Some Impeccably Honest And Respectable People In India Today.

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Dasrath Manjhi, a landless farmer from India, made history after he spent over two decades chiseling away at a mountain with rudimentary tools, in order to create a road for his community, when the Government refused to.

 

If you're looking for some motivation, stories don't get much more inspirational than that of Dasrath Manjhi. 53 years ago, he set out to carve a 1mk-long path through a rocky hillside, all by himself, in order to make it easier for his fellow villagers to access schools, markets and neighboring villagers. “This hill had given us trouble and grief for centuries. The people had asked the government many times to make a proper road through the hill, but nobody paid any attention. So I just decided I would do it all by myself,” Manjhi told Indian newspaper Tehelka, in 2007, a shortly before succumbing to the cancer that was plaguing him. With just his chisel, hammer and shovel, this legendary man turned what was once a precarious one-foot-wide passage into a 360 ft-long, 30 ft-wide road accessible by bicycle and motorcycle. The hill kept the region’s villages in isolation, forcing people to trek through dangerous terrain for hours just to reach their lands or the nearest market town. Children had to walk eight kilometers to reach school, but thanks to Dasrath Manjhi’s handmade road, that distance has been reduced to three kilometers, and people from over 60 villages now use it every day. 

But what empowered a single man to accomplish such a monumental task? For Dasrath it was the love for his wife. “My wife, Faguni Devi, was seriously injured while crossing the hill to bring me water; I worked then on a farm across the hills. That was the day I decided to carve out a proper road through this hill,” the farmer said. Sadly, his beloved wife didn't get to see the fruits of his labor, as shortly after the accident she fell ill and died, because she couldn’t be taken to the hospital in time. The tragic loss only made the ambitious man more focused on his task, and fellow villagers remember seeing him “ hacking at the hill day and night as if he were possessed”. But with the passing years, his motivation changed. “My love for my wife was the initial spark that ignited in me the desire to carve out a road. But what kept me working without fear or worry all those years was the desire to see thousands of villagers crossing the hill with ease whenever they wanted,” Manjhi said in an interview. 

 

 

 

 

Although you’d expect people to jump in and help someone working for the entire community, it wasn't Dasrath Manjhi’s case. At first, people ridiculed him and called him mad for taking on such a herculean task, but as time went by, and the unfazed farmer continued to split the troublesome hill in half, he started getting some help. “Though most villagers taunted me at first, there were quite a few who lent me support later by giving me food and helping me buy my tools,” he remembered. Now, all the people of the Gaya district have nothing but gratitude for the “mountain man” who single-handedly made their lives so much easier. 

 

 

He never received any recognition from the Indian Government for his accomplishment, just a state burial, after he passed away, in 2007. “What I did is there for everyone to see. When God is with you, nothing can stop you,” Dasrath Manjhi once said. I am neither afraid of any punishment from any government department for my work nor am I interested in any honour from the government.” It took him 22 years to fulfill his self-imposed task, but it granted him immortality…   

 

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Prem Ganapathy-The Dosawala

Prem Ganapathy, was stranded at the bandra station,when the person accompanying him left him and ran away. Prem had no local acquaintances or knowledge of the language. Out of pity, a fellow Tamilian guided him to a temple and appealed worshipers to contribute money for his return ticket to Chennai.
 

Prem refused to go back and decided to work in Mumbai and started cleaning utensils in a restaurant. He appealed to his owner, to let him become a waiter as he was class 10 pass. The owner refused, because of regional politics and Prem bided his time till a neighbor hood dosa restaurant opened and offered him a job from a dishwasher to a tea boy.
 

Prem became a huge hit with the customers because of his excellent customer service, initiatives and relationship and brought business Rs. 1000 daily which was almost 3 times as compared to other tea boys. The life was good.
 

A customer made him an offer. He was planning to open a tea shop in Vashi in Mumbai. He wanted Prem to be his 50 - 50 partner where the owner would invest the money while Prem would run the shop. The shop started doing brisk business when the owner became greedy. It hurt him to share 50 % of the profit with Prem and he threw Prem out replacing him with an employee.
 

Prem was made of a different material and he was never going to be defeated. He took a small loan from his uncle and with his brother, opened his own tea stall. Unfortunately the neighbourhood residents objected. He then started a hand cart but that also did not work out. He found a spot and set up a south Indian stall. He did not know a thing about dosas and idli but learnt by observation, trial and error. The dosa stall was a huge hit and flourished during the 5 years from 1992-1997. But why was the tiny dosa stall was was so successful in spite of competition from ubiquitous eateries prevalent in Mumbai. According to Prem it was its hygiene, proper appearances of the waiters and fresh ingredients which stood out as a difference.
 

