"The proliferation of many EVs in #Jaipur inspired us to start our venture,"says Nikhil Gunda and Meher Sai, who have launched #GearHeadMotors (GHM) that builds low-cost e-bikes that can charge in 45 minutes. @ev_ghm
“We made our own detachable battery box made of aluminium alloy. It’s anodised, which acts as a cooling paint. In Indian temperatures, when the battery heats up, the battery box absorbs and transmits the heat outside.
Our 5.8 Ah battery charges from 0 to 80% in 45 minutes with our 6 A fast charger."
Today, the startup manufactures #ebikes with 80% of the components developed in-house and has sold more than 100 units while raising an amount of 1 crore at #SharkTankIndia.
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“No one thought I could make a name for myself in the arts. I grew up in a time when academics was more important," says #NRI Harminder Boparai from #Punjab, who has gained worldwide acclaim for #sculpting artwork from #scrap pieces of wood and metal.
Harminder was not academically sound, which invited the wrath of his family and teachers and was looked upon as a sign of non-competency. He was often referred to as “trash” and faced undue pressure to excel in #academics.
“For all the hardships I encountered, my life now is filled with contentment.”
India has a rich legacy of folk art that has been passed down through generations. And many of them are still alive thanks to these pioneering #artists who've toiled tirelessly for their preservation >>>
#SurendranKPattel, an Indian-origin attorney in Texas, was born to daily wagers in #Kerala's Kasaragod and worked as a labourer through school and college to help them.
While in his teens, he and his sister dropped out of school and rolled beedis to earn money.
But that tough period changed his view, and he decided to resume studying after a year-long break.
He enrolled himself at a college but still had to continue working. His attendance suffered, and professors refused to let him sit for exams.
But by this time, Pattel was aspiring to be a lawyer and pleaded with his teachers to give him a chance.
"I told them that if I do not score well, I will discontinue," Pattel told The Week. "But when the results came, I was a topper. The teachers cooperated after that.
When you look back at things, they become clearer than when they actually happened. Irrfan always said, "You have a tendency to support the underdog, and hence we are together."
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But now when the fog has cleared, and I can see everything without conditioning, I know it was destiny. We were meant to be together.
It was a hot summer afternoon in Delhi when I saw him for the first time.
A lanky, bespeckled young man in a black terry-cotton bellbottom and a light green printed shirt, with a leather sling bag from Rajasthan, walking towards the NSD lobby.
He was definitely not my type.
#HeroesOfHumanity
"We perform last rites, cremate bodies abandoned by families & provide other ambulance services to people who cannot afford them. We sometimes felt frustrated as we could not lead normal lives.