Kindness Stories

Meet Archana Soreng: A 26 years old Tribal Climate Activist from Odisha working to empower indigenous communities
"We need concrete Climate Action- not empty promises. The future of their generation depends on it"- believes an excited and committed Archana Soreng while talking about the importance of climate action and the indigenous communities involved in it.  26 year...
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Meet Padma Shri Manjamma Jogathi: The first trans-president of the Karnataka Board for Folk Arts
As she walked through the aisle to receive the Padma Shri, she greeted the President with a unique gesture of blessing which went viral on social media. With this one gesture and all the work she's done through her life,...
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Meet the Forest Man of India: Padma Shri Jadav Payeng
“I will plant till my last breath”- says an enthusiastic Jadav Payeng who has a forest reserve in his name, fully developed and grown by himself. This is why he is also known as Jadav”Molai” Payeng. This is his story...
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The story of Maniben Amin, a woman who dedicated her life to educating children
At a time when women weren't given freedom to make their own choices, Maniben Amin from Gujarat defied decaying cultures and stood for herself. For her, kindness begins from the point of standing up for oneself, spreading the wave of...
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Meet Harekala Hajjaba: A fruit vendor who built a school for children with his daily earnings!
Many years ago, when a foreign tourist asked him the price of an orange in English, Harekala Hajjaba from Mangalore did not understand what had been said and felt embarrassed. He had not had the privilege of any kind of...
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Meet the doctor couple working to tackle high infant mortality rates in rural India
Located in Western Maharashtra, some 1,000 kilometers from Mumbai and bordering Chhattisgarh, Gadchiroli district is a backward rural region. 60 percent of its landmass is covered by forests and 80 per cent of the people live below the poverty line....
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Celebrating the power of research, welfare and women with Megs Shah and Fairuz Ahmed
It all started in 2020 when Megs and Fairuz heard “Stay Home. Stay Safe.” Their first thought was “What if home isn’t a safe place? How will these people reach out for help?” ​So later when they heard about the...
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Meet Sushovan Banerjee, Padma Shri and the famous “Ek Takar Daktar” from West Bengal
Octogenarian Dr Sushovan Banerjee is a physician from Bolpur, West Bengal. He is better known as ‘Ek Takar Daktar’ (one rupee doctor) for treating poor patients for just a rupee. Today we bring to you the story of this famously...
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Bibi Prakash Kaur: The story of becoming a mother to over 100 abandoned girls!
In the next edition of our Kindness stories, we bring to you the story of Bibi Prakash Kaur, who has brightened the lives of more than 100 rejected and abandoned girls of Punjab by now, was conferred with the Padma...
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On National Vaccination Day, meet Christina- A nurse in Delhi who administered 15,000+ doses!
When India touched the mark of successfully completing 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses in 2021, it was business as usual for 26-year-old nursing staff member Christina at New Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital. However, she became a social media...
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