Journey of 2 Friends From Mumbai Becoming Millionaires by Selling Vada Pav in...
Sujay Sohani and Subodh Joshi went to good colleges in Mumbai and took up jobs in reputed hotels in London. But, when the recession hit in 2010 and hotels started to shut down, the duo lost their...
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‘Sisters in Sweat’: A Footballer & a Fitness Trainer Help 3700+ Women...
#MakingSportWork: We celebrate the potential of sport to build a #BetterIndia with opinion pieces, stories and profiles of how sport can improve the lives of every Indian. Read more from this...
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250 People with Autism, Down Syndrome Have Jobs Today, Thanks to 3 Friends
In 2008, three friends began a weekend hobby class aimed at people living with intellectual disabilities to integrate into the world. Today, this has turned into a full-fledged training centre for...
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22-YO Turns Plastic Waste into Traditional Embroidery, Showcases at Lakme...
At home or on the streets, everywhere you turn, you are more than likely to find plastic in its various forms. The material is such a deep rooted part of human experience that eliminating even...
View ArticleMumbai Friends Quit Advertising Jobs To Make Vegan Guilt-Free Candies; Earn...
Does your heart ever ask you to nibble on all the candies that your tummy can handle, but your brain flashes the words ‘sugar’, ‘calories’, ‘gluten’, and ‘added preservatives’? If that’s the case,...
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Why Do EVs Catch Fire? Startup Makes Batteries to Fight the Risk, Earns Rs 18...
Pratik Kamdar has long advocated for using fire-resistant grade battery materials along with superior BMS (Battery Management System) and best-quality cells to stop vehicles from catching fires. “If...
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‘I Grew His Food Myself’: Son’s Heart Condition Led Woman to Start Organic...
Like any other young couple, Subhashree Santhya and her husband’s life was filled with joy when she gave birth to her second child, a son, in 2019. But soon, an emergency struck when her little baby...
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‘Came to Mumbai With Rs 24 & No Cinema Dreams’: Celebrity Photographer’s...
Thousands come to Mumbai to chase big dreams, but Munna Thaakur says that his was simpler — “To simply earn a living and send financial support to my family back home.” Today, the 47-year-old is an...
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Meet the 1st Indian Chef Who Broke a Global Stereotype That Desi Food Can’t...
On 25 March 2020, we lost the ‘godfather of modern Indian cuisine’ to COVID-19. Floyd Cardoz, a son of Mumbai, was a master chef and international restaurateur who seamlessly blended different...
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Mother-Daughter Duo Grow A ‘Spicy’ Hobby Into Successful, Empowering Business
Aarti Samant describes her mother’s cooking as a “bite of heaven”. She says, “My dabba (lunch box) was always the sought after one, whether in school or later at my workplace.” Any dish, no matter how...
View ArticleWatch: Smog to Tiles? Mumbai Startup Re-purposes 30,000 Litres of Polluted Air
India has been recording an increase in PM 2.5 pollution since 2010. According to the World Air Quality Report, 14 of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities are located in India with the building and...
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3 Friends Cycle From Mumbai to Kanyakumari, Without Missing Office For Even a...
Bakcen George, Allwyn Joseph and Ratish Bhalerao are cycling through Tamil Nadu’s Muppandal region when they decide to halt at a random spot. Ignoring the scenic view, Bakcen George hurriedly opens his...
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Mumbai Friends Run Free Online Classes, Help 120 Unprivileged Students Crack JEE
When Dipesh Ranveer from Purna Taluka in Parbhani district, Maharashtra, attempted the Joint Engineering Examination (JEE) in April 2019 for the first time, he struggled to understand a few questions....
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Bihar Man Came to Mumbai Barefoot to ‘Meet Stars’. Today They Are Fans of His...
This is a quintessential ‘boy from a remote village makes it big in Maximum City’ story. In 1996, Jameel Shah set foot in Mumbai with just Rs 100 in his pocket, a desire to meet Hindi movie actors and...
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This Mumbaikar Has Grown 116 Plants on A Terrace For 20 Years
Preeti Patil from Mumbai is lobbying for “skyscraper architects to redesign buildings, especially rooftops, to increase green spaces”. Her plea stems from nearly 20 years of commitment to her passion....
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How a Trip to Mumbai’s Dharavi Made This Bihar Man A Multi-Millionaire
In 1998, M I Siddiqui, a resident of Muzaffarnagar in Bihar, left for a trip to Bombay with his 19-year-old cousin. The latter was heading to the city to enroll in a computer hardware course, so...
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59-YO Published Her 1st Novel at 53, Breaks Age Barriers by Writing 52 Books
In 2001, as Mumbai-based Sundari Venkatraman sat typing away at her keyboard late into the nights, it was hard for her to not feel dejected. She would write and rewrite the chapters of her second...
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Mumbai Startup Launches India’s 1st Electric Cruiser With 40-Min Fast Charge...
At a time when most ventures are struggling to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic with their businesses intact, Mumbai-based startup Earth Energy EV has gone on to launch three electric two-wheelers....
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How a Magsaysay Awardee Doctor Reunited 7000 Mentally-Ill Patients With Their...
In 1991, Maniben was brought to the Shraddha Rehabilitation Foundation by an elderly gentleman. She’d been sitting on the road with two children, with the younger one having passed away in her arms....
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Started With Rs 3000, This All-Women Canteen Now Earns Rs 3 Crore Per Year
At the age of 30, Sumitra Shinge from Vasai, Mumbai, lost her husband. Her son was then five years old, and the two had no means of gaining financial support. While looking for a job to sustain her...
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