Maharashtra

Breaking the gender barrier in style, Maharashtra's Khadilkar sisters ruled India's chess scene for an entire decade, and showed the world that women can compete with men in chess! #FirstWomen #GirlPower

Raising your issues also tells the leader that voters are watching and listening to them actively. This post-poll awareness activity is a much-needed movement in our democracy.

When Akshay Agarwal and Gajendra Choudhary opened Adrish Store in Pune, they never imagined their small grocery store would impact farmers from Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan and 11 other states!

From crushing rural poverty to the corridors of power, Rajesh Patil's struggles through life and overcoming them to taste success is an incredible account of hard work and persistence.

Honoured with many national and international awards, Ramdas Kokare has helped three Maharashtra towns use waste to generate revenue, produce electricity and make roads! #Respect #RealLifeHero

A Maharashtra couple is using several forgotten government schemes to resolve issues like illiteracy, health, poverty, unemployment. So far 100 tribal families have benefited

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?

Nearly a decade ago, Bhatia gave up a well-paying job as an environmental analyst with the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Boston and traded her busy city life abroad to live at Vrindavan Farm.

"The parents didn't take them seriously. But the kids kept working at it, under the guidance of village elders and their grandparents. And soon, they had rediscovered forgotten farming techniques - something their parents could never have imagined!"

There's a general rule of thumb when you're thinking of donating old clothes: would you give it to a friend? If the answer is yes, then you could go right ahead. If the answer is no, because the clothes are torn, dirty or unusable, it would be better to find alternate uses/options.