Kolkata

In the early 1950s, Dr Purnima Sinha was digging through surplus army equipment from World War 2 being sold as scrap on the footpaths of Kolkata to build the X-Ray equipment she needed for her doctoral research! #WomenInScience #LostTales

Thanks to her initiative, 60 government schools in remote corners of the Spiti Valley now have access to quality children's books and fully functioning libraries! #Education

Food for marginalised kids. Schooling and toilets for underprivileged girls. Skill training for village women — successful women from different fields come together at SIC to make all this possible!

As the legendary science fiction author Arthur C Clarke once suggested, “JBS Haldane was perhaps the most brilliant science popularizer of his generation”. #LostTales

"These parents, who are migrant labourers, don't have a safe place to leave their children. Although I cannot guarantee all of them will go to formal schools, but I can guarantee their care for those four hours in a day, feeding, educating and even getting them fresh pairs of clothes."

"If their kids fall sick, the impoverished families do not visit even a government hospital. They fear that if they skip work for the hospital visit, they would lose the day’s wages and the entire family has to go hungry."

For almost 30 years Biswanath Naru, a.k.a 'Mastermoshai' ran his school for underprivileged children without electricity and benches. But his hard work and noble efforts eventually paid off!

A fixture in Bengali households for decades, this potent, punchy condiment is not your usual mustard sauce. Little wonder it’s becoming a culinary darling in gourmet kitchens across the world! #FoodSecrets #EdibleHeritage

“He took the medal to his teacher in India, who was a very old by then. His teacher was lying flat on his back and couldn't get out of bed. And there is a picture of my father putting the medal (Nobel Prize) into his hands...”

Way back in 1953, Hemendra Nath Chatterjee first treated 186 patients with an “oral glucose-sodium electrolyte solution”. But it’s widely believed that “racism or the lack of a ‘scientific’ rationale prevented the widespread adoption of his work.” #IndiansInScience #LostTales