vishakhapatnam

Tarun Jami from Visakhapatnam started Green Jams, a company that creates Agrocrete, an alternative to concrete, from agricultural waste and industrial byproducts. Watch to know why.

Usha Raju from Visakhapatnam has come up with a rent-a-farm model that lets families grow organic food on a 600 sq ft farmland for three months, with the harvest being delivered on their doorsteps every weekend!

Wrapped and steamed in Vistharaku leaves, these yummy and healthy idlis are made from the 700 kilos of millet that Chittem Sudheer purchases directly from tribal farmers every month!

The vistadome coaches sport rotating pushback chairs and boast electrically controlled glass roofs.

Anupama Dalmiya quit a lucrative career to pursue her passion and help her mother start a cookery website that has gained countless followers over the years.

Armed with low-cost saving schemes, new ATMs and innovations in the works, India Post is emerging as a cost-effective alternative to conventional banks.

Jaco Swanepoel's heart went out to those who suffered immense damage in Vishakhapatnam during cyclone Hudhud. He packed his bags and went to help the victims. "The best thing that you can do in a situation like this is just to help the person in front of you," he learnt. Here he recounts his journey to the heart of the calamity, how he brought about change and how it affected him.

Started by Madhu Tugnait, Icha Foundation has been taking care of every need of abandoned children, especially those with disabilities. From healthcare to education and clean clothes, Icha fulfills all their needs. With volunteers, doctors and caretakers treating them like their own kids, these lesser privileged kids now have a reason to smile (or should we say, grin!). Take a peek at the amazing photos that capture the essence of the wonderful cause.

While most of us are lamenting about the terrible devastation wreaked by cyclone Hudhud, here are a bunch of volunteers who just came together one fine morning and started restoring order amid the chaos. See how their efforts transformed a stretch of damaged road.

Tejaswi Bhagavatula is from Vizag. Here he shares his first-hand account about the unimaginable destruction caused by cyclone Hudhud within a matter of hours, about a city struggling to come to terms with it, the stories of hope he sees around him, and the lessons he has learnt in a short time.