Mann Ki Baat · 26 March 2023
Episode 99 featured two families who chose organ donation in grief, women setting new records from the railways to the Oscars, a solar-powered housing society in Pune, and Dal Lake farmers exporting lotus stems.
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Group · Amritsar, Punjab
Parents whose baby daughter Ababat Kaur died at 39 days old. Drawing strength from Guru Nanak's teachings, they donated her organs; doctors said she became India's youngest donor whose organs were successfully transplanted.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Seraikela, Jharkhand
After 63-year-old Snehlata Chaudhary suffered brain death following a road accident, her family donated her heart, kidneys, liver and eyes, as she had wished, giving four people new life and two their sight.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person
Asia's first woman locomotive pilot, who set another record by becoming the first woman to drive a Vande Bharat Express.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group
The producer and director of The Elephant Whisperers, which won the Oscar for best documentary short in 2023.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Person
A scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre who received a special award from the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry for her work in chemistry and chemical engineering.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Pune, Maharashtra
Residents who installed solar panels to run their society's shared water supply, lifts and lights. The panels generate about 90,000 kWh a year and save around ₹40,000 a month.
As described in Mann Ki Baat
Group · Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
About 250 farmers who grow nadru, or lotus stem, in Dal Lake formed a producer organisation and have begun exporting it, sending two consignments to the UAE.
As described in Mann Ki Baat