Kolhapur

Through attention-grabbing and light-hearted cartoons, he highlighted a variety of social ills such as poverty, traffic woes, pollution, degradation of the environment, urban life, the poor state of urban infrastructure, to millions of people.

Did you know that Shahaji II, the Maharaja of Kolhapur, sponsored a 22-year-old wrestler from Satara for the 1948 London Olympics? Or that Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj built hundreds of akharas to create a city that produced legendary wrestlers?

When Ashok Jadhav was boarding a flight with his family from Nagpur to Pune on Monday night, little did he know that his life would soon be hanging by a thread.

Dr Vijay Suryawanshi who was the Kolhapur Zilla Parishad Chief Executive Officer in 2014, noticed a lack of sports facilities & decided to start a resident sports school in Kolhapur.

“Had I completed my education beyond class 10, my life would have been completely different today," says Lata Jadhav.

This sports teacher and an athlete is inspiring a community of athletes from rural India

“Nothing gives me more happiness than teaching other people because education makes you independent.”

She had recently borrowed Rs. 10,000 from her landlord to buy eggs, oil etc which was also down to dust within minutes

A woman of unflagging courage and spirit, Rani Tarabai Bhonsle of the Marathas left an indelible mark on Indian history. Yet few know her incredible story.

According to her, she had unknowingly worked on nearly all the 17 Sustainable Development Goals at some point in time.