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Go Back in Time to Pre-Independence India with Marathi Movie ‘Nilkanth Master’

A recently released Marathi movie 'Nilkanth Master' highlights the fight, struggle and sacrifice of freedom fighters who gave up everything to see a free nation. It talks about the love that young...

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At Age 64, She Adopted Her First Orphan. And Then Her Story Began.

Thousands of orphaned children in India never find loving homes because the authorities take too long to declare them ‘free for adoption.’ Prabhavati Muthal, 79 years old and mother of two adopted...

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MY VIEW: Why Marathi Film ‘Court’ Deserved to Be the Official Indian Entry...

Marathi film 'Court', is India's official entry for The Academy Awards, 2016. It is a very powerful movie which does a lot more than just discuss the flaws in our judicial system. These are the things...

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She Made a 35 Kg Chocolate Ganesha & Distributed It to Poor Kids. But That’s...

Meet Rintu, the designer turned home-baker who made a very special Ganesha idol this year - an idol made of chocolate which served the larger purpose of feeding many underprivileged children in Mumbai....

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Did You Know? There Is A World Cup For The Homeless & India Put Up An Awesome...

Yes, there is a world cup for the homeless and India's Slum Soccer organisation has represented the country there. What's more? The men's team won the Sports Gen cup and the women's team got the 6th...

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They Called Him a Foreigner. Now He’s Helping the Same People Preserve Their...

They called him a foreigner in the city in which he grew up. But he went on to help them rediscover their own history. See Chandrapur through the eyes of Ashok Singh Thakur. Shri Jairaj Singh Thakur...

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An 8-Year-Old Was Missing for 2 Years. Until Whatsapp Reunited Him with His...

More than one lakh children go missing in our country every year. Most of them are never found again by their families and vanish into the unknown. Vansh could have been one such child had not an NGO...

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One Doctor’s Fight Against a System Where Cancer Patients Die for Lack of Money

“Aai, I will become a doctor when I grow up and cure people without money,” promised 8-year-old Swapnil Mane to his mother, as he helplessly watched his poor neighbour die of cancer. Twenty years...

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In Drought-Prone Maharashtra, This Farmer Leaves His Entire Crop for Birds to...

Ashok Sonule and his family struggle every day to feed twelve mouths. But, whereas most farmers in the vicinity have barren fields, his are lush with jowar. And what does he do with it? Leaves the...

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For the Love of Country: This NRI Came Back to Help India Increase Its...

We sometimes hear of NRIs who leave their lucrative jobs in foreign lands and return to India to serve the needy. But have you heard of anyone who cancelled his green card process, left a full-fledged...

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MY STORY: I Lost Everything in the #ChennaiFloods but It Still Left Me with...

In the MY STORY section, we present some of the most compelling and pertinent stories and experiences shared with us by our readers. Do you have something to share? Write to us:...

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This Man Left His Job, Sold His Car and Took a Loan – Just to Make India Clean

This cleanliness warrior resigned from his job to take the battle against garbage to cars, autorickshaws, buses, and other vehicles. His car trash bins will give income to slum dwellers while helping...

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This Small Town Jeweller Is Showing Us All What It Is Like to Have a Heart of...

This labourer’s son dreamt one night that he would soon become the owner of a gold shop. And he did. But it wasn’t his riches that came to define him later on in life as much as his heart of gold....

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#SaveFarmerFamilies: I am Kiran Bodade From Akola & My Husband Committed Suicide

This is a part of our series #SaveFarmerFamilies where we feature the family of a farmer who has committed suicide. We aim to showcase their plight and raise funds to help setup sustainable businesses...

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A Road Accident Took Her Mother’s Life. She’s Now Ensuring No Other Daughter...

In India, there is one death every four minutes due to a road accident. More than 1200 road crashes occur every day. According to the latest data released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB),...

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How Aditya Fought All Odds to Become India’s Youngest Single Parent to Adopt...

A special child named Binny was the recipient of extraordinary love and care by software engineer Aditya Tiwari. On January 1, 2016, Aditya made history by becoming the youngest single adoptive parent...

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When No Taxi Took His Wife to the Hospital, This Engineer Became a Taxi...

When Vijay Thakur, a mechanical engineer, lost his first child just because he did not get a taxi to get to the hospital on time, he left his job. To become a taxi driver who would help the needy....

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Abhishek Thaware Defied Destiny and Disability to Become India’s First Teeth...

Destiny had set him up for failure by taking away his right hand and leg. But Abhishek Thaware defied destiny by becoming the first teeth archer of India. Abhishek Sunil Thaware excelled at the Para...

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This 12-Year-Old Singing Prodigy Was Born with 40 Fractures. But That Did Not...

Sparsh Shah, a 12-year-old singing prodigy who lives in the US, was born with almost 40 fractures. He has given more than 45 performances in just the last year-and-a-half. Read his inspirational story...

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This Devadasi Escaped the Sex Trade & Is Giving a Better Life to Her Daughters

This is a part of our series #SetDevadasisFree where we feature devadasis who had the courage to break free from the shackles of the sex trade and aim for a better life for their children. We aim to...

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