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TBI This-Ability: The Blind Superhero of Indian Chess
It gives us great pleasure to kick-start a series on remarkable personalities who have one thing in common – they have converted their ‘disability’ into ‘this-ability’. We have featured many such...
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Declared ‘Brain Dead’ By Doctors, This Visually Impaired Man Is A Successful...
Doctors said he would become a “vegetable” and wouldn’t be able to do anything. Not the one to live a life like this, Azeem Bolar started counseling people and has successfully changed many lives in a...
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11 Interesting Things You Probably Didn’t Know About India’s First Woman Pilot
Married at 16 and widowed at 24 with two children, meet the lady who became India’s first woman pilot! From the extra ordinary support from her family to her unflinching passion to achieve her dreams,...
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The Marine Engineer who Utilizes his Vacations to Measure On-ground Impact
This article is part of the Milaap Fellowship series and is sponsored by Milaap. Howard, a marine engineer, utilizes his vacations for visiting villagers in Tamil Nadu and measuring the impact that...
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This Ex Army Man & His Wife are Serving the Nation in a Different Way....
Somewhere in the interiors of Maharashtra, in a small town called Chandrapur, one couple step out of their comfort zone to spread largesse and cheer in their environment. Meet Sapna and Nihar Halder....
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To Ensure His Community Has Access to Water, Man Single-Handedly Digs Well in...
In the small village of Kalambeshwar in Maharashtra, one man’s hard work and determination has translated into the discovery of a source of water for his entire community. Bapurao Tajne is a daily wage...
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‘I Want to Be the Voice of the Down-Trodden,’ Says BMC Sweeper Who Completed...
Ecstatic cheers and joyful laughter filled the air at the Mumbai campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences recently as the 2014-2016 batch of MPhil students graduated from the prestigious institute....
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TBI Blogs: How a Boy into Substance Abuse & Street Fights Became a Role Model...
Two years ago, Nitin Baswasker dropped out of school and was known for getting involved in street fights. Today, the 17-year-old attends night school, works as a door-to-door salesperson and is a role...
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TBI Blogs: The Story of Jankidevi Bajaj, Who Gave up Gold, Silks & Purdah to...
Smt. Jankidevi Bajaj, a strong proponent of the Gandhian way of life, propagated rural upliftment through cottage industries. A self-made woman, she actively participated in the freedom struggle and...
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Gurgaon Man Travels 700 Km Every Weekend to Teach Village Kids in Uttarakhand!
Up in the hills of Dehradun is a school that was started in the British Era. Timli Vidyapeeth was started with the vision of reviving Vedic teachings and implementing them with modern education. It...
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Odisha Tea Vendor Spends Half His Income to Educate, Feed Slum Kids!
When I meet young children selling balloons, garlands or any other item at a traffic signal, a tea shop or anywhere on the streets, I always wonder what their lives are like. When do they wake up? Do...
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Poor Marks to Poverty: 5 IIT-ians Who Overcame All Odds to Crack JEE
It is often the struggles in the path that make the person worthy of the success they achieve. What doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger, after all. The Better India usually brings you success stories...
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India at Tokyo Paralympics: 10 Incredible Stories of Grit & Glory
The Paralympics will be held between 25 August and 06 September 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Unlike the Olympics where many group sports dominate, at the Paralympics, individual athletes are more at the...
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Meet 10 Toppers Who Overcame Incredible Odds to Ace UPSC CSE 2020
On 24 September the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced the final results of the 2020 Civil Services Examination (CSE). Out of the 10,40,060 candidates, 761 cleared the selection process....
View ArticleWatch: Once a Criminal, ‘Auto Raja’ Has Saved 19,000 Destitute From The Streets
Auto Raja has time and again made the headlines for his noble deeds and impactful work with the destitute. But did he always fathom this would be his destiny? The answer is no. A wandering delinquent,...
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