Several disabled persons have realized their potential through a music, dance and theatre therapy offered by Syed Sallauddin Pasha. Sreeparna Chakrabarty spoke to the man and his wards, one of whom is a dancer, holding a world record

In Rajasthan, villagers are doing everything they could to create water sources to make life easier. Women have taken the lead to dig recharge wells and deepen waterbodies, says Renu Rakesh

A woman lighter of pyre is not a common thing in a tradition that does not even approve of women visiting a crematorium. That’s why Shanti Behera of Sambalpur stands out, says Sarada Lahangir

Four outstanding achievers with disability - Ranjan Kumar Biswal, Samuel Ashish Marcus, Deepa Malik, and Sayomdeb Mukherjee - received the CavinKare Ability Awards at a function in Chennai

Raj Kumar's father is a street vendor, Suman's a tailor and Alpana’s mother works as a domestic help. The trio from Delhi had won gold medals at the Special Winter Olympics, says Santosh Rao

Pune's landmark German Bakery, which was targeted in a terrorist attack in Feb 2010, has virtually risen like a phoenix 35 months after it was completely devastated, and is back in business

Due to shortage of beds in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Anjali Ojha found many patients spending their nights under the open sky, coping with Delhi's harsh winter

The life of Preeti Monga, a 53-year-old visually challenged woman, is of grit and determination. She tells us how she overcame obstacles thrown by a society that refused to see her abilities

A victim of an acid attack, Sonali Mukherjee, now hopes to regain her eyesight and also have her face reconstructed, thanks to the media and an NGO. But the law does not view ‘acid attacks’ as serious and lethal, feels Kamayani Bali Mahabal

Mulayam Singh Yadav’s younger son Prateek built rippling muscles to his 5 ft 11” frame and lost over 35 kg to be recognized as the ‘international transformation of the month’, says Mohit Dubey

After defeating breast cancer, Ritu Biyani, a dental surgeon, is taking up a fresh challenge. She is participating in one of the most gruelling motor rallies in the world, says Vishal Gulati

Husein Jetpurwala has proved cerebral palsy cannot stop him from achieving what he desires. Rightly so, he is soon to become a homoeopathic doctor despite the condition, says Mauli Buch

People who protested against the raising of water level in Omkareshwar dam in Madhya Pradesh by standing in water have won, making the government look into their demands, says Aparna Pallavi

He may be visually impaired himself, but that has not stopped Dipendra Manocha from developing aids and appliances that would help others like him to read and write, says Madhulika Sonkar

Oscar Pistorius, a gritty South African athlete and the first double amputee to compete at a regular Olympic event, would have you believe that nothing is impossible in life, says Sneha Theeng