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She Fought Patriarchy to Educate Girls, Has Helped 80K Women Live Life On Own...
This article has been sponsored by the Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation In 1946, Arunaben Shankarprasad Desai was a young college graduate. Even as the entire country was in the midst of the freedom...
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For 11 Years, This Mumbai Auto Driver Has Been Saving Hundreds of Lives in...
When ambulances can’t enter the slums of Ambujwadi, Mumbai, Sunil Mishra, an auto driver ferries patients to the hospitals. And he has been doing so since the last 11 years. For Sunil, life is all...
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Want a Plastic-Free Boardroom? This Woman’s Fight Will Teach You The Right...
If you are on Twitter, you probably know that Anand Mahindra, the Chairman of Mahindra Group, is extremely active on the social networking site. So, when a twitter user, Mitali (@filmibaaz), in...
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‘My Father is My Junior in College’: This Daughter’s Viral Post is a Must Read!
“New beginnings don’t see time and place, they just happen,” says 58-year-old Rajesh Vora, explaining his decision to return to college, after almost 40 years. A resident of Mumbai, Rajesh is a father...
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Mumbai Man Sees Open Drains Outside School, Does This to Get Them Fixed in 24...
It’s one thing to complain about things not working and a completely different thing to take charge and set things right. Not one to be an armchair critic, Punit Mehta, a Mumbai-based civil engineer...
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Mumbai Society Turns 4 Tonnes of Trash Into 400 Kgs of Manure, Creates Lush...
More than four tonnes of wet waste recycled to produce 400 kg of manure in just one and a half years. Meet the residents of Goregaon-based Malhar Co-operative Housing Society (CHS) who are now enjoying...
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Raised in a Slum, Mumbai Dentist Today Gifts Cycles to Help Tribal School Kids
Waking up in the wee hours of the morning, crossing a jungle or a river in knee deep waters or walking for several km to reach the school is something that most of us have heard from our grandparents...
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Mumbai Society Harvests Upto 13K Litres Rainwater/Day, Saves Lakhs Using...
For residents of Bhoomi Arkade, a 19-storey-high rise in Kandivali East area of Mumbai, every season is an opportunity to accomplish their eco-friendly goals. Solar panels harness the sun’s energy...
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From Mumbai Slums to US University: This Gritty 24-YO Beat Acute Poverty to...
There were times when the local school refused to release Jaykumar Vaidya’s results until his mother paid the fees. His mother would then approach multiple non-profits and trusts to help her out and in...
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Star Trek to Success: Persis Khambatta, the First Indian Woman to Stamp a...
Long before modern-day actresses took to the international stage, it was a Mumbai born and bred, former Miss India who blazed the trail for Indian actors to venture into Hollywood. She made hearts...
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Freedom from Noise: Meet the 58-YO Woman Helping Mumbai Tackle One Of Its...
People gheraoed (surrounded) me and hurled abuses; some were even banging on the windows of my car. This incident occurred very close to the police station and in the presence of a policeman who was...
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An Ode to Hrishikesh Mukherjee, The Legend Who Crafted ‘Anand’&‘Golmaal’
Babumoshai . . . zindagi lambi nahi badi honi chahiye, said Anand Sehgal, a terminally-ill cancer patient to his friend, Dr Bhaskar Banerjee. The quote roughly translates to “Life is not about how long...
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Thrown Out With Rs 300, This Woman Today Runs a Company With Rs 7.5 Crore...
She was 15. Homeless. And broke. But what she had with her was a gritty determination to survive. With just Rs 300 in her pocket, the teen left her family over irreconcilable issues. From a door to...
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Donate Scrap & Fund Your Favourite Cause: Mumbai Duo Raises Rs 20 Lakh in 4...
Growing up, collecting newspapers at home and stacking them neatly was one of my favourite things to do. My vested interests lay not as much in the content, but the little change (literal) the pile...
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Grocer’s Son Beats All Odds, Dances His Way to Become ‘Ballet Boy of Bengal’
He was just another boy living in a small house, tucked away in a quiet alley of Santhoshi Nagar, Siliguri. Born in a middle-class family, he grew up listening to a recurring maxim—that education and...
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1 in 5 Indian Women Has PCOS: Important Symptoms, Information You Need To Know
In India, one in every five women has Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). With such a widespread prevalence rate, it is vital that one is aware of the symptoms and ways to manage this hormonal...
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Mumbai, Learn How to Grow Fresh Food Through Hydroponics in Just 1 Day!
How well do you know about the origins of those vegetables you cook daily? I bet not many would be able to answer this question with a resounding, ‘I do’. Finding chemical-free fruits and veggies in...
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5 Eco-friendly Eateries in Mumbai That Show Going Green Isn’t That Difficult!
The storied history of India’s Maximum City is represented in its confluence of cultures and nowhere is this more apparent than its food. From vada pav to kosha mangsho, butter chicken to momos, and...
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Spirit of Mumbai: 80 Cabbies Have Been Manning Traffic in Worli For A Year
For one month in 2019, 33-year-old Worli resident Bhakti Maru, was taking the road from Mumbai‘s Worli Naka to Phoenix to a new gym she had joined. What perplexed her was un-uniformed men handling...
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Bollywood’s First Empress: Before Madhubala & Nargis, India had Devika Rani
Before Madhubala, Nargis, and Meena Kumari, there was Devika Rani, a star actor and film producer, who co-founded Bombay Talkies, India’s first self-contained film studio, alongside her first husband...
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