoulder with her colleagues.

25-year-old engineer, Gautam Kumar, traded his chance at earning a hefty paycheck to reforest Khedi and two other remote villages in Madhya Pradesh - one patch in the backyard and one household at a time!