Fifteen years ago, Loganathan, 38 from Coimbatore was brimming with life. He was Chef de Partie at Hotel Oberoi in Jaipur. He was able to support his family and educate his brother. But an accident on Nov. 26, 2006 changed his life forever. It crippled him for the rest of his life but...

Born in a family of limited means, Vani Priya became a doctor with the support of people around her. Now serving in the Army, she is giving back to society by providing free treatment camps and medicines to poor people. Vani Priya comes from Thamarankottai, some 12 km from Pattukottai. Her...

K Ramesh works as Assistant Professor at IIM – Lucknow. At 28, Ramesh has done a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology – Madras on the topic of Sustainability on Food Supply Chain. He has completed a dual PhD degree from University of Technology at Sydney. Ramesh began this pursuit of success...

“I never even knew there was something called Indian Institute of Technology till I reached SSLC,” says 17-year-old Arunkumar. The boy was in news recently after Chief Minister M K Stalin appreciated him for cracking JEE and getting a seat in IIT. Arunkumar has studied in a government higher...

Sundays mean rest days for all of us. It is a time to spend with family and friends and laze around, doing not much. For S V M Sathyanarayana, Sundays mean coming from Kalpakkam to Chennai to help scholarship students of science pass central exams and become science researchers and faculty. He...

The challenges that Ramkumar had to face were far more than what anyone faces in life. Born in a Dalit family with limited means in Kothamangalam village near Vellore, Ramkumar is visually challenged. Sightless from birth, Ramkumar was born to parents who were daily-wage workers. Yet, today,...

K.P. Akila has performed the feat of securing 92.3% marks in Civil Engineering in Tamil medium and has won the gold medal, studying the course in the well known Guindy Engineering College (originally published in August 2018). She had studied in Tamil medium in  Dindivanam’s Rosanai Thai...

For doctor S Krishnan, returning home and serving his community was the natural thing to do. Born in a Dalit caste group in Nelakottai of Bandhalur taluk of Nilgiris district, 27-year-old son of tea plantation workers is not only the first graduate in his family but also the first doctor from...