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The "Saviour on Wheels" - Karimul Haque

By: Pratyush Goyal

Karimul Haque, known as the Bike-Ambulance-Dada, transports sick villagers to the hospital and won the Padma Shri award.

Kissan Baburao Hazare

By: Punya Kochar

Kissan Baburao Hazare, or "Anna Hazare," is a social activist in India who started many movements against government corruption.

Chewang Norphel - The Ice Man of India

By: Amey Aggarwal

Chewang Norphel, known as "Ice Man," has built artificial glaciers in Ladakh, India, to provide water for the community.

Sonu Sood

By: Saksham Mehn

Licypriya Kangujam: The Youngest Climate Activist

By: Mannat Sachdeva

Licypriya Kangujam is a climate activist from India who has delivered speeches in 32 countries.

Jyoti Kumari Paswan

By: Kriday Sharma

Teenage Jyoti Kumari Paswan rode her injured father 1,200 km by bicycle to reach their rural village after being displaced by the coronavirus in India.

Saalumarada Thimmakka

By: Aryan Madan

Saalumarada Thimmakka is an Indian environmentalist who has planted 385 banyan trees along a 4-kilometer section of highway.

Jadav Payeng: A Environmental Activist

By: Ambica Khanna

Jadav Payeng, known as the Forestry Man of India, is an an environmental activist who turned a sanbar into a forest reserve.

Chutni Devi: The Journey from Witch to Tigress

By: Anshi Jindal

Chutni Devi, once labeled a witch and persecuted, has received India's fourth highest civilian award Padma Shri for educating the community against this belief and helping dozens of other accused women.

Poetry

Determined Norphel

By: Amey Aggarwal

Chewang Norphel, known as "Ice Man," has built artificial glaciers in Ladakh, India, to provide water for the community.

We Can All Be Heroes

By: Radhika Ahuja

Young Changemaker Ankit Agarwal

By: Kush Huria

Ankit Agarwal is the founder of Phool, which upcycles flowers dumped into the Ganges from the temples, helping relieve the river of harmful pesticides.

Art

Protecter of Birds - Salim Ali

By: Janhwee Thapliyal

Celebrating Salim Ali

"Do not go gentle into that good night. ~Dylan Thomas"

By: Yajat Dayal

Artwork inspired by poet Dylan Thomas.

The Saviour on Wheels - Karimul Haque

By: Pratyush Goyal

Community heroes in India

My Hero, My Teachers

By: Saksham Mehn

Celebrating educators during the pandemic.

Chutni Devi: The Tigress