Harekala Hajabba from Karnataka, an orange vendor, received Padma Shri Award from the President of India.
Karimul’s services started after he lost his mother due to the non-availability of an ambulance on time to move her to the hospital.
Jagdish Parikh was the recipient of the first National Grassroots Innovation Award conferred by The National Innovation Foundation
Sulagitti Narasamma started helping in deliveries in her 20s.
Many of the Padma Shri awardees are normal citizens who do ‘extraordinary’ things for the country like serving the poor, establishing free schools etc.