“My life wouldn’t have been this happy and lively without this cycle. It has kept me away from health issues," says the 74-year-old Jyotsana Kagal, who has proved that age is just a number and that one can pursue their dreams and passions at any stage.
Growing up in the Bankikodla village of Gokarna, Jyotsna had always been fascinated by bicycles and watched men and boys riding them with wonder. At 14, she borrowed bikes from her neighbours and taught herself to ride.
When she began working as an Anganwadi worker,
she purchased her first bicycle in 1968, as until then, she had been riding boys’ bicycles. Only after buying her own bike did she ride a ladies’ bicycle. In 1976, Jyotsna even caught a thief by chasing him on her bicycle, which remains her favourite adventure on the gear.
She upgraded her cycle in 1988 and bought a new one, which she still pedals today.
And everything she does effortlessly while wearing a saree. After retiring from her job at Anganwadi, Jyotsna began working as a pigmy deposit collector.
She starts her day with yoga and meditation and then works on her own farm. After that, she hops on her bicycle and visits people’s houses to collect pigmy deposits and teach them better ways to save money.
All this while, her love for pedalling never faded,
and she continues to enjoy it to this day, inspiring others to pursue their passion regardless of age.
Bioluminescence lets humans see something special and rare: the quiet glow of ocean waves, the twinkling beauty of fireflies and the sparkling shimmer of forest floors.
"My father is my inspiration because he always motivates us and encourages us to move further if we fail," says Aarti Jha, who secured 192nd rank in #NEET and now aims to become a neurologist.
Hailing from Agra in #UttarPradesh, Aarti chose to drop her preparation for a year while she taught students in a local school. "I used the money to pay for my coaching classes. I began preparing after 2020 & since then, have been working diligently to crack the exam," she says.
"She will be the first doctor in the family, and it is a huge achievement. Despite financial problems, she has managed to crack the exam," says her father, Bishambhar Jha, who has worked as a truck mechanic for the last 40 years.
“While visiting a temple in Sri Lanka during a work trip, I discovered something strange. I paid my respects and bent down. But when I tried to get back up, I couldn’t.
I had a 50-50 chance of survival, and things were not looking great. I had six months,” notes Hari, adding that by September 2010, radiation, chemotherapies, and surgery followed.
The doctors hoped that the aggressive treatment strategy would be enough”, said Hari Subramaniam, founder of LifeSigns. “There are so many different reports and different doctors.
I took a bike ride service yesterday and had the fantastic experience (1st of its kind) of meeting this ambitious and dynamic powerhouse of positivity. Ms. Venkata Lakshmi L is in her 40’s and a single mother.
After her husband's death, she had no time to grieve as she had to care for her family. But, being not one of the easy giving-up types, she told me that she invested every penny from her savings into getting the bike and signed up for both services to make ends meet.
For seven days, he was tortured, beaten and could only escape when he jumped from the third floor of the building where he was being kept hostage. He ran several kilometers to reach the closest railway station to reach home. This incident had a heavy impact on my brain.”
Though Ananya had grown up hearing incidents of people from local #tribal communities being kidnapped, she only realized the gravity of the situation when her father was abducted one day in 2002.
I wanted to find a better way to use discarded plastic and help clean the environment," says Tamil Nadu’s K Sankar, who, along with his son Senthil Sankar manufactures clothing using recycled #PETbottles.
The utilization of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles extends to packaging several things, but these bottles often end up in landfills, where they can take considerable time to break down.