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How ‘Magic’ Johnson’ fought back AIDS?

Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson has the repute of being one of the most successful players in the history of the basketball game. In November 1991, Johnson encountered the most challenging moment of his life. During a routine physical examination for an … Continue reading

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Inspiring story of India’s Only News paper for AIDS

Maragatham, 35, is a daily passenger on the train to Chennai, which stops at Karur, a textile town, 430 kilometres south of the metropolis. She trades in readymade garments. Every 15 days, she waits eagerly for a newspaper distributed free … Continue reading

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Success story of physically challenged Chess champion

Her world has revolved around the black and white squares, for more than a decade now. For 23-year-old Jennitha Anto crossing hurdles in life is similar to making her way across the chess board — one square at a time. … Continue reading

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Inspiring story of school dropout with a PhD

V Kathiresan had to drop out of school to support his family. Years later, working for A P J Abdul Kalam as his driver, he was encouraged to restart his education. Today he has a PhD, has written two books, … Continue reading

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100-year-old freedom fighter pursues PhD

Freedom fighter Bholaram Das marked his 100th birthday this weekend by announcing that he was going back to school. Das has enrolled in a PhD program at Guwahati University in the northeastern state of Assam – making him perhaps the … Continue reading

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12-year-old aims for gold at CWG

She studies in class VIII, badly misses her mom, has fallen in love with chicken tikka and naan, and she wants a medal — not any, but one at the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games. Meet Khaaliqa Nimji, all of 12 … Continue reading

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From studying under the streetlights to CEO of a US firm!

Here is the rags-to-riches story of an extremely talented boy from a small village in Tamil Nadu who has risen to be the chief executive officer of a company in Seattle, USA. It is also the story of how Kalyana … Continue reading

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‘You can bounce back from anything’ – Story of disabled men climbing mountain

The three American veterans from three different wars had only one good leg among them. But that did not stop them from summiting Africa’s highest mountain. The three soldiers veterans of Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam scrambled, clawed and plodded to … Continue reading

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How a candle-seller became a multi-millionaire?

His is an amazing story. He learnt invaluable lessons of entrepreneurship from each of his failed endeavours. As a teenager, Naresh Gulati was labelled as a failure by his family and relatives for he spent time selling candles and cloth … Continue reading

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Surat office boy becomes CA

This diamond city has a Phungsuk Wangdu of the ‘3 Idiots’ fame in 24-year-old office boy, Shailesh Ghule, who has cleared his final CA exams with flying colours. Unlike Wangdu aka Aamir Khan, Shailesh did not impersonate anyone to pursue … Continue reading

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