Sandeep Unnikrishnan- A True Hero

India is celebrating it's 67th independence day on August 15th 2013, India has tremendously grown in many aspects, one of the fastest growing economies in the world. India is a leader in many fields name it science, medicine, technology and so on. There is contribution of many great individuals to make India what it is today and all these people have been such great inspirations to every Indian and fellow human beings !!

There are many people who have had sacrificed their life's to keep all of us warm and safe, one such great soul is Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. A true hero who fought so bravely against terrorists and sacrificed his life in the 2008 Mumbai Terrorist attack .A true unsung hero, who needs a great salute and respect from all of us today.

Sandeep was the team commander of 51 SAG deployed at the Taj Mahal Hotel on 26th Nov, 2008. Terrorists had captured the building and there were many hostages inside the hotel. Sandeep lead the operation and rescued many who were held as hostages . Major Unnikrishnan led his team from the front and engaged the terrorists in a fierce gunfight. Without caring for his life he chased the terrorists and fought against them. In this intense fight he succumbed to serious injuries causing his death. The hero showed true dedication, leadership and patriotism for his country. He saved many lives by sacrificing his own.

When I see his picture, his innocent smile, calm demeanor always brings a strange acute sense of inspiration and respect towards him. Sandeep was only 31 years old when he died. As per his friends he was always a true achiever, he always topped in everything he did with great focus. He inspires millions of youth today to aspire and be something in life, to thrive and give back something to society. Major Unnikrishnan i
s a true inspiration and a hero who will always be remembered forever.

Sandeep a big salute for your sacrifice and dedication. India Salutes you !!

Oprah Winfrey- Most Influential women in the World:

Every time I watch her on the screen, there is something magical about her which keeps me enticed. The most influential lady in the world, the lady who have had made the most influential celebrities to speak their heart out. Her grace, charm, talent and continuous struggle in life has made her one of the world’s most successful entertainer and first African American female to be a billionaire. She is Oprah Winfrey. On May 30th 2013, she received her honorary doctorate for Law from Harvard, the speech she gave on the occasion was simply splendid and she kept every one truly engrossing.


Born in the rural Mississippi to an unmarried teenager, Oprah had her own share of struggle in life. Her parents left her at an early age and she was brought up by her grandmother in great poverty. She was in such a poor condition that she didn't even have clothes to wear, most of the times she wore dresses made of potato sacks. She had a tough childhood including sexual abuse. Oprah was strong enough to fight against everything she faced in life to thrive for success

She was influenced by Barbara Walters with her talk show. Oprah decided to be TV host. She started her journey in 1986; she continued her journey for 25 years. She hosted 4561 number of episodes until 2011; that is when she decided to venture out her own TV Network called ‘OWN’. During this period she interviewed many celebrities, common men/women in the various arenas of life. Her show become the talk of the town, she started influencing many people across the globe. Her show provided motivation and inspiration for millions of people across the globe to overcome their fear to become something in life

Oprah is a true humanitarian; she has reached out millions of people with many social issues which needs people attention for change. Whether it is can be poverty, sexual abuse, war, sexuality and so on. She has changed millions of life through her show. Oprah reached out to 50,000 poor children and distributed Christmas gifts in Africa, in 2004. She has contributed millions of dollars of her personal earnings to fight for poverty, AIDS awareness, women and children rights and so on. She has pleaded people across the world to contribute money for social cause.

In many Ways, Ms.Winfrey is a motivation and inspiration for many of us. She has reached to millions of people across the world through her good deeds. Whenever we watch her show, there is a true value of life which comes out. Every time when we watch her show, we realize there are bigger problems in the world then the problems we face in our life. However, we should never lose hope to fight against them, as there is always a ray of hope which comes after every struggle. Oprah, hats off to you for all your great deeds.

