When Nivedita Choudhary scaled Mount Everest, she was the first woman air force officer and first woman from Rajasthan to reach the peak. Yet she has more adventure plans, says Rakesh Kumar

After two years in hospital, Navin Gulia was confined to a wheel chair. He lost his job but not confidence. ‘Whatever comes my way, I try to look at it from a positive perspective’, he says

‘Before the organisation could make radical changes, I had to change my own mindset’, says Anu Aga reflecting on the challenges she faced two years after taking charge of family firm, Thermax

As an IPS officer, Y P Singh faced witch hunt. Then as a lawyer, the going was not easy. But he persevered and triumphed. He has also written two books, one of them churned into a Hindi film

A well-known name and face in Tamil journalism, R R Gopal, founded amidst great challenges ‘Nakkheeran’, the magazine that showed to the world the real face of forest brigand Veerappan

Marking the second anniversary of this portal started with a mandate to give positive news a push, its founder editor   P C Vinoj Kumar looks back at the struggles and triumphs to find out that team work is the key for any venture to succeed

After winning reality show ‘Dance India Dance Li'l Masters 2’ and a cash prize of Rs.10,00,000, 13-year-old Faisal Khan, son of an autorickshaw driver, is nurturing Bollywood dreams

Chennai based architect and member of the World Economic Forum's Design Innovation Council Sheila Sri Prakash will be participating in the Global Business Summit on Infrastructure in London

Five-time world champion MC Mary Kom ensures India a fourth medal at the Olympics thrashing Tunisian Maroua Rahali to enter the semi-finals of women’s boxing (51kg) event

A man from Tamil Nadu, Kulandei Francis, who has been doing community service in Krishnagiri district without any publicity, is one of the winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2012

An American traveler, who was taken to Jharkhand by a friend to teach tribal children English, has turned a football coach and is helping tribal girls become football champs, says Saadia Azim

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, who is one of India’s medal hopes in the London Olympics, was a born vegetarian but became a non – vegetarian in 2005, says a just released book

The ‘handmade’ tea of Gobin Hazarika, which fetches $35 a kg, is mostly consumed abroad. Azera Parveen Rahman finds the man passionately making the organic tea at a mud hut factory in Assam

In the hills of Uttarakhand, women have ushered a white revolution through SHGs. By rearing cattle they make money and also provide better food to their children, says Nitin Jugran Bahuguna

The Onida devil has died and so has the Liril girl and Air India's Maharaja, but thanks to a consistent creative campaign by daCunha Communications, Amul girl’s hit 50 and still going strong