Dr Sunitha Krishnan, born in 1969, is an Indian social activist and co-founder of Prajwala , an institution that has helped near about ten thousands of trafficked women and girls find a safe haven in their shelter. The organisation also helps pay for the education of five thousand children infected with HIV/AIDS in Hyderabad alone. Prajwala’s “second-generation” prevention programme operates in 17 transition centres and has helped thousands of children of prostituted mothers. NGO’s strategy is to remove women from brothels by giving their children educational and career opportunities. Krishnan and her staff train survivors in carpentry, welding, printing, masonry, and housekeeping. In the process of saving lives, she has been attacked 14 times by criminals and left impaired by right ear but her determination got more strong with time. Our "Namaste India" team congratulates Sunitha Krishnan for this award. The below video is of her TEDx speech: She was
Pachisi, Chausar, Chopad or popularly known as Ludo is an ancient Indian game, which per some historians Mughal Emperor Akbar was addicted to and used to play with real people instead of plastic buttons or plastic statue miniatures, the game has now become a strategy game and are taught at business schools. On August 29, 1891, Alfred Collier had applied for a patent in England, claiming that a board game, which he named Royal Ludo, was his invention. Since then the game became popular worldwide by the name we know today. Later on, the British Royal Navy converted it into a board game called ‘Uckers’. According to some historians this board game of Ludo or pachisi originates in India as far back as 3300 BC. The exact origins of this legendary game though seems uncertain, but some earliest proofs of this game comes from the historic Ellora Caves in Maharashtra, where the board game was depicted in the form illustrations on the wall. This seems to suggest that Ludo was an Indian creation.