Sharing Positive News : Edition V

Mumbai Cab Driver’s Honesty Is Winning Hearts Online

This heartwarming encounter is making people smile

The story of a Mumbai cab driver’s honesty has gone viral online, and it’s making people smile from ear to ear. The story was shared by a Twitter user who goes by the handle ‘@DarthSierra’. He wrote about the encounter he had with an Ola cab driver, named Asif Iqbal Abdul Gaffar Pathan. In his account of the incident, the Twitter user praised Mr Pathan for going out of his way to return a lost wallet and spoke about the importance of sharing positive stories on social media.

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Inspired by Super 30, Rajasthan Doc Provides Free NEET Coaching to Poor Students

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Since they take in 25 students each in classes 11 and 12, the name 50 Villagers came about. A practising doctor, Dr Saran did not see himself take up teaching. “However,” he says, “it was the circumstances and the education system that made me become a teacher and mentor.”

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I am 15-Yrs-Old But I Want To Dedicate My Whole Life To Help Elderlies††

“About six months ago, I was going back home when I saw an old man wrestling with a dog on the side of the road. When I looked closely, I realised that the dog had a roti in his mouth and the old man was struggling to get a piece of it. That sight impacted me deeply.

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106-Year-Old Woman Has Been Drumming For 80 Years, And She’s Still Got It

Musicians rejoice! Legendary percussionist Viola Smith might have discovered the secret for a happy, long and healthy life: energetic drumming as well as the moderate consumption of good wine.

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Boxer Tyson Fury Has Donated Entire $9 Million Of Earnings To Support The Homeless††

What would you do with $9 million? For most people, the question would likely need to be pondered for several days. However, for heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury, the answer was easy: donate it to charity, specifically to help the homeless. After he won the $9 million from a match with Deontay Wilder, he did precisely this.

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“I Played Role Of Involuntary Clown,” An Inspiring Story Of Blind IAS Officer†

“A conservative estimate of disabled in India is over 2% of the population. Most of them are fighting silent battles every moment and achieving small wins every day.

Belonging to this community, I feel happy and privileged to be recognised and appreciated to such an extent in the past few months. And at the same time with the existence of the likes of Louis Braille, Helen Keller and many more, I feel humbled.

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Fable : Anger Management

A Zen disciple approached his teacher. “Master, I have an uncontrollable temper. Can you help me overcome it?”

“Hmmm, that’s strange. Can you show it to me?” asked the master.

“Not right now.”

“Why not?”

“It occurs suddenly.”

“Then it can’t be a part of your true nature,” said the master. “If that were the case, you wouldn’t have any difficulty in showing it! Why do you allow something that isn’t yours to worry you?”

Thereafter, the master’s words would come back to the student whenever his temper rose. Soon, he learned to check his anger and developed a placid temperament.

Interpretation: Awareness is indeed the first step in controlling our emotions, be it anger or anything else.

Sharing good news – Edition I

Read recently through R Sridhar of connect ticket about a young girl, who had begun a good news newspaper. Emily Coxhead had felt a lot of despair at the negative news after various human created issues like 9/11 and decided to take this as an opportunity to share good news, instead of just negative news.

This made me remember my own attraction to Life Positive magazine, http://www.lifepositive.com for the same reason, in what seems like aons ago.

Now, I feel I should also do this, at least once a week on my own also. Would love your views and ideas on this small step of mine.

Some of the stories I wish to share in my first edition are given below –

This 26-Yr-Old Is A Singer, Composer, Motivational Speaker And 80% Disabled

Imagining spending even one day without the use of hands and legs is a difficult task for a majority of us. But one man has decided to challenge a debilitating disease and become an inspiration to many. This is Sai Ksaustuv Dasgupta. Click here to read more

Sai Ksaustuv Dasgupta

How a 30-Minute Radio Program is Building Peace in Refugee Camps

Since South Sudan’s civil war began in 2013, over one million citizens have fled to neighboring Uganda.

Refugees continue to face tension—both between ethnic groups and with host communities—but in the Bidi Bidi refugee camp, one group of refugee reporters are behind a radio program that is broadcasting hope.

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Watch Quick-Thinking Bus Driver Stop Youngster Just As He Was About to Step in Front of Speeding Car

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This quick-thinking bus driver may have accidentally revealed herself to be a guardian angel in disguise after she saved a student from almost certain disaster.

Samantha Call has been a bus driver for the Norwich City School District of New York for the last six years, and her training came in handy last month as she was driving along her usual morning route.

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 They Disguised Themselves As Boys in Order to Pay the Bills, Now ‘Barbershop Girls’ of India Given Scholarships

May 11, 2019

These two Indian girls have been defying gender stereotypes in their village for years – and now they’re being rewarded for their hard work.

Neha and Jyoti are known as “The Barbershop Girls” of Banwari Tola village in Uttar Pradesh.

The youngsters earned their nickname back in 2014 when their father fell ill. Despite the fact that this career field is entirely dominated by men, the sisters took charge of their father’s barbershop so they could pay for his medical treatment — and their own education. The girls even disguised themselves as boys in order to avoid confrontation over working in a male-dominated profession.

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Woman Quits Cushy US Job to Go Organic, Transforms Farm into 10-Acre Food Forest!

Nearly a decade ago, Bhatia gave up a well-paying job as an environmental analyst with the United States Environmental Protection Agency in Boston and traded her busy city life abroad to live at Vrindavan Farm.

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How to get a rooftop solar power connection for your Chennai home

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“I have been urging everyone to switch to solar for the last decade. It is the best decision I have made. If people just understood how simple it is, they would be willing to try it. It has to do more with the mindset” says Chennai citizen D Suresh, who has been bestowed the moniker Solar Suresh for his efforts to take solar energy to the general public in the city and the state.

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Opinion | How General Elections 2019 were disabled-friendly

The Election Commission took a definite step forward signaling the recognition of the citizenship of persons with disabilities and ensuring their inclusion

The Election Commission of India (ECI) had promised an inclusive election. The theme for this massive operation was “leave no one behind”.(Ajay Aggarwal/HT PHOTO)

April 11 was voting day in Noida. It was Phase 1 of the festival of democracy, the biggest elections in the world. I was excited, curious and a little apprehensive. The Election Commission of India (ECI) had promised an inclusive election. The theme for this massive operation was “leave no one behind”. Advertisements on radio, television and social media were repeatedly talking about accessible polling booths, Braille markings on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), list of candidates in Braille, pick-and-drop facilities, trained personnel etc. I believe that this is the first time that the ECI had looked at persons with disabilities as serious stakeholders in the General Elections. I was delighted to be included, though had serious fears about the reality on the ground. There is often a huge gap between the cup and the lip when it comes to intent and execution.

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As I complete compiling this, more than anything else, I feel like saluting the human spirit that is essentially all about positivity.

Happy reading, friends.