He saved a couple of lakhs of Rupees and instead of heading home he took the biggest risk of his life and opened a new shop near Vashi station and named it as Dosa Plaza. His Chinese plaza next to the Dosa Plaza flopped miserably and was shut down in 3 months. Undaunted, Prem realized some lessons from it. He applied those lessons in making Chinese cuisine in his dosas which worked very well.
He got passionate and invented a variety of dosas with Chinese style like American Chopsuey, Schezwan Dosa, Paneer chilly, Spring roll dosa etc. The 108 types of Dosas in his menu gets him a lot of publicity.
 

A chance encounter with a customer who was part of the team setting up a food court in a mall in New Bombay advised him to take a stall at the food court and again Prem was ready and willing to grow and expand. His vision was to grow by better offerings and better customer service. He also went to ad agencies to create the brand identity including the logo, brands, menu card, waiters dress etc.
He started getting a lot of offers for franchising and had to find out the meaning of franchising and its modus operandi. Dosa Plaza currently has 26 outlets and 5 of them are company owned. It has 150 employees and a turnover of 5 crore. All the branches are connected and networked and there are training managers and proper manuals to maintain standard and uniform product and services.
Merit is the only criteria; all the employees regardless of the caste or region are treated equally. They are loyal and have grown with the company. The original team of cooks which was the part of the first Dosa venture is still with Prem. Currently he is also getting enquiries from US and Europe for franchisees.

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Durga Shakti Nagpal – An Honest IAS Officer Suspended

 

 

 

Durga Shakti Nagpal is a young and upright officer of the Indian Administrative Service. As Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar she launched a frontal attack on the dishonest sand mining mafia who operated illegally along the Yamuna and Hindon rivers. The mafia had the tacit support of the corrupt politicians and some big shots of the UP government. She not only caught the culprits red handed but also confiscated their dumpers and fined them to the tune of lakhs of rupees. This ruffled the feathers of politicians in power, some of whom were beneficiaries of the illegal operation of sand mining mafia. They took it as a personal challenge to their money making projects (which were in direct contravention of law of the land).

 

The fire brand officer, Durga Shakti stood no nonsense and went by the rule book. She followed the law of the land and judgements delivered by the Supreme Court of India. Durga Shakti is honest to her finger tips and had nothing to be afraid of. The common man in villages and towns was happy with her performance because loss of the mafia was a gain to citizenry.

 

In a village in Greater Noida, a handful of people were building a mosque with the boundary wall being on government land. Observing due process of law, Durga Shakti, SDM , ordered demolition of the wall that was an encroachment on the government land.

 

The sand mafia and some politicians in power who were licking their wounds and loss of illegal income now raised the bogey of communal tension on demolition of the boundary wall of the mosque. Where nothing works, the dishonest people raise the false alarm of communal tension and danger of a communal riot. As per Police of the area no such communal tension existed in any part of the areas of Greater Noida on demolition of the said boundary wall.

 

Shri Bikram Singh former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh has gone on record to say that the correct act of the said SDM was taken in the right spirit by the persons concerned as it was in observance of a judgement of the Supreme Court of India that forbids construction of a place of worship on government land and calls for remedial action to restore status quo ante.

 

Durga Shakti had done precisely the same as was the judgement of the Supreme Court of India. In fact her act of bold decision and implementation should be commended and rewarded by the State Govt. However, where the Mafia and Ministers are hand in glove with, who cares of acts of an honest IAS officer who had tread on their toes by taking steps to stop the illegal sand mining and thereby caused monetary loss to them to the tune of lakhs of rupees.

 

The IAS officers Association has backed the righteous acts of Durga Shakti and even represented their case to the Chief Secretary who promised to place the case before the Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav.

 

The Media, both print and electronics, has launched an attack on the high handedness of the UP Chief Minister in suspending a young IAS officer for her honesty and uprightness by citing flimsy reasons based on untruth.

 

Abha Singh, a former bureaucrat, said on a TV show that the Collector of the District and also Commissioner of the Division are to blame for buckling under government pressure and suspending the young officer. Obviously if the senior IAS officers are upright and go by the book, no harm will come to them. However, many of them take the easy course of action to side with the wrong side for loaves and fishes. Honest and upright officers are made of sterner stuff.

 

The Minister of State in Dept. of Personnel, Government of India says that his hands are tied by rules. He cannot intervene unless the State Govt sends a report on suspension or the aggrieved officer approaches them for redressal of grievances.

