Billion Beats

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...

By Team Billion Beats   | OCT 2016 Unlike many of us, Srikanth Kumar Sahu is a hard worker with a creative mind.  Born in an economically backward family living in Odisha’s Tolakani village, he is one among the few around us who had a dream, and pursued it to his most imaginative way. His is not a rags to riches story, but a story of what dreamers can achieve if given a chance. When young, it was virtually impossible for his family to live with the sole income of his father. Therefore, to support the financial requirements, he started working at a paan shop after school. He also used to help his father in the field. 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

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