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Wayanad cyclist Aifa Mehrin sells juice to fund her racing bicycle
A national-level downhill cyclist from Kalpetta runs an evening juice stall to raise Rs 8 lakh for her bicycle and gear.
For the past three months, Aifa Mehrin, a national-level downhill cyclist from Kalpetta in Kerala's Wayanad district, has been selling homemade juice every evening at Ayyappa Junction to fund a new racing bicycle. The third-year BA English student at St Mary's College, Sulthan Bathery, needs about Rs 8 lakh for a downhill bicycle, helmet and protective gear. Sponsors she approached did not reply, so she started her own brand, Aifa Naturals. Her mother, siblings and friends run the stall while she is at college.
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Parsi family from Mumbai offers chadar at Etawah’s Warsi dargah
During the annual Urs at Dargah Abul Hasan Shah Warsi, a Parsi family joined devotees in offering sandal paste and chadars.
A Parsi family from Mumbai offered sandal paste and chadars at Dargah Abul Hasan Shah Warsi in Katra Sahab Khan, Etawah, on the second day of its four-day annual Urs, Amar Ujala reported on 2 November. The offering was made during the ghusl ritual performed by honorary secretary Hasnain Waris Honey Warsi and trust members. The day also had Quran recitation, a mehfil-e-sama and qawwali, and pilgrims came from several states.
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Muslim artisans build Ramayana tableaux for Ayodhya Deepotsav
Craftsmen from Lucknow, Moradabad and other districts are shaping scenes from Lord Ram's life at Ayodhya's Saket College for Deepotsav.
Muslim artisans from Delhi and several Uttar Pradesh districts are working day and night at Saket College in Ayodhya to build Ramayana tableaux for Deepotsav, Dainik Jagran reported on 4 November. Javed from Lucknow, here for his third Deepotsav, works alongside Ejaz Khan and Shanu. "Religions may differ, but God is one," he says. Shahid from Moradabad has come for the first time, and Intezar from Shahjahanpur is building and decorating frames.
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Patna’s Shakila Khatun has made Chhath chulhas for 40 years
A Muslim woman in Patna makes the clay stoves on which Chhath devotees cook prasad, a craft she learnt from her mother-in-law.
Shakila Khatun, a Muslim woman in Patna, Bihar, is once again making clay stoves for Chhath, work she has done for about 40 years, News18 Hindi reported on 5 November. She learnt it from her mother-in-law, and her two daughters-in-law now help. Each chulha takes four to five hours and sells for Rs 200. While the work lasts, she bathes daily and avoids meat. "Only the clan differs, people are one," she says.
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Banda constable Anmol Gautam donates blood to save three-year-old girl
The policeman stepped in when the family of an anaemic child at Rani Durgavati Medical College could not find a donor.
Constable Anmol Gautam of Singhpur police outpost in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district donated blood for three-year-old Sanjana Savita, Amar Ujala reported on 3 November 2026. Sanjana, daughter of Bhairav Savita of the Singhpur area under Bisanda police station, was admitted to Rani Durgavati Medical College with fever and anaemia. Her family could not arrange a donor. After the constable gave blood, Dr Deepika Mishra said the child was out of danger.
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Gurugram police and local women help mother deliver baby by roadside
A tea-stall owner's call brought an emergency police team in minutes, and a healthy boy was born near Sector 68.
Gurugram police and local women helped a woman in labour deliver a baby boy by the roadside near M3M Marina in Sector 68 on 31 October 2026, The Tribune reported. Tea stall owner Urmila called the police, and emergency vehicle ERV-235 with EHC Sandeep and Constable Sandeep reached in five to seven minutes. With help from women nearby, the boy was born healthy on the spot. Mother and baby were then taken to the Badshahpur dispensary for care.
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Nahan’s Nadim Ali reaches blood bank in 10 minutes to help woman
A volunteer donor in Himachal's Sirmour district gave A-positive blood to a critically ill woman awaiting surgery at Medical College Nahan.
Nadim Ali of Nahan in Himachal Pradesh's Sirmour district donated A positive blood to a critically ill woman at Medical College Nahan, Amar Ujala reported on 4 November 2026. The woman, from Naiwala village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, had haemoglobin of 8 and needed blood before surgery. The gynaecology department contacted the Drops of Hope Society, which called Nadim. He reached the blood bank in 10 minutes. Gynaecologist Dr Amod Singh gave him a certificate.
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Amroha college hosts Diwali kavi sammelan and mushaira in Hindi and Urdu
Hindu and Muslim poets shared one stage at JS Hindu PG College, opening with a Saraswati Vandana and a Naat.
The Darvesh Foundation and the Hindi and Urdu departments of JS Hindu PG College in Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, held a Diwali kavi sammelan and mushaira at the college's Sudarshan Auditorium, Amar Ujala reported on 4 November 2026. Poet Satyendra Dhariwal opened the evening with a Saraswati Vandana, and Humayun Haider recited a Naat. Senior shayar Maikash Amrohvi presided. Dr Satyavir Singh Chauhan, Prof Rachna Gupta and Syed Farman Haider Naqvi received the Amroha Gaurav Samman.
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Nagaon’s Alamara Barbhuiya runs an Assamese attire business with eight women
A Muslim entrepreneur in Assam sells mekhela chadors across India and says her faith and Assamese identity go together.
Alamara Barbhuiya of Nagaon in Assam has built a business in traditional Assamese attire, Awaz The Voice reported on 3 November 2026. She began in 2008 with materials worth Rs 5,000. Her brand, AB Assamese Ethnic, now runs seven looms, employs eight women and sells online to buyers in Mumbai, West Bengal, Haryana and other states. Many buy her clothes for Hindu festivals. Answering online comments on her faith, she asks why following Islam should stop her from being Assamese.
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Hindu calligrapher Anil Kumar Chauhan has decorated over 200 mosques and dargahs
A Hyderabad signboard painter taught himself Urdu and Arabic, and a Jamia Nizamia fatwa backed his work in mosques.
Anil Kumar Chauhan, a Hindu artist born in Hyderabad in 1970, has written Quranic verses and prayers in Arabic on more than 200 mosques and dargahs, Awaz The Voice Urdu reported. He started out painting shop signboards in the old city and learnt Urdu and Arabic on his own. When some people objected early on, he approached Jamia Nizamia, which issued a fatwa allowing his work. His calligraphy also covers the Ameen Peer Dargah in Kadapa.
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Burn survivor Parveen Khan runs a Jaipur foundation for patients’ families
Badly burnt at 14, the Sikar woman now feeds hospital patients' families and trains girls in sewing for free.
Parveen Khan of Sikar, who suffered burns over more than 70 per cent of her body at 14, now runs the Mehar Foundation in Jaipur, Awaz The Voice reported on 4 November. Named after her mother, the foundation began by collecting surplus food from restaurants for patients' families at hospitals, feeding 30 to 50 people a day. Its sewing centres in Amer have trained over 500 girls free of cost. She funds most of the work from her jewellery business.
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Tiruvannamalai man has given last rites to 3,610 unclaimed bodies
P Manimaran has buried unclaimed bodies across Tamil Nadu for 25 years and pays for every funeral himself.
P Manimaran, 40, of Thalayamballam village in Tiruvannamalai district recently buried a woman whose body had lain unclaimed for months at a government medical college hospital in Vellore, ETV Bharat reported on 1 November. He finished the hospital and police paperwork, bought garlands and other items, and held the burial at Paalatrangarai cemetery. In 25 years he has given last rites to 3,610 unclaimed bodies across the state, all at his own cost.
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