 

It is understood that a PIL has been filed in the Allahabad High Court by a citizen seeking justice for the young IAS officer. If she is not reinstated and posted back as SDM, Noida, a wrong signal will go to Mafia that they can have their way as they like and it would deter other honest officer from taking action against mafia and gangsters. If the law and order situation is going from bad to worse, the responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of the present state government of which Akhilesh Singh Yadav is the Chief Minister.

 

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Dasrath Manjhi, Prem Ganapathy -- ee rendu chadiva migithavi malli saduvta GP

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Dasrath Manjhi, Prem Ganapathy -- ee rendu chadiva migithavi malli saduvta GP

 

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Durga Shakti Nagpal – An Honest IAS Officer Suspended

 

 

 

Durga Shakti Nagpal is a young and upright officer of the Indian Administrative Service. As Sub-Divisional Magistrate of Noida, District Gautam Budh Nagar she launched a frontal attack on the dishonest sand mining mafia who operated illegally along the Yamuna and Hindon rivers. The mafia had the tacit support of the corrupt politicians and some big shots of the UP government. She not only caught the culprits red handed but also confiscated their dumpers and fined them to the tune of lakhs of rupees. This ruffled the feathers of politicians in power, some of whom were beneficiaries of the illegal operation of sand mining mafia. They took it as a personal challenge to their money making projects (which were in direct contravention of law of the land).

 

The fire brand officer, Durga Shakti stood no nonsense and went by the rule book. She followed the law of the land and judgements delivered by the Supreme Court of India. Durga Shakti is honest to her finger tips and had nothing to be afraid of. The common man in villages and towns was happy with her performance because loss of the mafia was a gain to citizenry.

 

In a village in Greater Noida, a handful of people were building a mosque with the boundary wall being on government land. Observing due process of law, Durga Shakti, SDM , ordered demolition of the wall that was an encroachment on the government land.

 

The sand mafia and some politicians in power who were licking their wounds and loss of illegal income now raised the bogey of communal tension on demolition of the boundary wall of the mosque. Where nothing works, the dishonest people raise the false alarm of communal tension and danger of a communal riot. As per Police of the area no such communal tension existed in any part of the areas of Greater Noida on demolition of the said boundary wall.

 

Shri Bikram Singh former Director General of Police, Uttar Pradesh has gone on record to say that the correct act of the said SDM was taken in the right spirit by the persons concerned as it was in observance of a judgement of the Supreme Court of India that forbids construction of a place of worship on government land and calls for remedial action to restore status quo ante.

 

Durga Shakti had done precisely the same as was the judgement of the Supreme Court of India. In fact her act of bold decision and implementation should be commended and rewarded by the State Govt. However, where the Mafia and Ministers are hand in glove with, who cares of acts of an honest IAS officer who had tread on their toes by taking steps to stop the illegal sand mining and thereby caused monetary loss to them to the tune of lakhs of rupees.

 

The IAS officers Association has backed the righteous acts of Durga Shakti and even represented their case to the Chief Secretary who promised to place the case before the Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav.

 

The Media, both print and electronics, has launched an attack on the high handedness of the UP Chief Minister in suspending a young IAS officer for her honesty and uprightness by citing flimsy reasons based on untruth.

 

Abha Singh, a former bureaucrat, said on a TV show that the Collector of the District and also Commissioner of the Division are to blame for buckling under government pressure and suspending the young officer. Obviously if the senior IAS officers are upright and go by the book, no harm will come to them. However, many of them take the easy course of action to side with the wrong side for loaves and fishes. Honest and upright officers are made of sterner stuff.

 

The Minister of State in Dept. of Personnel, Government of India says that his hands are tied by rules. He cannot intervene unless the State Govt sends a report on suspension or the aggrieved officer approaches them for redressal of grievances.

 

It is understood that a PIL has been filed in the Allahabad High Court by a citizen seeking justice for the young IAS officer. If she is not reinstated and posted back as SDM, Noida, a wrong signal will go to Mafia that they can have their way as they like and it would deter other honest officer from taking action against mafia and gangsters. If the law and order situation is going from bad to worse, the responsibility rests squarely on the shoulders of the present state government of which Akhilesh Singh Yadav is the Chief Minister.

 

she was placed back into service as far as i know.

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Bangalore: Karnataka Health Minister U.T. Khader Sunday came to the aid of an old couple, involved in an accident, sending them to a hospital in his official car and himself taking an auto to reach his destination.

