Dr Ganesh rakh who pays to have a baby girl in this hospital

Dr Ganesh Rakh, running Medicare Hospital Foundation Trust in the Hadapsar suburb of Pune in India, does not charge any fees if the infant delivered is a girl. Till date in over 144 deliveries, both normal and caesarian, maternity charges were not only waived off but the entire hospital celebrates the birth of the girl child by distributing sweets in the hospital.

C.V. Raman the first Indian person to win the Nobel Prize in science

One of the most prominent Indian scientists in history, C.V. Raman was the first Indian person to win the Nobel Prize in science for his illustrious 1930 discovery, now commonly known as the “Raman Effect”. It is immensely surprising that Raman used an equipment worth merely Rs.200 to make this discovery. The Raman Effect is now examined with the help of equipment worth almost millions of rupees.

Kirthiga Reddy – Director of Online Operations and Head of Office India, Facebook India

Kirthiga Reddy is the director of Online Operations and Head of Office India at Facebook India. In her current role, Reddy heads Facebook’s operations in India, supporting the company’s growing number of users, advertisers and developers worldwide who are capitalising on Facebook’s global service to foster relationships with people and reach out to new customers locally and internationally. Prior to Facebook, Reddy was VP and GM of the Consumer Security business unit and India operations at Phoenix Technologies (NASDAQ: PTEC)

Ajit Narayanan AVAZ an alternate communication system for Disabled

Invention Labs was founded by Ajit Narayanan, an alumnus of IIT Madras. Ajit is the Chairman and Managing Director of Invention Labs. He worked with American Megatrends Inc. in Fremont, California before returning to India to found Invention Labs. Ajit has 17 patents pending with the USPTO, 1 PCT application, and 3 Indian patent applications. His areas of interest include natural language processing, embedded systems design, microprocessors and microcontrollers, computer languages and technical documentation. Ajit holds a B.Tech and M.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras, where he was awarded the Motorola Prize and the Institute Blues for his academic and extra-curricular activities.

Chami Devi Murmu: Jharkhand’s ‘lady Tarzan’

Chami Devi Murmu aka The Lady Tarzan of Jharkhand, India. A native of Barisai village of Jharkhand she is on a mission to save wildlife and improve the forest cover in her state. The forest in this region has vastly diminished because of Timber Mafia and Naxal insurgency. It is one of the most- backward regions of the country because of limited livelihood opportunities as agriculture is not sustainable due to intermittent rainfall. Moreover due to The Red Movement started by Naxals in the area a large amount of people are engaged in anti-social activities

Shila Ghosh is young at 83.

Shila Ghosh is young at 83. Her fingers don't tire; her eyes don't water, as her grandson helps her put together her day's work. Everyday she travels to Kolkata to sell homemade fries. It was here where she met 24-yr-old student Soofiya Khatoon. She stopped, she tasted her homemade fries and she decided to help. "If you feel like helping, just help. It's high time we say we want to help. I also used to think when I grow up, I will help others but that day that drive was there and I thought today I have to help her somehow and I did it," says Khatoon. Says Shila Ghosh, "I feel like I have found a friend.
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A software engineer couple in Chennai have been troubleshooting all 'trash' problems

A software engineer couple in Chennai have been troubleshooting all 'trash' problems. Chennai grapples with over 3,200 tonnes of solid waste everyday and much of it is recyclable. This struck two young software engineers, Sujatha and Jegan, the couple who started Kuppathotti.com in November, 2011. Kuppathotti, when translated in Tamil means a 'trash can'. This eco-friendly initiative also helps some souls to make a quick buck. The process is simple - If you're in Chennai, all you need to do is log on and register. A call from the website follows to schedule a visit to your house. Pile up your empty milk covers, bottles, books, plastics, metal and paper waste. The Kuppathotti agents will then weigh them and even pay you for your junk. For many like Hindi tutor Vasantha Ranganathan, this effort by the youngsters has come as a boon.

Nurse Udasi Sahu makes National Rural Health Mission success in Odisha

The frail and seemingly calm Udasi Sahu manages to conceal the excitement of her first plane journey. But the 42-year-old health worker can’t conceal the thrill of her job – trying to change the face of maternal health in conflict-torn districts of Odisha.

woman fights the drug abuse menace

Rekha Jhingan

Rekha Jhingan dreams of a society free from drug addicts and child labour. A passionate social activist and a determined woman Rekha is running an NGO Sahaj Sambhav dedicated for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. 
In a tete-a-tete with Cityplus, this resident of Sector 17E shares her love and passion for social work. 

Delhi engineer Aakash Sinha makes robots for the armed forces

Simplicity and confidence runs parallel to Aakash Sinha’s personality who has many interesting work to his credit.  A Delhi-based engineer, Aakash is trying to make world where robots   can serve water, perform daily house chores and guard skies - and moving in this direction he is making robots for the Indian Armed Forces and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).  Aakash has widened the scope of robotics in the country where computer and mechanical engineering are the leading fields.

