Tashafi Nazir

2021 - Present

My Story: ‘My Mother Used To Work For 8 Hours Barefoot In Factory, She Couldn’t Even Afford A Footwear’

Santosh's mother has always been a guardian angel to her family and has made immense sacrifices since her teenage years. She worked in a biscuit factory for a mere ₹75, left her education and even skipped her meals to give a better life to them.

My Story: ‘My Vision Impairment And Vitiligo Couldn’t Stop Me Living Life With Dignity’

Neha Agarwal is a project manager. She is visually challenged and has Vitiligo. However, she curved her weaknesses into strengths, and along with her regular job, she is one of the strong supporters of diversity, equity and inclusion.

My Story: ‘I Underwent 32 Shock Therapies, Intense Medication & Trauma; My Teenage Years Were Challenging’

Sangeetha Param (28) has always dealt with insecurity, low self-esteem, and worthlessness as she never felt good enough. After many psychotropic analyses, she was diagnosed with Bipolar Type 2, making her teenage years the most challenging phase of her life.

My Story: ‘Think Twice Before Throwing Anything, Little Creativity & Enthusiasm Can Transform Things Around’

Srishti Kucheria is a 17-year-old artist who upcycles regular everyday items like clothes, shoes and stationaries with different art forms and customisations. In 2018, she started 'Caught in Colours' as a platform to share her artwork with the world. She has sold her painted, customised canvas shoes to Singapore and America, besides India.

My Story: ‘People Would Often Ask Dad To Marry Me Off, But He Would Say He Has Raised His Daughter To Become Scientist’

Dipika Chandra was born and brought up in Delhi to humble parents. Despite financial issues, her parents spent little savings to ensure that she got a good education. Being a single girl child and losing both her parents never deterred her from pursuing her dreams of becoming a scientist.

My Story: ‘My Interest In Cooking Came From My Mother & Mumbai Street Food Vendors, Who Made People Smile Through Their Recipes’

Sanjyot Keer is a 29-year-old entrepreneur, chef and digital content creator. Six years back, he found YFL and built a state-of-the-art culinary space to produce breath-taking recipe videos. He started to take Indian food to the global gourmet diaspora, while making it simple, exciting and accessible to the foodies.

My Story: ‘My Father Threw Me From Balcony When I Was A Month Old As He Didn’t Want A Girl Child’

Niyati Chetransh is a 10-year-old trained pianist by interest. Her father tried to kill her multiple times as he considered daughters a burden on parents. Besides Piano, Niyati plays 16 more instruments, including Keyboard, Ukulele, Tabla, Flute, among others and aims to be a music director one day.

My Story: ‘DJing Is Such A Gratifying Profession, I Would Happily Lose Sleep And Spend My Nights Preparing Sets For Gigs’

Priyamvada Grover is a DJ who plays music ranging from hip-hop, funk and soul to grime, break-beats and heavy bass. She also works in the public policy sector, which is her day job. Before this, she served as a reporter, covering the economy, human rights, and the power sector.

My Story: ‘What Mountains Will Teach You, No Classroom Ever Will’

Dr. Varuna Raina is an ordinary Kashmiri Pandit woman with extraordinary grit who arose from a displaced childhood and near fatal head injury to become a doctor, mountaineer, athlete, yoga teacher, writer, mindfulness practitioner, and the first from J&K to scale Kala Nag at 6,387 meters.

My Story: ‘Cancer Taught Me To Cherish Life And Its Simple Joys That We All Take For Granted’

Dipankar Bhattacharjee has been a cancer survivor for the last 10 years. From undergoing chemotherapy for six years to surviving major spinal surgery, he has navigated through all crises that struck in these years.