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Saalumarada Thimmakka standing in front of a row of trees

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She planted over 8,000 trees!

The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, honoured 108-year-old Saalumarada Thimmaka with the Padma Shri, India’s fourth-highest civilian award, last year.

Inspiring Lives

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Yashoda Shenoy: The youngest librarian in Kerala!

We cannot ordinarily imagine a Std VII girl student running her own library! That record goes to Yashoda Shenoy, a 12-year-old girl from Ernakulam, Kerala.

Isabelle and Katherine Adams with their origami products

Inspiring Lives

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Paper for Water

16-year-old Isabelle and her 13-year-old sister Katherine decided to make and sell origami products and donate the money towards putting up a hand pump or digging a well.

Sharad Goyekar in a scene from the movie Tingya

That's Life

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Stars amidst us

The real stars are not in the sky, but in the villages, hills and forests, and not just in towns and cities.

That's Life

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Homecoming

When 23-year-old Ajay returned to his room, his mind was full of Irshana. ‘Are her parents still looking for her? How long will this child live like this?”