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Lambani artisans
Some 450 Lambani artisans set a world record by creating about 1,800 unique embroidered patches, showcasing their craft to visiting delegates.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Mann Ki Baat · 27 August 2023
Episode 104
Episode 104 featured Lambani artisans setting a world record, India's medal winners at the World University Games, a Bengaluru driver turned student of inscriptions, Meghalaya's cave explorer and a Kota dairy farmer using biogas.
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Person · Uttar Pradesh
Pragati
An archer who won two medals at the 2023 World University Games after recovering from a brain haemorrhage in 2020 that left her on a ventilator.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Assam
Amlan
An athlete who switched from football to athletics after losing his first state meet, trained in Hyderabad and Bhubaneswar, and won a medal at the 2023 World University Games.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Uttar Pradesh
Priyanka
A race walker who won a team medal in the 20 km event at the 2023 World University Games, carefully controlling her pace after two warnings from the judges.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Abhidanya
A pistol shooter, the daughter of two schoolteachers, who once spent hours a day travelling to train and went on to win a medal at the 2023 World University Games.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Bengaluru, Karnataka
Dhanpal
A driver on Bengaluru's city sightseeing service who, unable to answer a tourist's question about the city's history, began studying it himself, found old stones and inscriptions and earned a diploma in epigraphy.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Meghalaya
Brian D. Kharpran
A cave explorer who made his first exploration as a schoolboy in 1964 and in 1990 co-founded an association to explore Meghalaya's caves. His team has found more than 1,700 caves, put the state on the world cave map and documented creatures found nowhere else.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person · Kota, Rajasthan
Amanpreet Singh
A dairy farmer who set up two biogas plants on his farm, cutting his electricity costs by about 70 per cent.
As described in Mann Ki Baat