Mother Theresa- Mother of Love

A girl at the age of 10 wanted to serve poor people, she decided to make this as motto of her life. She was born in Skopje, capital of the Republic of Macedonia. She became nun in Ireland and she decided to start her journey to server people in India. She landed in Calcutta in 1931. She started working as a teacher. Poverty in Calcutta was at its peak that time. She was upset with the poverty and social issues people were suffering in that era. She decided to serve people; she opened a missionary called “The Missionaries of Charity”. The primary objective of this mission was to look after people, who nobody else was prepared to look after. She is Mother Theresa. In 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and has become a symbol of charitable selfless work

Calcutta was suffering with major down periods, Bengal famine and Hindu/Muslim Violence before the partition of India. She decided to leave the convent in 1948 to serve people. She started residing with poorest people of Calcutta  She wanted to be part of their lives, she started to wear a white saree with a blue border as respect to Indian culture. She formed a group of Nuns who had similar interest to poor people. Mother Teresa and her group of nuns started to serve on minimal Income, she started begging people for funds. Slowly her efforts with the poorest were noted and appreciated by the local community and Indian politicians. She started getting international attention and her efforts started paying back slowly

She started serving people suffering from Leprosy. In 1952, she opened her first home for the dying, which allowed people to die with dignity. Mother Teresa often spent time with those who were dying. She provided shelter for people and care for dying heart and soul. She cared for people till their last breath. She cared for people; she started building love and care among her group. There are many sisters who were trained, under her, to take care of people and to spread love

She left her own country, she didn't know the language. There was poverty spread around her. But nothing bothered to affect her. She successfully worked among poor and sick people spreading warmth and love. There are thousands of people who received her affection. She became a role model for many people who wanted to serve people across the globe. She significantly contributed in west also for welfare of poor and downtrodden people.

She became mother for many people. People like her rare to come, but when they do, they truly spread huge warmth love and affection making world worth living.

Sachin Tendulkar- God of Cricket

In his 23 years of cricket career, he has been a delight to watch on the cricket pitch. Cricket is a celebration for Indians; Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is truly the god of the cricket. He is always a feast to watch, he always wows the crowd with his amazing shots of sixes and fours. He is a nightmare for every bowler across the world. He has the highest record of runs in test and ODI. No one in their lifetime, will ever be able to break Sachin’s record.

He was a very notorious and mischievous boy when he was a kid, to curb his activities his elder brother introduced him to cricket. Sooner cricket became his passion for life. Under the guidance of Achrekar, Sachin started to practice for hours. Acherkar would keep a 1 rupee coin on the stumps and would challenge the bowlers to dismiss Sachin. However, Sachin always won without giving chance to any bowlers to dismiss him. Sachin’s mother spent hours together in Shivaji Park making sure Sachin learns all tricks needed to be the next super star of cricket world.

Tendulkar debuted in 1989 to play against New Zealand tour. Initially he struggled to cope up with the pressure; however he soon went ahead and became the top scorer in the series. Thereafter he has never looked back. He inspires many youths in India to think about a career in sports which was considered to be a taboo before. Every parent wanted their children to be doctors or engineers but they never encourage sports.

Lately, many parents have been open to encourage their kids to venture into sports, often parents ask Kids to be someone like Sachin. He has made a tremendous remark in every Indians heart.

Today he is turning 40. Taking this opportunity to wish him happy birthday, Sachin you are truly the God of cricket. Cricket loves you , Please continue to inspire millions of youths through your amazing journey of cricket.

Kiran Shaw- A true Dreamer

A lady wanted to create many enzymes to emulate many health issues from the globe. Her story started in a small garage in outskirts of Bangalore with an investment of 10,000 Indian Rupees, roughly 200 USD. Her motivation to thrive harder to provide solutions to health related issues like diabetes, oncology and auto immune disease lead to industrial enzymes manufacturing company named as BIOCONE. She is the richest lady of India, 100 most influential women in the world. She is Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw


Kiran after her graduation went to Melbourne to do her post-graduation in Malting and Brewing fro
m Ballarat College, Australia. She returned back to India and decided to be an entrepreneur. She was 21 and she was woman entrepreneur in early 1970’s, which was a rare combination. She had to deal with her own struggle to understand the area of entrepreneurship and also deal with the fact of financial liabilities in starting her business. Many banks rejected her loan. She had to run behind the banks and financial institutes with her honest proposal. Kiran didn't give up, she struggled and tried her best to get what she wanted. 

She started Biocon , a bio pharmaceuticals company. She made her each employee to understand the meaning of ‘vision’. Her leadership made a well-organized and proficient work force. She always liked to share responsibly among the workers that taught us what leadership is. Perhaps she has proved again that ‘impossible is a word found in a fool’s dictionary’. Whatever problem arises within the organization, Kiron Mazumdar Shah is taking the necessary steps immediately by herself to solve the problem and her workout steps are sincerely monitored. This behavior made her the most indispensable, respectable and authoritative leadership in Biocon. Kiran Mazumar Shaw is the first woman entrepreneur showed ‘what a woman cannot do!’

