Punjab

“In the next five years, I want to create 1000 jungles across India”, says the inspiring man growing mini forests in and around industrial areas to curb pollution. #LiveGreen #Respect

From growing a tomato plant in the balcony of his rented home in Bengaluru to becoming a full-fledged natural farmer, Rahul has come a long way. 

After nine years as a merchant navy officer, he decided to quit his job and turn to organic farming.

"Pargat Singh Sandhu is a wonderful human being. He does all of this for free. And now he is also training village youngsters, including his three daughters, to become expert divers and swimmers," says #Haryana IPS officer Astha Modi who recently honoured the man. #Respect #RealLifeHero

"For the last 20 years. I've seen her serving the poor. She runs a free ambulance, gives them food & medicines, and conducts their final rites, spending money from her own pocket. We call her 'Iron Lady' because she's doing such a tough job,” says Dr Vipin Kaushal of PGIMER, Chandigarh. #Respect

The eight kg dhol that Jahan picked up at the tender age of 12 has become a part of her identity. Now at 21, the young woman, pursuing Law from the Panjab University, has given hundreds of live performances across India and abroad.

What happens to textbooks, guides, half-used books, and stationery once a student completes an academic year, he wondered. Well, they are thrown out or land up with the raddiwala.

Somehow, history tends to forget its heroines, their faces are forgotten, and their bravery remains unsung. Gulab Kaur is one such heroine, a woman whose exceptional courage and sacrifice deserve to be remembered by the country she fought for.

The change was not limited to what he had to unlearn, but in a shift in his mindset. Since he genuinely enjoyed farming, the transition was not that difficult.

“You are what you eat. It is an irrefutable fact that our ancestors, including our grandparents, ate nutritious food and led a simple life. Their food wasn’t doused in chemicals, and they did not lead a sedentary lifestyle. They toiled hard in the fields to grow their food,” he says.