A former bus conductor, Anke Gowda, wins the Padma Shri for building a free library with twenty lakh books.
Pune’s Godambewadi No. 1 becomes India’s first Constitutional Village, ensuring every household understands its democratic rights.
A lifelong Tarpa musician from Palghar is honoured with the Padma Shri for preserving tribal culture against neglect and poverty.
By putting service before spectacle and sustainability before excess, this couple reimagined what Indian weddings can stand for.
A retired IPS officer’s quiet, daily act of cleaning Chandigarh’s streets grew into a movement, earning him the Padma Shri.
The 85 year old surgeon Dr Tapan Kumar Lahiri treats thousands for free, refusing any salary since 1994.
Ramlal Bhoi from rural Rajasthan defied early marriage and repeated failures to secure a medical career.
Rohtash Khileri endured sub-zero temperatures to become the first human staying twenty-four hours atop Mount Elbrus solo.
In rural Hooghly, an Adivasi couple’s grassroots football academies are helping girls break gender barriers and dream beyond tradition.
Khan Sir opens a hospital in Patna offering blood tests at ₹7 and ECGs at ₹25, inspired by his mother’s vision.