Her belief that healthcare needs can only be met with affordable innovation has been the driving philosophy that has helped Biocon manufacture and market drugs cost-effectively. At present Biocon is the  Asia’s largest insulin and also the largest antibody production facilities.

She has been acclaimed with many awards and honors across the world. She continues to help the poor people and downtrodden of the society. She has opened a cancer hospital with 1400 bed facilities reaching out to people across the globe.

A lady with her true aspiration and motivation can change the world. Kiran is the true exemplary for many women across the globe. She teaches a lesson to believe in your vision.  A vision helps you struggle in life and makes you achieve whatever needed in life.

Sankara Eye Foundation: Providing Vision for Millions

Mother Nature has so many beautiful things in the world, also Man has invented so many architectural wonders for all fellow human beings to look around and enjoy. Vision is the most important part of life. I can’t even imagine how difficult is for the people without the vision to experience the world and deal with daily chores. Aren't we lucky, as we have the vision to see and explore the beauty of the world.

There are many people who can’t explore the world. With latest advent of technology there are many treatments available in the market for the cure. However, not everyone is in the affordable zone of such treatments. There are many voluntary organizations across the world who works selflessly to reach out to people.

One such institution is Sankara Eye Foundation also called SEF, a non profit organization based out of US. SEF works toward eliminating curable blindness in India. The motivation of SEF is to realize the goal of "Vision 20/20 by the year 2020," and perform 1 million free eye surgeries annually by the year 2020. SEF is based out of many places in India reaching out to millions of people through their selfless service.

SEF is mainly based out of Milpitas, CA. There are many people who are voluntarily contributing to reach out to millions of people. SEF was founded by Murali Krishnamurthy and K. Sridharan. They decided to reach out to millions of people through their selfless deeds. The foundation has been appreciated by many people and leaders across the globe for their selfless deeds.

Many such voluntary organizations should exist so many poor people across the globe can get benefit from the latest medical facilities. Please read more about them online and help them to reach their Goal.

Padma Nandakumar- True example for women empowerment

Women have many roles to play, a mother, a sister, a wife and many more roles in their life time. She has many dimensions for her personality. She has to step into many shoes at many points of her life. As there is a saying, if a girl in the family is educated, she knows how to keep her entire family educated. Women with her thoughts and actions can truly empower herself, her family and the society. There are many such women’s who have had and who will continue to change lives of many people through their endless empowerment.

My inspiration for today’s article comes not from any celebrity. She is someone as normal like us, who continues to inspire people around her. I have known her very closely and she is Padma Nandakumar. Hailing from a simple middle class background, Padma had always inclination towards art from childhood.  She continued to hone her skills day by day, in creating various unique crafts like carving dry coconut, making clay models, creating lot many art works which could decorate many houses and which are extensively used in traditional Indian weeding.

After her marriage, Padma initially didn't get much chance to explore her skills. She was busy with her family life. There comes a day, where she decides to pursue her hobby to satisy her passion. In early 90’s there was no market available for her crafts to be salable at high prices. She struggled to make money, however her passion to achieve success kept her going. She started in a small scale. She started to build her network so she could supply her art work. She had her own share of struggle and one day she was able to hit the nail

Today she has more than 30 plus women working under her round the clock, 7 days a week. She supplies her art work to most part of Bangalore and Karnataka. She has created many customized versions of art which are truly impeccable. Her art work is unconventional and still she tries to work hard and finds a market for them, at the age of 64 she never rests. She thrives harder day by day to make significant contribution to her family and people around her. She has given bread and butter to many families. People talk about women empowerment, she have achieved it through her efforts. She has created jobs for many girls/women, who could support their families, many wives to run their home with a drunkard husband, many mothers to support their kids’ education. She has reached out to many downtrodden and poor people who hardly have any education. She has employed and provided life for many uneducated women. She provided hope for many women to stand on their own legs, even though they were not educated. They could still lead a decent life by learning skills thought by Padma.

People like Padma, continues to mark a difference in the society. We must really appreciate her commendable strength, where she could dream a hope for herself empowering many women around her. She proved that no skills in life can go in vain; it’s all in your hands to polish it and utilize it in a right way.