Chorkhal High School is perched on a mountain peak overlooking villages and forests on all sides. This is the only school for the cluster of 4-5 villages in the vicinity. Sisters Himanshu, 16, and Samiya, 11, walk a daunting 45-minute…
She is no less!
A one and a half-kilometre walk, a ten-kilometre ride on a local bus, a little more walking and hours of rigorous training – this is what it took 17-year-old Richa and 19-year-old Prithima, from an underprivileged family in Guwahati, to…
Reviving lost dreams
19-year-old Aishwarya always had it rough. Her father passed away in the year 2007. Her mother had to toil to provide for the family. Unfortunately, she also succumbed to cancer in 2018. Losing parents at an age where you are still dependent…
Making train travel safer in Mumbai
It is seven in the evening. A crowded local train pulls up at a busy station in Mumbai. Several people get down, but an equal number (if not more) get in. As the train begins to depart, a man runs…