Good things happening in India, and the people behind them.https://indiangaurav.com/en-inhttps://indiangaurav.com/stories/five-people-who-planted-hope/https://indiangaurav.com/stories/five-people-who-planted-hope/A forest on a sandbar, ponds on a dry hill, a seed bank at home, a village school and thousands of saplings. Five ordinary Indians, five lasting changes.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTroundupenvironmentgrassrootshttps://indiangaurav.com/heroes/harekala-hajabba/https://indiangaurav.com/heroes/harekala-hajabba/A Mangaluru orange seller who could not read, yet used his small daily earnings to build a school for the children of his village.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTeducationrural schoolshttps://indiangaurav.com/heroes/jadav-payeng/https://indiangaurav.com/heroes/jadav-payeng/Known as the "Forest Man of India", he turned a bare sandbar in the Brahmaputra into a forest of over a thousand acres, mostly by himself.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTenvironmentforestswildlifehttps://indiangaurav.com/heroes/kalmane-kamegowda/https://indiangaurav.com/heroes/kalmane-kamegowda/A shepherd from Mandya who dug 16 ponds on a dry hillside with his own hands, praised in Mann Ki Baat for his water conservation work.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTwater conservationfarmersenvironmenthttps://indiangaurav.com/heroes/rahibai-soma-popere/https://indiangaurav.com/heroes/rahibai-soma-popere/A self-taught tribal farmer from Maharashtra who built a community seed bank to save native crop varieties, honoured with the Padma Shri.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTagricultureseedsbiodiversitywomen farmershttps://indiangaurav.com/heroes/tulasi-gowda/https://indiangaurav.com/heroes/tulasi-gowda/A Halakki tribal woman from Karnataka who spent her life raising saplings and caring for forests, honoured with the Padma Shri.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTenvironmentforeststribal communities