Photo feature: Power of 10 strong-willed achievers

With a strong belief in their ideals and indefatigable spirit, these achievers from diverse fields overcame personal and societal limitations

May 17, 2019, 15:50 IST2 min

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&ldquoAt the induction as a fellow of the Royal Society, I&rsquom signing the charter book that has signatures of distinguished fellows that goes all the way back to Newton, Darwin&hellip&rdquo - Gagandeep Kang, Scientist

Image by Madhu Kapparath

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"I was told 'you are like a girl, you are like a boy, you dress in girls' clothes', but I held my head high and never, never lost hope of being myself." - Anjali Lama, Transgender model (Represented by Feat.Artists)

Image by Aditi Tailang

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&ldquoI&rsquom looking back at my life from ten years ago. I had a dream, a silly dream but I am living it now.&rdquo - Gulshan Devaiah, Actor

Image by Aditi Tailang

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"I put myself in the same situation as you yo, and the collaboration that happens then is pure and cohesive yo&hellip" - Prabh Deep and Sez on the beat, Hip-hop artistes

Image by Madhu Kapparath

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&ldquoWe thought there must be other people like us, so we sourced and roasted the coffee we wanted to drink.&rdquo - Matt Chitharanjan and Namrata Asthana, Brewmasters

Image by Amit Verma

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&ldquoI am a self-taught filmmaker and a one-woman crew. How do I do it? I don&rsquot know. I just want to do it, so I do it. I also did not know that I&rsquoll make a feature film alone&hellip I didn&rsquot even imagine. But I made it.&rdquo - Rima Das, Filmmaker*(* - from The Telegraph)

Image by Getty Images

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&ldquoI have no secrets to tell. I am just a very down-to-earth woman.&rdquo- Tessy Thomas, Rocket Scientist*(* - from The Telegraph)

Image by Getty Images

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&ldquoI&rsquom asking myself everyday&mdashhow do we continue the process of nation building without destroying our planet?&rdquo - Nuru Karim, Architect

Image by Aditi Tailang

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"Asking 'how' or 'why' is merely exercising your curiosity. It&rsquos often the outrageous 'why not' that leads to a breakthrough." - Ramesh Gound, Car designer

Image by Priyank Sharma