poverty

Even after a storm destroyed Lalita Zingurde’s house and a pandemic disrupted her livelihood, this single mother's spirit has not been crushed.

From helping them set up their own business to turning them into Instagram stars, these individuals decided to lend a helping hand to their domestic help.

Honoured with the Arjuna Award, Sarika Kale started playing Kho Kho at 13 and fought poverty to play over a hundred tournaments. Her story is as heart-wrenching as it is extraordinary.

“When people have to choose between dying of disease or starvation, they choose the former. There is no other option for us, even if it means exposing ourselves.”

Neeraj Murmu has saved 20 children from the clutches of hazardous mica mines that exposed them to respiratory diseases

“Many guests believed that they could waste food as it was paid for. So we had to ensure we educated them about the entire process that goes into growing and preparing the food, and how its wastage is truly wrong.” #StopFoodWaste

"My mother is the only person in my life who motivates me to live for the next day. Whenever I was down, she would pick me up and always tell me that the next day would be better," says 24-year-old Jaykumar Vaidya about his single mother. #Respect #Inspiration

Since 2000, Latha Nair has made lives of over 100 kids and adults with Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) better through financial aid, education and job opportunities.

Fourteen of his students from financially downtrodden backgrounds emerged triumphant in NEET 2019, after cracking the sought-after entrance exam.

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.