Unsung Heroes

The Delhi police were alerted of the fire, and they arrived at the spot immediately. As they reached the building, three constables saw the couple crying for help from their house. The wife was hanging from the balcony grille.

By the time Attar and Patil reached the flat, the fire had spread considerably. There was no point waiting for the fire department officials to arrive because that would mean risking the lives of the couple.

When several attempts to open the car door failed, the traffic cop broke the glass window adjacent to the driver’s seat. Without caring for any damage or injury it could have caused him, he managed to open the door.

Most of the city police personnel, ranging from constables and senior police inspectors to DCPs, were asked to be on the roads. Their twitter handle was also in full form, updating citizens about the flooding, alternative traffic routes and rubbishing rumours.

Two men met on a bus journey in Kerala. Their friendship brewed and one of them donated his liver to save the life of another. Here is their heart warming tale of friendship.

One woman is a teacher, makes teaching aids, talks to women, helps women in running their own little company, provides low cost sanitary pads to rural women and much more. Swati proves that superwomen do exist.

We meet a lot of people everyday. Some we remember and some we don't. But there are very few people who leave such a great impact on everyone's life that it is impossible to forget them. They are the superheroes who live among us and leave an impact that changes the lives of thousands of people around them. Here is the list of 69 such heroes we celebrate on the 69th Independence day.

Read how a small village in Uttarakhand stands testimony to the fact that rooftop rainwater harvesting is a reliable, economical and logical way of ensuring self-sufficiency and dignity.

Meet Ratanlal Maloo - the man who has single-handedly called over 15,000 Demoiselle Cranes to his little hamlet in Rajasthan.