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Born Blind, He Fought a High Court Battle for Engineering. Today, He’s a...
Forty years ago, in a small hospital in Andhra Pradesh, a doctor told a young couple that their newborn son was blind. The whispers began almost immediately. What life will he ever have? He will end up...
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'I Didn't Know Who She Was': Why Losing My Mom Led Me to Photograph 'Women At...
When did you last engage in an activity done purely for leisure? I pondered upon this during my conversation with Surabhi Yadav, a photographer and the founder of Sajhe Sapne (NGO). As she eloquently...
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From Liquid Diet to 80 Kg Deadlift: How This 57-YO Rebuilt Her Body After...
Not too long ago, Javitri Shakya could not even sit up without help. Diagnosed with advanced oral cancer, the 57-year-old underwent treatment that left her body severely weakened. She was put on a...
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From Nursing Injuries To Completing Ironman: A 42-YO IT Professional’s Story...
“Life will always test you. Injuries will come, failures will come, people will doubt you, and sometimes even your own body will stop supporting you. But if you keep moving forward, even slowly, one...
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‘Art Helped Me Fight Grief’: Engineer Crafts Stunning Paintings Using Nothing...
Originally reported and written in May 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. It’s not just Vignesh’s tools and techniques that set him apart as an artist. It’s also the...
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‘Art Helped Me Fight Grief’: Engineer Crafts Stunning Paintings Using Nothing...
Originally reported and written in May 2023, this story has been republished as part of our archival content. It’s not just Vignesh’s tools and techniques that set him apart as an artist. It’s also the...
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'My Dad Saved for My Education Instead of Dowry; He Stood by Me & Changed My...
The town in Bihar where I grew up witnessed girls my age being married right after Class 10. It was customary for fathers to set aside money for their dowry. But, I had different dreams. And so my...
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From a Farming Village in MP to Deputy Collector, She Juggled Work, Lockdown...
The phone rang, and Mona Dangi paused before answering. She had already checked the result sheet more than once, her eyes returning to the same line each time, reading her name again to be certain it...
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The Real Story Behind Delhi Crime 3: How an IPS Officer Led India Through Its...
On a freezing December night in 2012, Delhi held its breath. Sirens cut through the air, news channels flashed updates, and people across the country waited for answers. Inside that chaos, one officer...
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On India’s Remote Border, an All-Women Team Takes On a 96-Hour Himalayan...
As dawn breaks over Zemithang, Tawang district in Arunachal Pradesh, the high-altitude air is cold, razor-sharp. Several prayer flags flutter in the wind like silent witnesses to something historic....
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She Lost Her Father in a Road Accident — Today, She’s ‘Amma’ to 100 Girls...
The road to healing often begins in isolation — through quiet moments, longing, and the slow rediscovery of joy in simpler things. For Shalini Roberts, it came through helping others heal, by finding...
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Ex-ISRO Scientist Turns Farmer, Earns Rs 15 Lakh/Year with Organic Dates
Born into an agricultural family in rural Karnataka, Divakar Channappa’s father always wanted him to excel in life but away from his farming roots. Hailing from a small village Begur, Divakar...
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Farmer Patents His Secret Banana Biscuits, Earns Rs 50 Lakh Annually
Located on the northern edge of the Deccan Plateau, Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district is rich in volcanic soil and is a major business centre for cotton and bananas. Often tagged as the Banana City of...
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'Never Too Late to Soar': Who is The 97-YO Flying Ajji Whose Passion for Life...
We often make excuses, or hear others making excuses, like age, tiredness, time (or the lack thereof) for not doing something. This leaves us with regrets and unfulfilled dreams. A video, which went...
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A Child Labourer Rescued By Kailash Satyarthi, He's Now a Lawyer Fighting For...
Six-year-old Amar Lal from Rajasthan was never concerned with what year, month, week or day it was. His routine was the same. Every morning the family — hailing from the Banjara nomadic tribe in...
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‘Lost My Foot But Not My Will To Live’: How My Kari Dosa Cart Is Fueling My...
In 2013, Veena Ambarish found renewed strength and purpose to live as she waited in line to collect a certificate confirming her physical disability. Before that, she was lost and depressed, even...
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How I Went From Cleaning Houses to Conquering World's Highest Peaks: Baljeet...
Baljeet Kaur has many firsts to her name. The 27-year-old is the first Indian woman to scale five 8,000m peaks in less than 30 days. She has also climbed two 8,000m peaks with no supplemental oxygen,...
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'Studied Under Kerosene Lamps': How a Boy From a Bihar Village Became an IAS...
As a young adult in search of a lucrative career, Anshuman Raj never aspired to become an IAS officer despite being surrounded by the UPSC aspirants in his native state Bihar which produces the...
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Vikrant Massey’s '12th Fail': This IPS-IRS Couple Inspired the Movie
Once in a blue moon, you come across a real-life story that pales even perfectly orchestrated movie scripts in comparison. One such instance is the life of IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma, who failed Class 12...
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Walking Out of an Abusive Marriage, I Now Help Traumatised Women Rewrite...
In 1995, Smita Bharti decided to rewrite her story when she walked out of an abusive marriage. Today, 28 years later, she is still holding the pen, trying to find the perfect words. But through this...
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