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Though Vaseem had been bestowed with the doctorate in October last year, the official announcement was motioned only in December, following months of inspection of university records by district authorities for verifying the achievement.

In the rural and tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, women are traditionally relegated to household work in deeply patriarchal settings. However, three women are changing this status quo and pushing for education for the region’s children.

Sometimes hard work and determination is all that's needed to reach your dreams, like these kids have.

Indian classical dancer and Guru Sonal Mansingh has had many highs and lows in her life. A notable low was when she suffered major injuries in a car accident in 1974, but she refused to give in to despair.

Paralysis after an accident can be a difficult reality to accept, especially for active individuals. However, Nancy, a young girl, refused to accept her paralysis as a final diagnosis, eventually regaining movement through sheer determination and will.

Battling depression can be a tough experience, especially if one is all alone in a foreign land, surrounded by strangers. Ajinkya Kolhe had to leave his studies halfway and return from the US, but once back in India, he decided to fight his way free from depression.

Children have no limits to their dreams, and no barriers or restrictions in their minds. These five kids, emboldened by their education, show that sometimes the biggest lessons can come from the youngest people.

Shahbad Dairy in Delhi is an area populated mostly by daily wagers and migrant workers, where the focus is always on survival. In this grim reality, a 14-year-old girl is leading the fight for children’s education, breaking gender stereotypes and societal norms along the way.

In the Ghogalgaon village of Madhya Pradesh, 213 protesters have been standing in water for 32 days now. Here's why, in spite of all the hardships they have to bear, they seem stubborn in the hope that the government will eventually provide them with justice.