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Tithiya Sharma is a former journalist turned backpacking blogger who’s traveling the world looking for adventure and inspiration. She’s using social media for social good as she finds and meets a hundred everyday heroes and discovers a world worth saving. Check out her quest for inspiration: The 100 Heroes Project.

Subhas Dutta: One Man Army in Kolkata

Subhas Dutta has spent the last three decades perfecting the dying art of active citizenship. He is the son of refugees from Bangladesh and calls the grand old city of Kolkata his home. One could mistake this unassuming Chartered Accountant for a harmless ‘Aam Admi’ who’s just trying to live his life and ‘get by’. [...]

June 28, 2011 / 5 Comments / Read More

The Light of Bihar: Chandrakant Singh

May 9, 2011 1 Comment

He is the epitome of the oft cited Bihari fortitude. A brilliant scholar- moulded and strengthened by a childhood spent in depravation; igniting in him a burning ambition to succeed and make good on all the faith people had in him. Chandrakant Singh hails from Chamanpura village of Gopalganj district, a place you probably couldn’t [...]

Arvind Gupta: Teaching Science by Creating Treasures from the Trash Can

March 15, 2011 2 Comments

Science owes a great debt to imagination. Many great inventions and discoveries would never have come about if some day dreamer hadn’t imagined it first. Sitting in a classroom, or a laboratory or under an apple tree, wondering… ‘What if’? Back in the late eighties when I was still in the single digits, my father [...]