Billion Beats

By Aditi Pathwardhan  | AUG 2017 "To be doing good deeds is a man’s most glorious task.”  –   Sophocles About 15km from Mysuru, Karnataka, is a nondescript village called Kenchalagudu. Most of us haven’t even heard the name, leave alone being able to pronounce it correctly. It almost never appears on political maps of either the State or the country. Yet, this tiny village has something that will make every Indian proud. Read more...

By Shivendra Urs   | FEB 2017 For many of us, when the much evasive hope arrives in darkness, we do not even feel it. But for visually-impaired Manjunatha C., hope had nothing to do with a rare feat he achieved, armed with only his grit and determination. A PhD scholar in Political Science, Manjunatha received his doctorate from the hands of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at the University of Mysore during the 97th convocation which was held in December 2016. Read More...

By Haritha John   | MAR 2017 Melethuveettil Sasi has never heard of Dashrath Manjhi, the Bihar mountain man, who single-handedly carved a road to his village. But the 63-year-old disabled man from Vilappilsala in Thiruvananthapuram district, has nearly achieved an equally impressive feat, carving a 200-metre road through the hill in front of his house. It took him three years to finish the arduous work that gives his family and five other families a straight road to reach the wider world. Sasi had been a coconut tree climber since the age of 15. Read More...

Other links related to news on website launch TOI:  http://timesofindia.india times.com/city/bengaluru/kalam s-billion-beats-to-now-tell-su ccess-stories-of-inspiring-ind ians/articleshow/59412759.cms DC:   http://www.deccanchronicle.com /technology/in-other-news/0107 17/dr-kalams-dream-billion-bea ts-website-launched.html MB:  http://english.mathrubhumi .com/news/india/unsung-heroes- launch-website-of-billion-beat s-fulfilling-yet-another-dream -of-guru-kalam-mathrubhumi-1. 2052121 Rajasthan Patrike:  http://www.patrika.co m/news/karnataka/billion-beats -will-inspire-struggle-and-suc cess-1613979/ Billion Beats:   http://www.billionbeats .in/tributes-to-guru-kalam-15. html

Five unsung heroes from different walks of life joined hands to launch a dedicated website for Billion Beats, an initiative started by former President of India Dr A P J Abdul Kalam in 2007, to capture success stories of inspiring Indians. At a simple function held at the Government Tamil Primary School in New Thippasandra (Bengaluru), www.billionbeats.in went live, fulfilling yet another dream of Dr Kalam. Witnessing the event were around 40 students of the school, their teachers, volunteers and a handful of well-wishers of Dr Kalam. Full report here:  http://bit.ly/2ttEudi

www.billionbeats.in

Offering our pranams to #GuruKalam , as we set out to launch a dedicated website for #unsungheroes and #inspiringIndians . http://www.billionbeats.in

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