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49-year-old Diwani Ram is a farmer by profession and dedicates two months during the monsoons every year to help people cross flooded rivulets in Uttarakhand

48-year-old Mohammad Aabad goes around the town daily in his converted water-rickshaw to provide free drinking water to thousands.

“In these difficult times, people should preserve humanity. If you are eating out of a gold plate and they are dying of hunger, how is that fair?”

Ayaz Faquih from Navi Mumbai and Purushottamlal Gupta from Thane are two auto-drivers from Maharashtra who going out of their ways to help citizens amidst the lockdown by offering free rides and ration kits to the needy.

“I've been a trader here in Kozhikode for almost 57 years. At times like this we have to stop thinking about profits and simply stand with humanity.”

A neighbour who risked his life to rescue six members of a family. A senior citizen who saved 80 lives. And so many more in a city torn apart by gut-wrenching violence.

“If we are born on this planet and do not help anyone, then will that even qualify as a life well lived? Everyone lives for themselves, but doing something for others gives it a sense of fulfillment.”

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"I remember her looking to me and saying ‘look how many people are here, I think India is going to be alright’.”

With winter almost setting in and temperatures dropping, the drive undertaken by Bengaluru citizens can be replicated across the country to ensure children, women, elderly do not fall sick from extreme cold.