1. In a country where HIV patients are shunned and stigmatised, a Chennai woman poses with her adopted HIV positive child.
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2. After severe floods, a boy salvages his most valuable possessions – his school books.
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3. A contestant gets ready backstage at the first ever Miss India Transgender pageant, organised by Chennai volunteers.
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4. A nun sits with 2004 tsunami survivors in the weeks after the calamity, lending a hand, an ear, and a shoulder.
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5. And children orphaned by the tsunami plant trees in their parents’ memory.
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6. An assistant helps a disabled boy embark Chennai’s “Fun Bus,” which takes underprivileged children on citywide tours.
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7. A man rescues his best friend.
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8. Prithika Yashini smiles outside Madras High Court after a judgment cleared her to be India’s first transgender police sub inspector.
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9. Fishermen’s children sit through a Bible reading class on Marina Beach.
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10. One Chennai resident carries another to a polling station so she can cast her vote.
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11. One woman, amidst the city’s heaviest rains in a century, sets out to serve customers relying on her.
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12. Three women, who support their children and families, pose with their livelihood.
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Two of them left abusive husbands to be independent, and the third was widowed.
13. A bakery opens its doors to adults with learning disabilities, and rehabilitates them into the workforce.
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14. An NGO shuttles dogs to Bangalore to keep them safe and dry through Chennai’s floods.
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15. And two toddlers at a Super Kings match prove it’s never too early to start rooting for your hometown.
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