A poor woman picks up an infant abandoned by her parents and brings her up despite being thrown out by her husband. Nirmala was one of the 17 such persons honoured by an NGO, says Alka Pande

Sonia Narang, an IPS officer in Karnataka, has proved that she can take up any assignment. Anita Chinnappal meets the ‘woman super cop’, who is known more for her courage and forthrightness

Helping tribal people like her regain their lost land is Guddi Bai’s mission. It did not matter that she lost her dad when she was one year old and her hubby when she was 26, says Raju Kumar

For marginalized people in remote islands surrounded by the waters of Brahmaputra, health care comes sailing. Azera Parveen Rahman finds out how boat clinics reach out to the sick and needy

For local girls, Shama Khan is the role model. The 28-year-old panchayat chief strives to provide what is scarce in Thar: Water and woman’s education. Due to her efforts, enrolment has gone up from 550 to 6,550 in two years, says Renu Rakesh
 

Tennis champ Sania Mirza shows remarkable courage in speaking her mind on the treatment meted out to her by AITA in forcing her to partner Leander in the mixed doubles event at the Olympics

Hearing about the farmers’ suicides in Vidarbha, a school teacher from Ludhiana visited the region and later raised funds to install tubewells at four tribal villages, says Quaid Najmi

To expose a corrupt policeman who sought a bribe of Rs.1000 from him, a poor Dalit farmer raised the money by collecting alms, and sent it to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, says Imran Khan

For Faiza Nisar Ali, it was fight against all odds to ensure girls were admitted into the 300-year-old Anglo-Arabic school in Delhi’s Ajmeri Gate. Madhulika Sonkar writes about her struggle

Not even a brush with death has dampened the spirit of the driving couple from Chennai, Harsha Koda and Prabha, who have resumed a journey from the very spot it was cut short 7 months back when their Xylo ran off the coastal road in Orissa
 

Entries are invited for a competition organized by The Press Institute of India and the International Committee of the Red Cross for print media journalists reporting on armed violence

For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War II veteran who turned 100 recently, it’s been a life of service and his latest achievement is setting up of a hospital in a remote village, says Nikhil Walia

B D Sharma was chosen by Maoists of Chhattisgarh to negotiate the release of Sukma collector, Alex Paul Menon. Why the 81-year-old former IAS officer? Onkareshwar Pandey finds out from him

River lifeguard Satish Chandra is like Mitch Buchannon, the popular lifeguard from American TV show ‘Baywatch’, but recognition eludes him even after he has saved 50 lives in 33 years

Anand Kumar’s Super 30 initiative for poor students continues to taste success as 27 of its 30 students including children of a daily wage labourer and a truck mechanic get into IIT this year