Rajasthan

“I followed a very simple rule – study with the intention of clearing the examination."

"I had courage. I was prepared to fail. Everybody told me it won't work," says Poonam Kasturi, the founder of Daily Dump. Today, waste segregation and composting have become necessary facets of urban life.

I grew up seeing my mother work really hard. She was all alone. Sometimes when we failed to get labour at the time of harvest, she had to bear heavy losses.

Originally from the Sumaliyai village of Jaisalmer, Deshal had a rather humble start. His father Kushaldan Charan is a tea-stall owner and has faced financial problems for most of his life.

Crop productivity in Narayan Lal Gurjar’s village was dropping by 30 per cent. So he used his school lessons to provide an eco-friendly, cost-effective solution to the farmers!

She also struck down heavily on sand and liquor mafia, illegal road construction, black marketing of gas cylinders, all while fighting political pressure from local leaders.

B:Live, a venture by Arcis Clean Energy, is the brainchild of Samarth Kholkar and Sandeep Mukherjee who wanted to bring about a new wave of sustainable mobility in India and they started with Goa. The company, in a short span of just three months, has managed to make an impact.

The top cop narrates his journey from an introverted kid from Rajasthan to the confident IPS officer that struck down one of Bihar’s most dangerous criminals.

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This achievement is especially crucial for Hussain, as he comes from a very humble background. His father, Rafique, is a tailor, who, as per reports, studied till Class 10 and his mother, a homemaker, is a school dropout.