Dr Jainti Dass Saggar from Ludhiana, Punjab was elected as the first south Asian and non-white town councillor of Dundee, Scotland, and became a permanent part of the region's history.
Sangeetha Sekar grew up on the streets of Chennai, but worked to become a football player. She has represented India in tournaments held in Russia and Scotland, and talks about her journey thus far.
Years before the BPO industry created the word 'Bangalored', the name of Karnataka's capital city had entered the common parlance of armies across the world thanks to a seemingly-ordinary tube filled with explosives.