Person · Haryana
Sunil Jaglan
The man behind the Selfie with Daughter campaign, which encouraged parents to celebrate their daughters at a time of concern over Haryana's gender ratio, and spread around the world.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Mann Ki Baat · 30 April 2023
Episode 100
The 100th episode looked back on the programme and spoke again to people featured earlier: the creator of Selfie with Daughter, a Kashmiri pencil-slate maker, a Manipuri lotus-fibre weaver and a Himalayan clean-up campaigner.
4 people highlighted. Read the official English transcript.
Person · Jammu and Kashmir
Manzoor Ahmed
A maker of wooden slats for pencils in Kashmir who said his business had grown to employ more than 200 people since an earlier mention, with plans to hire 200 more. Local farmers now get much better prices for the trees they sell.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Manipur
Vijayashanti Devi
A Manipuri woman who makes cloth from lotus-stem fibre. She now works with 30 women, plans to grow to 100, and was preparing to export to buyers in the USA.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person
Pradeep Sangwan
The founder of the Healing Himalayas campaign, which cleans up waste in the mountains. He said it went from a handful of clean-ups a year to collecting about five tonnes of rubbish a day.
As described in Mann Ki Baat