Padma Shri

"I spent over a month frantically searching for my son. And finally, one day I found his dead body in a sack, devoured by stray animals. I decided never to let another soul go through that torment," says the cycle mechanic, who was recently awarded the Padma Shri.

From starting his celluloid journey in television series, stunning everyone in films like Maqbool, Haider and Piku, carving his mark internationally to debuting on Netflix, Irrfan Khan left all of us wanting for more

Dr Shilpa Narayanan's dad's solution has not only made a #Pune district town free of open defecation, but it also slashed the residents' LPG bills by half. A win-win indeed!

We have come a long way in orthopaedics with robots assisting in complex joint surgeries, precisely fitting implants, giving a second lease of life to our knees. But there’s one thing we must not forget—that nothing is as good as the joints that we were born with.

"Science cannot be taught in isolation. Science cannot be taught at school without knowing the kind of lives my students are living," says retired IIT-Kanpur Professor H C Verma.

Dr Navin Khanna is now working on developing the world’s first safe and effective anti-dengue botanical drug.

Godawari Dutta has taught around 50,000 people including students and artists from across the country in the last 35 odd years.

"All the accolades and awards I have received can never match the heartfelt gratitude and blessings from my blind daughters and their families.”

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“If a patient survives a heart attack, they may join their social roles within a few weeks without anyone knowing, but a stroke patient may be left with severe disability for life. From a distance, it may look like they have been bitten by 'Dracula',” says Dr Sethi.