Surprised to see our very own Maharashtrian Vada Pao @ an eatery in Gandhi Chowk Market @ Dalhousie. The price, however, appears to be a bit steeper :-)

Ordinary People Extra-ordinary Acts

Forest guard plants 55 types of bamboo in Vidarbha

रस्त्याने जाताना कधीकधी एखादा कुत्रा लंगडताना दिसतो. "गाडीचं चाक पायावरून गेलं वाटतं. कशाला झोपतात हे कुत्रे गाड्यांच्या खाली कोणास ठाऊक?' आपण हळहळतो आणि पुढे निघून जातो. पण त्यापलीकडे जाऊन त्या मुक्या प्राण्याला मदत करायला वेळ खर्चायची आपली तयारी नसते. पण असा एक मुलगा आहे जो आपला वेळ आणि पदरचे पैसे खर्च करून त्यांची सेवा करतो. हा आहे मीत आशर

Vishwanath Prasad Vishwakarma

I am not sure how many people listen to the FM channel 100.7 - well, it's run by the Government. Can't blame them for not listening. Though they play songs from the Golden Era, most of their RJs are horrible. Even if I listen to them talk for, like, say 5 seconds, I feel as if I am frothing at the mouth.

But if I ever find myself with a little free time between 4-5pm, I make it a point to tune into their program called Parikrama. My most favorite part is the news bits given by their correspondents from nooks and crannies of the country.

That's where I learnt about Vishwanath Prasad Vishwakarma - a guy from Bihar who has been teaching under-privileged kids since 1997. It's an amazing story! Check out the following links:

Mobile teacher

A Bihar teacher on a mission to eradicate illiteracy

Ordinary People Extra-ordinary Acts

Hard to believe that in this day and age there can be someone who is barely 27-years old and is yet looking after 42 orphan children, isn't it? Yet, it is true. Read on for the full story.

Ordinary People, Extra-ordinary Acts

Read on The saga of Sagayam and Durai. A couple more like him and we won't have to worry about Lokpal and Jan-Lokpal.

Handwritten Newspapers

Ever heard of a handwritten newspaper? I must confess that I hadn't till I came across Mr. Osama Manzar's article at http://origin-www.livemint.com/Opinion/XYRX4lhL7OsfX0tWZz8dSO/A-handwritten-paper-gets-a-voice-online.html. Even if you don't have time to go through the entire article, I would urge you to take a look at http://www.deendalit.in/. It's definitely worth a look and more.

महाविद्यालयांच्या श्रम शिबिरांमधून जलसंवर्धन आणि संस्कार !

http://loksatta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=227136:2012-05-16-18-10-39&catid=363:2011-08-09-18-22-46&Itemid=367

Ordinary People, Extra-ordinary Acts

Planting the seeds of prosperity

Building a generation of cooperatives

गाव, कलमाडी त. बो.

‘बे दुणे चार’ नव्हे.. ‘बे दुणे सोळा’

नवनिर्माणाचे शिलेदार : लोणार सरोवराच्या अस्तित्वासाठी लढणारा शिक्षक

Ordinary People, Extra-ordinary Acts

When Mowgli met the Lepchas

Ordinary people, extra-ordinary acts

Giving villagers a voice to spur change

You might also want to check http://www.cgnetswara.org/

Ordinary people, extra-ordinary acts

Heroes who averted a head-on train crash in Delhi

Some of you will say 'so what?'. They were just doing their job. Really? And how many of us can honestly say that about ourselves? In this country, anyone who is doing his or her job honestly and to the best of his/her ability is indeed extra-ordinary!