Roti bank

Mocked as ‘Vela’, Sarbjeet Singh Bobby turned idle hours into service — donating blood, feeding patients, ferrying the dead & raising Rs 1 crore for flood-hit Himachal.

Among the first women in India to enter and transform male bastions, Aruna Bahuguna shares her journey of becoming united Andhra Pradesh’s first woman IPS officer, and the sexism she had to challenge throughout her career.

Ravi Shankar from Bihar couldn't stand to see his people sleep on an empty stomach. Here's how he started the Roti Bank in Chhapra with his friends.

Jyothi Sri Pappu from Malikipuram in Andhra Pradesh launched a baby food startup Nutreat, which makes food from ingredients grown by natural methods, sun-dried and hand-pounded with stone grinder, pestle and mortar, retaining their nutrient value

In India, millions die not because they were unable to find a cure to a rare disease, but because they could not find a plate of proper nutritious food. #HungerHero #StrikeOutChampionship

In an inspiring and at the same time, heartwarming Humans of Bombay post on Facebook, the former DGP not only narrates interesting anecdotes from when he was a serving officer but also shares a precious life lesson.

No Food Waste was started by three youngsters in Coimbatore who run a hotline manned by volunteers for wedding, banquet and school organisers who wish to donate their excess food to those in need in slums, government hospitals and the homeless. Till date, the organisation has catered to 45,1039 people and sa

Retired IPS officer D Sivanandan and UK-based NRI businessman Nitin Khanapurkar launched the ‘Mumbai Roti Bank’ recently in association with the dabbawalas, where GPS-tracked vans would collect excess food from various eating joints, households, functions and school canteens and distribute it among underprivileged hungry people across Mumbai.

Tara Patkar and his team of volunteers started Roti Bank to make sure no one sleeps hungry in the town of Mahoba. Roti Bank collects food from over 500 households and feeds more than 1000 people every day.

An urge to serve the society pushed Sarbjeet Singh to set up a free canteen for cancer patients, drive a free funeral van for the poor and organize regular blood donation camps to help Shimla's hospitals.