Changemakers

In Chennai’s Anakaputhur, a handful of weavers are reviving their looms with banana fibre and agri waste — creating eco-friendly sarees and garments.

Yunikee is an attempt to reach out to persons with hearing disabilities and help them with jobs, skillset training and more.

What began at a chai stall is now a 15-village movement. Rajasthan’s Kanaram Mewara recycled 10 tons of plastic into benches, dustbins & tree guards, inspiring many.

Three decades on, Navratri still belongs to Falguni Pathak. From a Navy ship stage to global fame, her voice and spirit continue to define India’s festive season.

Mahi Chandra Miri’s forgotten fight in the 1900s laid the foundation for Kaziranga National Park and its success story in conservation.

A unique initiative under Project Chetna is using QR code lockets to reunite missing children and vulnerable adults, including those with Alzheimer’s.

World Bamboo Day: Meet Dr Lal Singh, the CSIR scientist using bamboo to revive fly ash–polluted lands, restore water, and transform livelihoods in Maharashtra villages.

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.

The men of the Sundarbans brave tiger attacks and snake-infested waters to gather honey, often sacrificing their lives for their livelihoods.

Raised by two tribal women who struggled to make ends meet, Satendrasingh Lilhare turned Bastar’s forest produce into a Rs 1 crore marketplace, empowering 1,500 women.