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'I was happier when I was earning Rs 15 a day'

In a special series, Rediff.com looks at India through the lives of her...

'Why is Ma Durga not showering Her blessings on me?'

As a child, Sufal Das used to dream of becoming a dhaki. But a life full of...

'As one gets older, one is drawn towards home'

Mohammed Taufiq has been a waiter at Kolkata's famous Coffee House for 36...

'I get to see my wife only twice or thrice a year'

Tapeshwar Ram, has hand-pulled a rickshaw on the streets of Kolkata for 30...

'All work has some danger'

Natesan Kathiresan, a village painter, who loves the colour of sandalwood,...

'The strike has made us realise the power that youth has'

Reema Kaur is one of the students on strike for nearly three months at the...

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He could be working at a dhaba, but is now at IIT!

Brijesh Kumar Saroj, the son of a poor weaver, overcame every hardship, to...

The bus driver who saved his passengers from terrorists

Nanak Chand Sharma did not lose his nerve when terrorists attacked his bus...

Victoria No 57

Kamlesh R Prajapati, a Victoria horse carriage driver, is anguished about...

'Earlier people stared at me as if I was an animal. Not anymore'

Kalpana Ghodawat, a brave acid attack survivor, runs a beauty parlour. She...

'I'll keep trying to be an actor till I succeed. I will not go back'

Lalit Sathyarthi, an aspiring actor, left his home in Agra to follow his...

'Why do we need to be in a mad rush all the time?'

In our special series on A Day in the Life of India, Ashok Kumar Mondol, a...

'My dream is to fly the 747 one day'

Captain Indu Nair, joined a private airline after her tenure as a pilot in...

He spent 4 days in a Sri Lankan jail

Muthayya Fernandes, a fisherman from Rameswaram, was imprisoned in Sri Lanka...

'When the tri-colour is painted on my body, I feel I can even die for my country'

Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary, a one-of-a-kind cricket fan, who worships Sachin...

Meet the first Kashmiri woman IPS officer and where she's headed next

In an Independence Day Special series, Rediff.com celebrates India through...