Varanasi

Sandeep Saran started making furniture from wooden items as a hobby, but it soon evolved into Kaath Kagaz. His home studio offers customised furniture, earning him up to Rs 15 lakh per year

From 2,000 oysters, the Pathak family's Udes Pearl Farms now has over 31,000 oysters, with farms across eight districts in Uttar Pradesh.

Ramesh was afraid he may lose his job during the COVID-19 lockdown, and hence he decided to enter the organic strawberry business. Now his earnings are several lakhs!

Ashish and Puja Singh from Varanasi run Kutumb, a foundation that rehabilitates young children addicted to substances. They also operate a nursery school for 80 children during the day

Naveen Krishna is the founder of Uttar Pradesh-based SMV Green Solutions, which provides a platform where people can buy, operate and, most importantly, own a vehicle of their own.

Until nearly five years ago, I didn't know my parents lost their first-born son in tragic circumstances. More than 30 years later, they tell me how love, resilience and empathy helped them find solace. #CoupleGoals

In 1955, a Bengali man and his two friends set out on a journey from Paris that would take them through Greece, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and other countries, on their way to their final destination, Calcutta. Their aim? Capturing the sounds of the world! #LostTales #Music

Thanks to solar energy, weavers in Varanasi no longer have to sit ideally every time there is a power cut or work extra hours to meet the orders.

It was in the 1970s when this physicist from Banaras Hindu University met the legendary Carl Sagan. They would go onto conduct an experiment that would have crucial implications on understanding how life came about on Earth! #ForgottenHeroes #History #Science

"When the research was published, the government made this warning mandatory. It upset a lot of baby food companies. And today, we are saving babies because of this knowledge," says Varanasi's 91-year-old Annapurna Shukla.