Pune

Pune-based social entrepreneur, Pradeep Lokhande, communicates with about 58 lakh people of rural India through postcards. He is better known as the postcard man of India, and has a one line address because mail to his place is so frequent and heavy, that the postman does not need details any more.

He stumbled across some slum kids while walking to the temple one morning — feeding them has become his religion since then! Read the heartwarming story of a man who is using his imagination and effort to ensure food keeps the children motivated to attend school.

Ishita is just 10 and she is challenging the notion that kids have to wait till they grow up to make a difference. She is an author, and recently became the youngest Indian to deliver a talk at a TED event.

This team of architects is making sure the urban poor get better homes with sanitation. Not only do they provide them with better dwellings within the city, they also create more income generation opportunities for the women living in the slums. Here is how they are rehabilitating slum dwellers and redesigning their living spaces.

Tina Malkani Gholap and her husband have helped in the adoption of over 30 dogs in Pune. But this July, something happened because of which people of their own residential society were standing against them, and five puppies who were recently born inside the society premises. This is how they finally got the puppies into safe and loving homes.

Aparna's father was an alcoholic and she had seen its ill-effects personally. When she saw many women from her neighbourhood being abused by their alcoholic husbands, she started a Red Brigade group which fights domestic violence in an interesting way.

Police officials in Pune and Delhi are taking many different steps to ensure the safety of senior citizens, and to make sure that the elderly get a chance to speak about the problems and issues they are facing. The police has also resolved to take up these issues and find solutions for them, as soon as possible.

From being given food by students who saw him standing hungry and tired at a street corner, to being threatened with being beaten up if he was ever seen again, Tarun Gidwani has seen people at their best and worst. His message to all, however, is: "You're perfect."

The Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) on the 7.1 km stretch between Sangamwadi and Vishrantwadi in Pune is finally operational. Here are some brilliant pictures of the completed system from the day of the inauguration, and before.

The Pune Regional Transport Office has developed an app with the help of which parents can obtain all details about the school buses of their children. With easy access to information like phone number of the driver, parents can contact them in case of an emergency, in a hassle free manner.