struggle

Kerala's PR Sreejesh earned India a historic bronze in hockey at Tokyo Olympics with his split-second reflexes win the last 7 seconds. Here's the inspiring story behind one of India's finest goalkeepers.

Manpreet Singh will go down in history as the captain who won India its first Olympic medal in men's hockey in 41 years. Here's his inspiring story

Kerala's Annie Shiva was 18-years-old when she and her little baby were abandoned in the streets by her family. Overcoming tremendous odds to make ends meet for 14 years, she is today a sub-inspector at the Varkala police station.

Parikipandla Narahari, a 2001-batch IAS officer from Telangana cleared the UPSC with an All-India Rank of 78. All this, despite having limited resources and while juggling a full-time job. He also led Indore as India’s cleanest city, and introduced the Ladli Laxmi Yojana in MP.

Born to specially-abled farm labourers, IRS officer Vishnu Auti from Maharashtra grew up amidst poverty and famine but that did not stop him from cracking UPSC CSE without any coaching.

Known for his roles in movies like Raazi, Haider and Kesari, actor Ashwath Bhatt talks about aiding Kashmiri students, his growing up years and finding his way into the movie industry without any godfathers.

The director of PGIMER Chandigarh, Dr Jagat Ram grew up in a small village in Himachal Pradesh and went on to win the Padma Shri for his trailblazing work in the world of cataract surgery.

The son of a truck driver, Bengaluru's Shiva Kumar Nagendra sold newspapers before he cracked the CAT exam and made it to IIM Calcutta. Here's his incredibly inspiring journey.

Honoured with the Arjuna Award, Sarika Kale started playing Kho Kho at 13 and fought poverty to play over a hundred tournaments. Her story is as heart-wrenching as it is extraordinary.

“When people have to choose between dying of disease or starvation, they choose the former. There is no other option for us, even if it means exposing ourselves.”