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Harish Kumar, a techie and driving enthusiast, did not let his disability come in the way of his passion and started a driving school for specially challenged people in India.

He took up an initiative titled Project Happiness, which attempts to capture the optimistic attitude of people he meets on the streets.

Women are often presumed to be the weaker sex, who need to stay home as housekeepers. However, many women are breaking this stereotype to carve out their own identities. One such woman is a lady sub-inspector at a police station in one of Mumbai’s most notorious areas.

She saved her family from starvation and death by embracing her late husband’s profession. In the process she broke gender stereotypes to become India’s first female barber.

Rekha, an acid attack victim, has undergone six surgeries and is slowly rebuilding her life. She wants to get better soon and help other survivors.

Arjun Ram Meghwal does his part of protecting the environment; he cycles to work. Most of us cannot claim to do the same. Yet, even though a Member of Parliament, the magnificent cars of his peers does not stop him from riding on his beliefs.

The incredible story of how a man from Beed and his NGO took on dried lakes and water bodies in drought-prone districts of Maharashtra and revived them. The scale of operations and the superlative management of resources for bringing to life 85 water bodies in a span of 3 months is straight out of an MBA case study!

Read about the incredible life and struggle of human rights activist Irom Sharmila whose hunger strike against the controversial AFSPA in Manipur continues even after 13 years of self-sacrifice and hardships!

For several days now, our readers have been pointing us to a remarkably inspiring story that was making waves on social media but had not received its due coverage in conventional media. As we prepared to run the article today, it was heartening to see that it also appeared on the front page of The Hindu, covered by one of our freelance writers, Anumeha Yadav. Here we piece together the amazing story for you, compiled from the many sources that our readers have sent us, and for which we would like to thank them.

Delhi’s Navin Gulia hit headlines after his driving world record in 2004, but has since traveled to even more gratifying life motives, all from his wheelchair. Read about the remarkable man and his undying spirit that leads him to work towards the greater good, in spite of his disabilities.