Twenty-five years of stories of triumph against odds
Jhinuk Mazumdar | | Published 13.12.20, 03:23 AM A Hindu youth with a rare blood group travelled 450km from Ahmedabad to donate blood for a little Muslim girl. When asked whether he would like to meet her, the man replied: “She could be Hindu or Muslim or Sikh or Isai, I am just a human being.” Dhiren Pithiya, the youth, came to Calcutta to give away the courage awards at the inaugural edition in 1996. 2020: A 17-year-old, the son of a farmer in a West Midnapore village, h...