Born into a poor family, Vicky Roy ran away from home when he was 11 and worked as a ragpicker at the New Delhi railway station. His life took many twists and turns after that and a couple of years down the line he is now an acclaimed, globe-trotting photographer thanks to many mentors and godfathers who walked into Roy's life at the right time and gave it a direction

Gurpreet Singh, who works as an engineer with Punjab Power Corporation in Mohali, has an interesting hobby. He transforms broken and reusable things into eye-catching showpieces by the process of upcycling – this simply means using these articles for a new purpose. In Gurpreet's home, flowers bloom in old shoes, plants thrive in old pipes and jars of ghee and refined oils. The whole house has been decked up with such curios

Thousands of people from the Badaga community in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu, observe their biggest festival, Hethai habba in Ketti and pay their respects to goddess Hethai Amma, their protector and benefactor