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A school in Ernakulam introduced gender neutral uniforms. We also tell you about an MBA Chaiwala who flunked his CAT exams but earns in crores today! Listen in on Smile India! Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India get to know about a HIV positive couple from Delhi who believe in truly living in the moment. Also get to know about eco warrior Janak Palta who helps people live a sustainable life. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle:https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India get to know how a city in India gets clean filtered water from the Municipal Corporation round the clock. Also get to know of a Mumbai couple who set up a flourishing business in their 80s! Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India get to know about Pagalor Pathshala – a Kolkata based NGO that’s trying to help single screen cinema halls survive by going there to watch films regularly! We also tell you about the cafe in Bangalore that has special innovations for it’s waiters, who are disabled and delightful. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/io, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India, hear the story of Vimal from Kerela, who celebrated Diwali by sponsoring 4 orphans' education including other expenses. Vimal is an orphan too and grew up in the same orphanage. Shifa also tells us about an old man who lived in an old age home in Baroda. He saved a little each month and on Diwali, distributed boxes of sweets to people less fortunate than him. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios,or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India get to know about Nilanjana Chatterjee, who showed bravery and risked her life to save an unknown woman's life. We also tell you about the place in Noida where you can get a great home cooked meal for just 5 rupees.Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle:https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India get to know about shops without shopkeepers in Mizoram. Based on a price list people take what they want and leave money in a box on the counter. Also, get to know about an unlettered Padma Shri Award Winner, Bhuri Bai who painted in stones as a construction labourer before she got discovered. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India get to know about Dr. Aparna Hegde whose NGO, ARMMAN calls pregnant women and new mothers and gives free counselling in their mother tongue...selflessly saving lives. Shifa also tells you about the youngster from Bhilwara, Rajasthan who gave up a cushy life abroad to come serve the nation. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Smile India, find out how Monisha from Mumbai uses empty cartons of tetra packs to create durable furniture for schools. Also, find out about how a Mangalore couple are successfully unschooling their twins. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India we tell you about Asrar Usmani from Bangalore who commits daring acts to save animals in danger. We also talk about designer Vaishali Shadungle who made it from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh to the Paris Fashion Week purely on grit. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India get to know about bio-degradable crockery made from surgarcane waste in Ayodhya. We also tell you about the lady in Kolkata who is protecting the Rabindra Sarovar Lake for the last 20 years.Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India, get to know how villagers from Nagaland carried a home on foot to help one of their own. Also get to know about the Mumbaikar who builds food forests for the needy. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, Shifa Maitra tells us about Queer Bagh in Rajpipla where members of the LGBT community live together in a palace! Shifa also tell you about a music therapist who helps cancer patients. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India, we tell you about Meril Raj from Madurai who travels by bus and not his own bike. Because a squirrel family have made his bike their home! We also tell you about how a constable in the Delhi Police is now an IPS Officer. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India, Shifa Maitra tells you about how 3 college students from Pune have collected lost recipes from pan India and uploaded them on the web for all to use. We also tell you about a young environmentalist in Surat who makes bricks out of discarded PPE kits. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India, Shifa Maitra tells us about a couple who saves money from their tea stall earnings and have traveled to 16 nations so far! Also, get to know how a dancing competition helped an athlete get to the Olympics! Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India, Shifa Maitra tells us about Poly Pattnaik, a school principal in Bhubaneswar. She started this late school because as a child she hated having to wake up early for class. Also, get to know about a night watchman who is today an IIT professor. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile india we tell you about R S Ranju who is a bus conductor by day and detective stories writer by night! Also get to know about the mother who is helping specially abled youngsters become entrepreneurs. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today, on Smile India we tell you about Bakeys edible cutlery that's made of millets and is good for both you and the envoirnment. We also talk about Amey Hete, a Mumbai based businessman who paid 1 lakh 20 thousand for a dozen of mangoes so that the seller (a young girl) could get herself a smartphone and a chance to study online. Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on Smile India, we tell you about a village in Meghalaya where their language involves whistling! We also talk about a youngster from Noida who is walking across the country for fun! Do follow Shifa Maitra's page "Good News Indians" on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodNewsIndians/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Instagram handle: https://www.instagram.com/shifamaitra/ Follow Shifa Maitra on her Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/ShifaMaitra?s=09 You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.