Tag: Years
Attacked With Acid, Doctor Fights for Justice for 11 Years
Trigger warning: Mentions of acid attack, violence against women In Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, he spoke about ‘Survival of the fittest’. He implied that…
IIT Professor Is Out of a Bus for for 2 Years & Will Continue for 9 More
Chetan Solanki, also known as ‘Solar Gandhi’, from Madhya Pradesh is touring the whole country in a solar-powered bus to popularise the importance of unconventional…
Ex-IAS Who Helped Bring Cheetahs to India For First Time in 70 Years
Seven decades after the Asiatic Cheetah was declared extinct in India, eight cheetahs were flown in from Namibia, marking a much-awaited return for the big…
Engineer Spent 14 Years Growing 500 Rare Medicinal Plants
For Chottanikkara-native Ezekiel Paulose, his favourite thing to do is the collection and protection of rare medicinal plants. But farming is not just a hobby…
NRI Couple Funds 7 Years of Education for Rural Kids, Help 5 Students Go to US
In a small, nondescript house in B J S Colony in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur, 17-year-old Kusum Chaudhary, with visa in hand, is preparing to fly to…
Bedridden for Years, Woman Grows Organic Arrowroot to Build Hit Biz
Ten years ago, Jumaila Banu never thought she would be able to lead a normal life and support her family. The then-29-year-old was paralysed after…
How I Lived in a Caravan for 2 Years, Travelling Everywhere From Spiti to Kanyakumari
Every year on 1 July, a Facebook memory pops up on Vimal Geethanandan’s phone. The picture is a time capsule that reminds him of his…
53-YO Goes to Night School, Fulfils Dream Of Passing SSC With 79.60% After 37 Years
Prasad Jambhale, a Senior Software Engineer at Mastercard, shared on LinkedIn the inspiring story of how his mother completed her Secondary School Certificate (SSC) education…
After Visiting Drought-Prone Villages, 23-YO Plants 3 Lakh Trees in Three Years
Born into a lower-middle-class family and brought up by a single mother, Vishal Srivastava was always aware of the hardships of life. He faced water…
What You Can Learn From These Youngsters, Who Recycled 43,000 Kg Waste in 2 Years
Revathy Rajasekaran, the former entrepreneurship development cell coordinator of V V Vanniaperumal College for Women, Virudhunagar, would consistently instruct her students to segregate waste based…