In 1960, a laborer named Dashrath Manjhi picked up a hammer and chisel and began breaking apart a mountain near his village in Bihar, India. He had no construction equipment, no money to hire workers and no experience building roads. But he had decided that the mountain needed an opening, and he was going to … Read more
In 1999, Anshu Gupta and his wife, Meenakshi, gathered 67 pieces of clothing from their home in India. They wanted to do something about a problem Gupta had been noticing for years. In India’s cities, people had cupboards full of clothes they no longer wore. Meanwhile, families in poorer communities often struggled to obtain basic … Read more
In 2002, Narayanan Krishnan was preparing for the biggest opportunity of his cooking career. He had already worked as an award-winning chef at a five-star hotel in India and was being considered for a prestigious position in Switzerland. At just 21 years old, he had the kind of future many young chefs dream about. But … Read more