Mumbai

Neelam Kumar, author and life coach, talks about her journey as a single mother of two, her struggles with breast cancer, how she fell in love with literature, and how she's using it to change the narrative around cancer in India.

In 1963, Minakshi Jhaveri started Swati Snacks to sell sev puri, bhel puri, ragda pattice and pani puri. Today, the restaurant has scaled up to multiple outlets in Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Here's the story behind the iconic eatery.

West Champaran District Magistrate Kundan Kumar, a 2012-batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, launched a unique 'Startup Zone' for returning migrant workers. Mapping their skills, arranging for bank loans and other support systems promoted entrepreneurship and created jobs too.

Book My Junk is a free mobile phone application operated by Eco Recycling Ltd (Ecoreco), which is India’s ‘first formal e-waste recycling company’.

Hiralal Kashidas Bhajiawala has been in the same place and is using exactly the same recipe - dating back to the early 1900s - to make Undhiyu, Dhokla, Fafda, Jalebi and so on.

Dr. Indraneel Mittra, a surgeon with the Tata Memorial Hospital, led a groundbreaking 20-year research into the early detection of breast and cervical cancer in the 1990s.

Mumbai-based Rukmini Banerji started The Growing Giraffe in 2018 to make healthy, nutritious snacks for children but adults don't shy away from their cookies and health bars either.

Mumbai-based Emgee Greens society claims to be garbage free for over two years. They've even recycle old cupboards and sinks into farming beds for their organic plants that supplements the residents' vegetable needs.

Renowned ENT surgeon Dr Jayant Gandhi and Dr Devangi Dalal have helped underprivileged children between the ages of 1 and 20 gain access to high-quality digital hearing aids, training and support, all free of cost.

Mithan Lam, the first woman to practice law at the Bombay High Court, also played a role in shaping gender-sensitive laws for marriage, divorce and inheritance, besides helping resettle thousands of Partition refugees in Mumbai.