Once A Child Labourer, Hero Helps Hundreds Of Homeless Get Care & Jobs
Anumuthu’s childhood was marred with poverty and struggle as a child laborer after he lost his father at only 7. Learning from his own experiences, today he provides dignity and care in the form jobs, medical attention, food and clothes to the homeless through his NGO Snehan. A few years ago, Puducherry-based Suresh (name changed) lost […]
‘How Reeta Helped Educate Over 25000 Girls After Being Denied an Education Herself’
Reeta Kaushik, from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, has fought casteism at every turn. Having completed her post-graduation with great difficulty, she started Samudayik Kalyan Evam Vikas Sansthan (SKVS) that aids in vocational and skill training and has taken mainstream education to thousands of girls in villages. Ask Reeta Kaushik from Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, about her inspiration […]
Bengal Teacher Turns Streets Into Classrooms, After School Shut Since Lockdown
“I would see children just loitering about the village. I wanted to make sure their learning doesn’t stop.” Please find the video on the link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8po0_ASUDY A teacher from the tribal village of Joba Attpara in West Bengal’s West Bardhaman district has turned walls into blackboards and streets into classrooms, in an attempt to […]
IIT Alumnus Quits Job to Grow Over 400 Acres of Community Forest With 160 Farmers
Sunith Reddy from Hyderabad started BeForest with his friend Shaurya Chandra. The community forest initiative helps weekend and full-time farmers learn organic farming and live a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle. Sunith Reddy, an entrepreneur from Hyderabad, wanted to move out of the urban settlement to live a more ‘sustainable lifestyle’. He says that ever crowding […]
Making it happen: ZIIEI initiative of Aurobindo Society
It was March 17th 2018. In my capacity as Secretary, School Education, Government of India I visited Agra to launch Innovative Pathshaala- a series of booklets for the teachers comprising experiential and activity-based lesson plans mapped with the State Board. The event was organized by Sri Aurobindo Society and HDFC Bank’s initiative, ‘Zero-Investment Innovations for […]
Heroes of Covid era in Uttrakhand
Heroes- born to inspire common man like us. The shine of gem can’t hide for long as the qualities it behold comes out one day or the other. One such gem, one such hero whose story shouldn’t hide from us and who doesn’t like to beat his own trumpet, as action speaks louder than words […]
Delhi cop helps perform 1100 cremations, even postpones daughter’s wedding amid COVID-19 duty
For more than 20 days, 56-year-old Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Rakesh Kumar, has been performing the last rites of people who had no one to cremate them at the national capital’s Lodhi Crematorium amid the devastating second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. Since April 13, Kumar had performed last rites of more than 50 bodies […]
Sold his SUV to buy oxygen for people: India’s good Samaritans
On Sunday, Maria Mehra, a 56-year-old COVID-19 patient, was gasping for breath at her home in Mumbai. Her oxygen level had dropped to 76 and she needed immediate hospitalisation. But there were no beds available, given the record number of infections across the metropolis over the past several weeks. Her desperate family tried frantically to […]
Heroes of Covid: Know the 3 youth leaders helping thousands battle the crisis
As India reels under the second wave of the coronavirus crisis, three youth leaders have emerged as saviors – helping thousands. With the second wave of Covid-19 sweeping the nation, three youth leaders have become the ray of hope for many as the healthcare infrastructure seems to crumble under the burden of increasing cases. The […]
Covid Heroes of the Day from Chennai: Mom and daughter cook free meals for patients
Deshna Krupa and her mom Ahalya from Chennai have been cooking free meals for Covid-19 patients who are quarantined at home. They also customise the meals according to the patient’s wish. The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us to be dependent on each other. From running errands to cooking meals for neighbour […]