"The minister was going for 'namaaz' prior to the breaking of the Ramadan fast when he saw the old couple hit by an auto rickshaw at Mekri Circle. He immediately got down and asked his driver to take them to K.G. Hospital at Malleshwaram (in western suburbs)," an official told IANS here.

After alerting the hospital to attend to the injured couple, Khader took an auto from the circle to resume his journey to a mosque for the prayer and breaking of fast with supper later. Khader, a devout Muslim hailing from the coastal area of the state, regularly fasts during Ramadan.

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We think we’re such badasses just for managing to getting off the train at Rajiv Chowk station during peak hours. But we’re nothing compared to what real badasses achieve. They find something worth fighting for and despite all the odds, they hold their ground.

Sometimes they do so for their country, sometimes they do it to resist mighty oppressors and some other times it’s just pure survival instinct. Either way, their toughness, grit and determination make them ultimate badasses. We’ve compiled the names of some of the most badass people India has ever produced. It’s time we know a little more about them.

 

1. Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav
   
   Part of Ghatak Platoon tasked with recapturing enemy bunkers on Tiger Hill, Yogendra Singh Yadav was shot in the groin and shoulders while climbing the steep slope of the hill. Even then, he managed to destroy the first bunker by lobbing a grenade into it and then engaging in hand-to-hand combat with four enemy soldiers in the second bunker, killing all of them. Captured Tiger Hill with ultimate badassery.
    
2. Rukhsana Kauser
   
   LeT team entered her house. They assaulted her family for not handing her over to them. She charged at them with an axe. Snatched the LeT commander's AK-47, shot him dead and chased the others away. She was just 20-years old when this happened, back in 2009.
    
3. Jadav Payeng
   In 1979, a 16-year old Payeng started planting trees in a tree-less sandbar near Jorhat in Assam. Now that area has become a forest encompassing an area of 550 hectares. One horned rhinoceroses, Bengal tigers, deer, rabbits and various bird species now inhabit that area. What makes him a total badass is the fact that he fought for something most of us take for granted – Mother Nature herself.
    
4. Kamla Devi
   
   This 56-year old woman from a remote Uttarakhand village called Koti, came face to face with a leopard which lunged at her. They fought for over 30 minutes before she managed to grab hold of her sickle, a farm tool, and kill the leopard. She is now recovering in a Lucknow hospital.
    
5. Naik Fazal Din
   
   He was an Acting Naik in the 7th Battalion, 10th Baluch Regiment of the British Indian Army fighting the Japanese in Burma during the Second World War. While trying to capture a bunker, his team got attacked by six Japanese soldiers, with two officers wielding swords for close combat. They killed his fellow gunner and then stabbed Fazal through the chest. Fazal Din pulled the sword out, killed his attacker and two other soldiers and then walked back to his camp to report it before falling dead.
    
6. Mamta Rawat
   
   This 24-year old school drop-out and trained mountaineer helped carry many people to safety during the 2013 Uttarakhand floods. She carried people on her back and ran up to 3km each time for each trip. The tragedy is, in her own village, hers is the only house that got washed away.
    
7. Dashrath Manjhi
   
   In 1967, he lost his wife due to lack of timely medical attention, in a village called Gehlour in Gaya district in Bihar. Nearest town was 70km away. It would have been 15km away had it not been for a hill that forced people to make the long detour. After his wife's death, he started chipping at the hill to carve a path through it. In 1982, he was successful. This badass man passed away in 2007 but now the people in that area are much closer to civilization.
    
8. Palam Kalyanasundaram
   
   He was raised in a village where kids had to walk 10km to go to school. After completing his education, he started working as a librarian in a college and in his 35-year career, he donated every paisa from his salary towards charities dedicated to educating the poor. He did the same with his retirement fund and the Rs 30 crore award that was given to him for his acts of charity. Despite having a Master's degree, he did odd jobs to sustain his living.
    
9. Lachit Borphukan
   
   He was the commander of the Ahoms (of the Ahom dynasty that ruled Assam) fighting against the might of the Mughal empire in 1671. An expert in siege defence, while building embankments on the night before one of the battles, he chopped off the head of his own uncle for dereliction of duty. "My uncle is not greater than my country!" he said. During the Battle of Saraighat, when the Mughals were almost winning, he boosted the morale of his own troops by jumping onto a boat to charge at the enemy fleet even though he was sick. That day, the Ahoms defeated the Mughals.
    
