Belgaum

Pramod Sadashiv Chandake, a social reformer from Belgaum, is battling ignorance and social stigma to raise awareness about some of society’s darkest issues, like prostitution, child marriage, domestic violence, dowry harassment, and sexually transmitted diseases.

Kashava was made a devadasi when she was just a six-year-old child. After struggling with numerous challenges that life gave her, she has finally emerged a victor. Kashava now works for an NGO which helps devadasis.

A resident of Athani, Karnataka, 40-year-old Chanda Maigur’s story sounds almost like a fairy tale. Chanda was a devadasi who fell in love with Sunil and lived happily ever after.

A devadasi recounts her journey from suffering horrifying sexual abuse as a teen to becoming independent and raising her two daughters with quality education.

Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu said the cities were selected based on the feasibility of proposals, performance indicators, and so on.

The government of India is all set to add five new towns to the list of airports in India. This has been done with the view to connect small towns and cities better with the rest of the country.

Most of us would like to retire, kick back and relax in our early eighties. However, there are people like Annasaheb Bhavu Udgavi who still possess a child-like curiosity and the youthfulness of ideas to produce grassroots innovations at the age of 82!

A real hero does not need external support. Santosh Kaveri, born in a poor farmer family, has changed the lives of hundreds of farmers through his simple low-cost innovations. Read his story to know how he fought against all odds, completed his education and developed some awesome machines which are helping farmers across 10 villages today!