courage

"For the longest time, mirrors were removed from my room so I would not see my face. The first time I caught a glimpse of myself was a reflection on the elevator doors, I was disappointed and then scared.”

Over 25 years, the foundation has turned women suffering from abject poverty into small business owners.

The open-fire attack near Batengoo in J&K's Anantnag district claimed seven lives and injured 14 victims.

Summing up strength and courage, all the travellers decided to team up and work together in order to get out of the landslide-struck region.

Estimates claim that almost 30,000 children are born with Down Syndrome every year in India. People with Down Syndrome can face severe hardships and poor treatment from a society that often misunderstands their affliction. In such a scenario, these seven stories offer hope and the chance of better understanding one of India’s most common genetic disorders.

A woman forest officer is doing something incredible every single day - simply to be good at what she does.

Fate wasn't kind to Karishma and her sister when they were young. But not only did she fight to get both of them an education, she now leads efforts to empower other adolescent girls.

In September 1986, terrorists hijacked a plane in Karachi. Neerja Bhanot, a flight attendant, saved the lives of 360 passengers and was killed while shielding children from terrorist fire. She was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra. Here's her story of amazing grit and valour.

On 18 July 2015, Sangram Singh won the World Wrestling Professionals (WWP) Commonwealth Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. He has signed a death contract for the match, beforehand.

Amid all the depressing news we have been receiving of late on the state of the girl child in India, especially from the northern patriarchal states like Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, here are a few stories that give us hope. These are women, and also some men, who have adopted and cared for abandoned little girls despite their own dire conditions, and many times against the wishes of their family. This is courage and compassion in its purest form.