Ramesh Kothwal saving the lives

For nearly two years, 30-year-old Ramesh Kothwal has been responsible for saving the lives and providing shelter to several destitutes in Hyderabad. Physically handicapped and with no one to call his own, Adikrishna has now found happiness in a small shelter, Bharathi Memorial foundation, on the outskirts of Hyderabad. Started by Rajesh Kothwal in 2010, the ashram now takes care of around 70 destitutes, including 14 children. "The doctors, nurses and the ward boys used to the neglect the destitutes and treat the ordinary people. The patients were untidy with human excretion on their clothes and hair grown. They were completely neglected and hence, I thought I will treat them. I requested the nurses and the ward boys and learnt how to inject. It took three to four months to learn. I learnt how to do it but I needed a legal certificate, so I took special training in the male nurse training course from the Indian Red Cross Society for 1 year," Rajesh said. Inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Rajesh helps people lead a life with some dignity and much required medical care. In fact, most of the inmates of the ashram suffer from terminal diseases like HIV, polio and Tuberculosis. While some have been abandoned by their own families at government hospitals, others like 86-year-old Krishna used up all his life's savings to get his daughters married and was then found by Rajesh near a garbage bin at a railway station
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India's first Paralympics swimmer Sharath Gayakwad

India's first  Paralympics swimmer Sharath Gayakwad  

 Paralympic swimmer Sharath Gayakwad began his campaign at the Paralympic World Swimming Championships in Montreal finishing 10th in the 200m Individual Medley.
A swimmer from Karnataka, Sharath Gayakwad, is the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the Paralympics. Born with a deformed hand, Sharath has managed to swim against all odds to get there. "I want to be an Olympic champion and break a world record," the Paraswimmer said. 20-year-old Sharath Gayakwad was born with a hand deformity. But he has been swimming against all odds to become the first Indian swimmer to qualify for the Paralympics. With the help of his coach John Christopher, the ace swimmer has won 30 international and 40 national medals. Sharath says his strength came from being treated equally. "I have never been treated differently, no one has shown pity on me," he said.

Ahmedabad girl Mittal Patadia wins bravery award

Mittal Pataditya is a 13 year old girl from Gujarat. She is one of the National Bravery Award Winner for 2011. She is also recipient of Geeta Chopra Bravery Award

This girl gave a tough fight to three dacoits who almost killed her foster grandmother, Kavita Tahiliani. Mittal also foiled their bid to rob the house. Tahiliani, 70, said that Mittal gave her second life.

Mittal’s valour got her the Geeta Chopra Bravery Award for 2011.

Mahadeva will ensure you rest in peace

Mahadeva, a resident of Bangalore, has been burying the dead for the past 40 years, but instead of being bogged down by the morbid job, he believes he's blessed. For 40 years, Mahadeva has given a dignified exit to at least 75,000 dead people, most of them unclaimed. "This is the only work I know. No one cares about these bodies and they would rot somewhere. So I feel it's like a duty of mine to give them a proper burial, make them feel happy, at least in their after life," said Mahadeva. He has also cremated some high-profile people like Sivarasan, one of those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. His work has thankfully not gone unnoticed. Bangalore police works with him and calls him whenever there is a case of an unclaimed dead body.

NRI family returns to J&K, establishes a school

The family of Sabbah Haji, which left a comfortable life abroad to come home to Kashmir and make a difference, have set up a school in a remote village of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the remote village of Breswana in Doda district, the school is the dream and hard work of Sabbah Haji. "This is my home, this is my family and we had a family trust setup and I thought I will come back and do something better than your normal 9 to 5 job that I had for many years, very comfortable, very fun. I wouldn't say I am rotting. These are my people and these are my friends and their kids so more than just returning the favour," said Sabbah.

Lighting the lives of drop-out kids, Nalini Gangadharan

                       Digging into development

Nalini Gangadharan, who started her work on empowering the youth through education in Andhra Pradesh in 2005, has now educated more than 10,000 students across the country. Lighting the lives of drop-out kids, Nalini Gangadharan is awakening the society. She is raising a ray of hope in dark lives of pupils who were unfortunate to get formal education. Youngsters who dropped out of school owing to family and financial constraints are able to finish their education in Cap Foundation. And they can only thank Nalini Gangandharan, the founder of Cap Foundation, for this endeavour. Nalini Gangadgaran says, "We give the youngsters options of studying at nominal fees, working thereafter, and then studying the next level. It's not about sympathy but about empowering them."

Suresh Nandmehar a cobbler by profession and a journalist by passion.

Suresh Nandmehar is a cobbler by profession and a journalist by passion. The class 10 dropout from Bhopal is the writer, printer and publisher of the magazine 'Baal Ki Khaall'. The idea came to him in 1999 when he and fellow cobblers were evicted from lane next to Bhopal Municipal Corporation. 

