Rakesh Vishwakarma is an assistant teacher at Composite Model School Saneeya, Ramapur district, Uttar Pradesh since 2018. Along with education, children in this school have also made a name for themselves in sports. Rakesh is sharing his experience of teaching in this school in this teacher's diary.

Sunil Kumar is a teacher at Shahjahanpur East Secondary School, Kajrinoorpur, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the oldest schools in the neighbourhood which lost its relevance with time. Read how this school’s reputation was revived by this teacher’s hard work.

Girls of Bijauli village in Dholpur, Rajasthan had to drop out of school after class 8 as there was no high school nearby. Upgrading of the local school has brought girls back to school, with more than half the school students now girls.

During the four day-long Raja festival, it is believed that Bhudevi (Mother Earth) menstruates and prepares herself for future agricultural activities because of which all farming activities such as digging of soil and ploughing the field are suspended. Women, particularly unmarried girls, have a special place in this festival.

Grateful that her parents encouraged her to study and didn't force her to marry at a young age, 20-year-old national level Kabaddi player Neelam Pardhi is aware that she has merely been lucky to do what she wanted in life. There are thousands of girls like her from her 'denotified' community who yearn to decide their own courses of lives — and the young athlete's greatest ambition is to inspire these girls to break free from the shackles of gender divide and get rid of the stigma attached to her community. A ground report from Madhya Pradesh's Panna.

Far away from the spotlight of roaring stadia and sports channels, a silent sports revolution is underway in the villages of India where coaches nurture young athletes. Many of these players are bringing glory to their district, their state, and the country.