1| “I will die with a paana [spanner] in each hand,” says Shamshuddin Mulla. “Death will be my retirement!” That may sound dramatic, but Shamshuddin has indeed spent a large portion of more than 70 years wielding a spanner and other tools.

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@PARInetwork 2| Now 85, Shamshuddin estimates he has repaired more than 5,000 engines in 75 years – engines used for drawing water from the river, for extracting oil from groundnuts and oilseeds, moving stones from construction sites and wells, and for various other purposes.

1| Meet Jitendra Shinde, 50, an autorickshaw driver from Kolhapur who has ferried over 15,000 patients – including more than 1,000 coronavirus patients to the hospitals for free. 2| “If someone tests Covid positive, society makes them a pariah. How will such people reach hospitals or quarantine centres?” Mr Shinde asks. He continuously seeks updates on the number of vacant beds in hospitals and quarantine centres.