Washerman’s Daughter Studies Under Street Lights, Scores 95% in CBSE Boards!
For 18-year-old Nidhi Kannaujia, delving deep into the pages of her books allowed her the much needed exodus from the pressing realities around her. Every night, once the entire family was asleep, she...
View ArticleDaughter of Vegetable Sellers Scores 97.2% in Boards, Makes Whole of Mizoram...
Saturday, May 4, was an ordinary day for 16-year-old Lalrinnungi. After completing her studies and a few household chores in the morning, she left for the village market. Little did she know that an...
View ArticleYamin Hazarika: Assam’s First Lady cop, A Single Mom to 2 Kids & Icon to...
For an entire generation of young women from the Northeast, the late Yamin Hazarika was a hero. Assam’s first woman police officer was a trailblazer, who not only inspired other women to stamp their...
View Article‘Proud of My Boy Who Scored 60%’: Delhi Mom’s Viral Post Wins Hearts For...
“Grades do not measure intelligence.” How many times do we tell our children that? Perhaps, in most Indian families, never. For most of them, the pressure to not only outdo themselves semester after...
View ArticleThis Incredible ‘Mother of Orphans’ Has Nurtured 100+ Kids In the Last 26 Years!
It was like the world had stopped. I held her tiny body in my arms and froze. I couldn’t stop staring at this beautiful child on my lap; it felt like my life had found its purpose!” exclaims Annapurna...
View ArticleThis Former Sex-Worker Fought The World To Claim Her Right to Motherhood
“Most people say that motherhood is a blessing. In our community, most consider it a curse. I feel they are wrong because the divine doesn’t discriminate, humans do. I was a part of that community, and...
View Article‘Parakumthalika’ Prema: 50-YO Single Mom & Her Auto Are Heroes For Her Kids
Along the streets and lanes near Elamkulam in Kochi, if you see an auto rickshaw zooming past faster than other vehicles, it is most likely being driven by ‘Parakumthalika’ Prema. Meaning flying...
View ArticleVirat Kohli to Mithali Raj: Meet the Supermoms Behind India’s Finest Cricketers
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world. Even as cliché as it sounds, one cannot fathom the wonders that a mother’s unconditional love, grit and faith in her child can achieve. From great kings...
View ArticleMother’s Day: This UPSC Achiever’s 6-YO Kid Is The Wind Beneath Her Wings
With Mother’s Day round the corner, you will find various articles espousing the virtues of mothers, the sacrifices they make, and feel-good articles about all that they do for their child(ren)....
View Article80 School Kids in 2 Maharashtra Villages Turn Organic Farmers, Create Amazing...
The school bells ring and hoards of students race out in a frenzy. The usual rush, however, is not to head home or the fields for a quick play session. It is to reach the community centre to toil in...
View ArticleWith Half of Her Body Paralysed, Here’s How This Para Athlete Won India 11...
When Devika was born to Padma Shri Deepa Malik and her husband, Kargil veteran, Colonel Bikram Singh, she was a premature baby with acute neonatal jaundice. Among the seven children who had to be...
View ArticleWoman Quits Cushy US Job to Go Organic, Transforms Farm into 10-Acre Food...
About a three hour drive north east of Mumbai lies a 10 acre land that belongs to Gaytri Bhatia’s family. The plot has been christened Vrindavan Farm, after the ancient forest in Hindu mythology where...
View ArticleThe Untold Story of India’s 14-YO Female Revolutionary & Her Historic Trial
She was like any other pre-teen girl, scared of the darkness under the table while studying at night. That was before the proscribed books, arms, and ammunition secretly made their way to her study...
View ArticleSkating Past Stereotypes: 9-YO TN Girl’s Story Is Touching Hearts Around the...
At an age when imagination defies logic, many of us have weaved fantastical dreams of flying with the belief that magic exists. But for little Kamali, with the break of dawn, these dreams never faded....
View ArticleJahanara Begum: The Forgotten Mughal Princess Who Designed Chandni Chowk
In an unassuming part of India’s capital city, amidst winding alleys lined with attar and chadar sellers, lies the 800-year-old dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya—one of the most revered saints in...
View ArticleUndaunted by Taunts, Mumbai Lady Helps Little Girls Chase Their Football Dreams!
Tanaz Mohammed is not your average 26-year-old. She is a grassroots development officer with Mumbai City Football Club, a Premier Skills-qualified Level One coach and educator, a football coach with...
View ArticleSchool Didn’t Have Physics Teacher for 5 Years. So an IAS Officer’s Wife...
In 2016, when IAS officer Danish Ashraf took charge as the District Magistrate of Upper Subansiri in Arunachal Pradesh, his wife, Ruhi, was setting foot in the district for the first time. They were at...
View ArticleWoman Collects Fish Waste From Stalls, Turns It Into ‘Fertifish’ to Grow...
In Kerala, the fisherfolk living by the coastline consider the sea to be their god. It rules their stars and gives them their livelihood. Which is why, when fishing companies dump several tonnes of...
View ArticleWoman’s Fight for ‘Period-Friendly’ Flood Shelters in Assam Deserves Our...
The water began gushing into the house. Panic-stricken, she struggled to rush out. She had many struggles to overcome, but at that point, her only concern was to save her own life. Dodging dangers she...
View ArticleThe Bold Begums of Bhopal Who Trumped Patriarchy to Rule For Centuries!
A sudden silence swept over the chaos, as she stepped into the court. Cutting through the swarm of prospective successors, the widowed queen entered carrying her infant daughter. Murmurs rose; yet...
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