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Wonder woman of India

ISP Delhi Bureau She is probably the only woman commando trainer in the country. Meet Dr Seema Rao who is an inspiration to crores of women globally. She is breaking the glass ceiling as she coaches elite forces and shatters stereotypes. She stands shoulder to shoulder with Indian elite army personnel and wins their respect. […]

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Chhattisgarh

By Ritesh Agarwal•3 min read

Showing the natural way

ISP Raipur Bureau The humble cow has been a revered and highly appreciated animal in Indian tradition. It has found place in religious texts and even in sacred ceremonies. Historically, the viability of breeding a cow has been a factor of the milk it fetched for the farmer. Beyond the milk, the urban millenia has […]

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Bihar

By India Story Project•6 min read

A Journey of Wanderlust Like No Other

Travel the world while you can, for life will not come this way again. And if life does continue, this youth certainly won't. This timeless couplet by Khwaja Mir Dard became the guiding philosophy for a remarkable couple featured in today's India Story Project. Inspired by these words, they chose to embrace life as true wanderers. They didn't just make travelling a hobby... they made it their way of life.

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Jammu and Kashmir

By India Story Project•3 min read

Son of Walur

ISP Srinagar Bureau He was only eight years old when his father Muhammed Ramzan passed away. Son of a waste collector in Kashmir’s Bandipora district, Bilal Dar saw his father struggling to make ends meet for the family which consisted of three children. But tough times did not deter him from doing what he loved […]

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Maharashtra

By Monisha•3 min read

Creating value from trash

ISP Mumbai Bureau Do you see utility furniture in the scores of tetra packs that we throw away after use. Well, one bright lady from Mahim in Mumbai has found value in everything that we discard and has garnered global acclaim for her successful experiment in converting thrown away used tetra packs into school benches […]

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West Bengal

By India Story Project•2 min read

Preserver of Indian folk

ISP Kolkata Bureau He is 102 years old and is aptly called by the media as a living legend. Mangala Kanti Roy, the renowned Sarinda player from West Bengal is in news for he has been conferred with Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award this year in the Art (Folk Music) category. Talking to media […]

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Rangamma Was One — A Story of Extraordinary Courage

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How a selfless physician dedicated his life to treating rural communities for free.

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Madhya Pradesh

By India Story Project•3 min read

Turning village into a live classroom

ISP Jaipur Bureau Meandering roads through the hilly terrain takes one to Mendiya Dindore village amid the Aravali ranges. Situated twenty-five kilometres away from the district headquarters of Banswara in Rajasthan, the village which is part of the Virpur panchayat has a population of around 250 people. The village is unique for its distinct experiment […]

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Gujarat

By India Story Project•4 min read

trying to give wings to dreams

In the Taj city of Agra, the virtuous work of making Kanchan continues since many communists. A youth who is going to work for his Gujarat-basar along with the society and the country, is trying to fulfill his duty. Efforts are being made to write those dreams on pages […]

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Goa

By India Story Project•6 min read

short life, great old age

What's the last thing a child studying in school would think? That is, what subject has been taken next, in which college the traveler has been taken, where to go, what to eat, where to party. But, life has its own different patterns. Sometimes something happens that you lose your life. […]

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Tamil Nadu

By Palam Kalyanasundaram•3 min read

Spreading Kindness and Altruism

He is a standing witness to the fact that money does not win you celebrity status but your golden heart can make you a globally famous man.

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Madhya Pradesh

By India Story Project•3 min read

Kindling imagination with a mobile library

ISP Bhopal Bureau When the pandemic struck and the lockdown was imposed, everything came to a standstill. The government of Madhya Pradesh took up an ambitious online education program to replace classroom education because for children coming to school was impossible in those circumstances. But there was a gap. Children in remote villages did not […]

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Spirituality

West Bengal

By India Story Project•3 min read

'Light' of knowledge

Education is the basis of change in society. If every child gets good and proper education, then not only the future of that child and his family but also the society will change. The contribution of every member of the society towards education can be the biggest role in this. India Story Project […]

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Haryana

By India Story Project•3 min read

let the faff live

Once upon a time Poisson remembered. Beautiful, lovely, colorful, the butterflies on the flowers. Now just think about the last time you saw this view. You might remember it bouncing wildly in your mind. But why is it that this Titli of yours roaming around us has reduced so much now […]

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History

Haryana

By India Story Project•3 min read

Lily- The Girl Girl

"The passion of a few people is the beginning of change in the society. Today's story of India Story Project is also something like this. One step taken to strengthen the financial condition of one's house became a revolution in the field of women's organization. This is the story of one such revolution. This story […]

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Heritage

Goa

By India Story Project•3 min read

Literacy icon defeats all odds, wins national honours

ISP Chennai Bureau: Spreading literacy is like sharing light to the people in darkness, feels K V Rabiya (56), a physically challenged social worker from Malappuram, Kerala who has never allowed her limitations to come to her for spreading education to the masses in the region she belongs to. She was honoured with the nation’s […]

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Jharkhand

By India Story Project•3 min read

Friendship of friends, great war with mafia - know the greenery revolution of Jamuna Tudu!

The Prime Minister always introduces the country to some such unsung warriors through his monthly program Mann Ki Baat. So today in India Story Project we are talking about one such unsung warrior to whom the Prime Minister has given the title of Lady Tarzan of India. Meet Jamuna […]

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Haryana

By India Story Project•3 min read

An inspiring athlete like none

ISP Delhi Bureau She is a 94-year-old grandma who prefers chapati, dal and regular exercise as a routine and she has proved that age is only a number. She is Bhagwani Devi Dagar, who groomed herself to become a record-breaking athlete in just 6 months at a ripe age when most people either are bedridden […]

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Gujarat

By India Story Project•3 min read

Growing forests in busy urban jungles

ISP Mumbai Bureau Pradeep Tripathi, the founder of GreenYatra has a very ambitious plan to fulfil by 2025. He and his team are slated to plant 10 crore trees in India and make up for the loss in the green carpet in the region. What Pradeep and his venture is doing is indeed very innovative. […]

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Andhra Pradesh

By India Story Project•3 min read

A boon for the paralysed

ISP Delhi Bureau Zain Samdani and his innovative robotic glove is helping patients with paralysed hands in India and world over. The invention is proving to be a boon to many. The fact that a cosmetic prosthetic hand could cost between ₹1-₹2 lakh while a robotic prosthetic hand could be made available to people in […]

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Maharashtra

By India Story Project•3 min read

good morning images

Good Morning Chopra, you have written the right book, this is not Good Morning Mumbai but Good Morning Painting. And the voice heard on this radio is not that of the Raho Pyare Bhai Ki actress but that of the hero of our story - the name is Abhishek Chopra has a similar voice every morning for the last 6 days. […]

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