Army

The story of the Indian Army’s Assam Rifles rescuing a six-day-old baby and his mother is going viral, offering a beacon of hope amid the devastating floods

“On 16th July, the link went live at 1:30 p.m. and we tweeted about it everywhere and it blew up. When the link was initially set up, it was to raise Rs. 30,000 until 28 July. But we ended up raising Rs. 5.9 lakh in a matter of 24 hours!”

The 47-year-old Additional Commissioner of Income Tax of Mumbai is a Shaurya Chakra awardee, for his bravery in an encounter with terrorists along the LoC in 2017.

This Mumbai-based girl has a heart so big that it feels the pain of others acutely. Through her art and craft exhibitions, Kshirja has raised around Rs. 85,000 to fund various causes

21 years later, Manish says that he is very proud of what he did that day. “I felt very proud of it actually, and to this day, I feel proud—for both, my near-failing grade and my owning up the failure as an 18-year-old.”

The pursuit began in 1999 after the Kargil War, leading Manhas to visit more than 200 families of martyrs. He remains in touch with most of them!

This wife of an army man, mother of a nine-year-old son, second-runner up of Mrs Earth 2017, Mrs Body Fit 2017, social media influencer and fitness guru who has trained over 300 men and women across the globe, is an inspiration to many.

“I swam for 12 minutes, and as I neared the riverbed, I finally saw him. He was immobile, appeared lifeless, and I couldn’t find a pulse. I realised that he was going into cardiac arrest.”

"Every year 60,000 soldiers from the Indian Army retire. Since, most of these jawans retire in their late thirties, it is easier to mould and teach them entrepreneurial skills," says I Create India.

“No matter how much we read and travel, there are always stories waiting to be discovered. Our winter study tour was no different. It added layers to my simplistic understanding of how our country functions.”