10. Neerja Bhanot
    
    She was the senior flight purser on the infamous Pan Am Flight 73, which was hijacked by four armed terrorists from the Abu Nidal group. They wanted her to reveal the identities of the American passengers but she had already hidden their passports. When the terrorists opened fire, she opened an exit for people to escape even though she could have been the first one to jump off. She was shot dead while trying to shield three children from gunfire.
     
11. Kishan Lal.
    

    

    
    We saved this one for last mainly because there’s a good amount of tragedy here. Kishan Lal, also known as ‘Chacha Bomb Squad’ is one of the truly unsung heroes of India. We didn't even have an image for him while creating this post. Working as a bomb disposal expert with the Punjab police, during the turbulent 80’s and 90’s, Kishan Lal has helped prevent over a dozen blasts in Punjab. But when the news reported on such incidents, the cops got all the credit. It’s even more tragic how he seriously injured his hand on the job while trying to defuse a bomb in the pouring rain. He did not receive any compensation from the state for the treatment. Local reports say he passed away in 2006 without any fanfare. 
    
    This is clearly not an exhaustive list. There are possible stories of badassery we haven't even heard of yet. As our readers, maybe you guys can suggest more names and stories? Who knows, maybe there's another list we can put soon.

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[font='lucida grande']"I have never talked with any auto driver, but once when I was traveling with my mom in a random auto in Karur, I noticed something different. That auto driver had written on his auto about his children's qualification with their names. Me[/font][font='lucida grande']and my mom were surprised seeing that and my mom asked him about it.

Mom: Is your daughter a doctor in Trichy GH? Where did she do her schooling?
Driver: Yeah. She studied in a small school in our village, but she did really work hard and now, she is going to get married to another doctor in a month.

My son is a pilot in London and he married a woman there and is living happily with my grandson.
Mom: Don't mistake me, but why you are driving auto while your children are at good positions?

Driver: This job only made me bring up my children to this level. I can never forget or give up this job even though now I am financially strong. Now I am driving auto as a hobby and helping people by dropping them at their destinations.

This incident made me realise that even if I become a billionaire in future, I should never forget about my past and the things or people that made me successful!"[/font]

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Pune: Beaten up and thrown out of her house by her husband at a very young age, Sindhutai Sapkal lived on the streets till she found her calling in life. She is now a mother to many abandoned children and runs four homes in Pune.

It was three years ago, when a baby, Sakshi, was found in the corn field of a village in Maharashtra, without any shelter, warmth or love. She was brought to Mamata Bal Sadan Ashram in Saswad, Pune and was given a home, a happy family with sisters, and of course, the love and blessings of Mai, Sindhutai.

"Every time I fed the homeless children, I used to think of the thousands of orphans out there," says Sindhutai.

Born to an illiterate cowherd in Pimpri district of Maharashtra, Sindhutai was educated till class 4 against her mother's wishes and married off by 10, to a man, who was 20 years elder to her.

In 1972, she took up the cause of helping village women sell cow dung they collected to the Forest Department, which didn't go down very well with her husband. A pregnant Sindhutai was beaten black and blue and thrown out of the house.

With her newly born daughter Mamata, Sindhutai wandered from town to town, singing and begging near temples, and even tried to commit suicide, till she found her calling – taking care of orphaned and tribal children.

Beginning with her first ashram at Mamta Bal Sadan in the 1994, Mai went on to set up five homes in Pune and Wardha district. The homes survive on donations, and alms she receives after her lectures. Sindhutai has never given any of the children up for adoption.

"I give lectures across the world to run my organisation," says Sindhutai.

Mai has nurtured over a 1000 orphaned children, giving them a home, an education and a life to hope.

"I want to fulfill Mai's dream by becoming a doctor," says one of the girls at Mai’s home.

"Mai has only studied till class 4, so it is my dream to make her proud of me, and I want to be a teacher," says Sindhutai's daughter Pooja Sapkal.

"Mai is our driving force, she coxed me to study further, today I am an assistant professor at a college and I'm doing my PhD as well," says her son Shyam.

In many cases, Mai's children opt to live and work for her. Deepak, 50, Sindhutai's first adopted son, takes care of her biggest ashram. Deepak dada also gives children vocational training such as farming.

"I am Mai's first son, and I have seen her go through all her trials and tribulations. The hardest part in life was when we would travel from one town to another, with no money, food or shelter. She would go to temples and sing bhajans, and that's how we would get rice and pulses. From there, we have reached here," says Deepak.

Mai has also taken it upon herself to wed most of her children. A proud Sindhutai boasts that she has 36 daughters-in-law and 177 sons-in-law.

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