Sachin Dev Duggal becomes CEO at 28

Sachin is currently the CEO & Co-Founder of Nivio; a World Economic Technology Pioneer that has a simple mission to rent software and content to people with and without a Windows PC. 

He is also an Advisor to Queen Rania’s Jordan Education Initiative, on the board of India’s largest Music Retail store (PlanetM) and actively involved in the Associate Chamber of Commerce in India in his capacity as a Youth President for Computing and Electronics Chapter.

woman works to save vanishing sparrows

The common house sparrow is not so common anymore and seems to have vanished from the cities. The tiny bird is now battling for survival having witnessed a sharp decline in most Indian cities

Kabita Bhattarai, the battle against leprosy

                                 Woman treats leprosy patients for free

Kabita Bhattarai has treated nearly half a million patients for free in her 240-bed leprosy hospital

Kabita Bhattarai is a lone crusader in the battle against leprosy. Setting up an ashram in a remote corner near the Bihar-Nepal border, she has treated nearly half a million patients for free in her 240-bed leprosy hospital. "

Asia's first woman commercial pilot Touch the skies

                              Captain Indrani Singh

    Captain Indrani Singh

Captain Indrani Singh is not only known as Asia's first woman commander but also for the welfare work she has been doing for underprivileged children.

A young inventor,invents anti-molestation device for women

                                A young inventor, Manu Chopra

Manu Chopra, with former president

A young inventor, Manu Chopra, may soon change the way women travel in the country. He has invented an anti-molestation device for women, which can be worn as a wrist watch.

Ex-IAS officer makes healthcare affordable

former IAS

IAS officer-turned-entrepreneur plans to open 50 more hospitals

A former IAS officer and a doctor in West Bengal has undertaken an initiative to make healthcare accessible and affordable, looking to help more than 70 per cent of India's population living in the villages.

Khap Panchayat makes education mandatory for girls

    Rajasthan: Khap Panchayat makes education mandatory for girls
Khap Panchayats are infamous for their scarily unreasonable diktats. But in a village in Rajasthan's Barmer, a rare order by one such Panchayat, 20 years ago, came as a blessing for girls. The Panchayat made it mandatory for everyone to send their daughters to school or face a penalty. The girls are now all grown up.

84-year old Prabha Pense has been playing matchmaker for the differently abled for the last 22 years.

                  Woman plays matchmaker for differently abled

Mumbai's 84-year old Prabha Pense has been playing matchmaker for the differently abled for the last 22 years. In the case of Prabha Pense, a resident of Mumbai's Shivaji Park, one is neveoo old to play cupid. The octogenarian plays matchmaker to singles and all are differently r tabled. 

Kurla slum school take on the best of Mumbai

Boys from Kurla slum school take on the best of Mumbai

It was only their second season in Mumbai's famous school-cricket tournament, Giles Shield, and their first semi-final ever. However, the boys of Al Barkaat Malik Islam English School, located in the slum neighbourhoods of Kurla, prayed fervently for one thing: that none of them gets injured. 

K Soundarajan

The mathematician is the 2011 winner of Infosys Foundation Science Prize.

                              K Soundarajan: making Maths easy
Kannan Soudarajan is someone who revolutionised the mathematical world with his number theory. He is the winner of the Infosys Foundation Science Prize 2011. 

Kalyanmoy Deb

Kalyanmoy Deb

Computational optimization; optimal design; process optimization; optimal modeling and optimal system design; multi-objective optimization and multi-criterion decision analysis; large-scale optimization; evolutionary multi-objective optimization (EMO) for handling practicalities -- uncertainties, constraints, multi-modalities, noise, and mixed variables; meta-modeling in optimization; hybrid optimization algorithms using evolutionary and classical methods;  evolutionary computation in search, optimization of control of engineering problems; multi-modal optimization; design of self-adaptive evolutionary algorithms; combinatorial optimization; computational intelligence; neural networks; fuzzy logic systems; machine learning; practical applications of optimization in science, engineering, finance and in multi-disciplinary domains.

Dr Siddiqi's project can ensure food for millions

                     Dr Siddiqi's project can ensure food for millions

     Dr Siddiqi's

  Dr Imran Siddiqi's research on hybrid plants can ensure enough food for millions of Indians. He has also won the Infosys Prize for 2011 in Life Sciences. Dr Imran Siddiqi isn't fooled by appearances. India's green revolution gave food to millions. But many of the plants in Dr Siddiqi's research are hybrids with different breeds crossed together, to ensure a bumper yield. But if one takes seeds from such hybrids and replant them - the next generation of plants don't produce nearly as much grain. "What this means is that farmers have to go back and buy new seeds for every planting. This is what seed companies make their money on,

Dr Pratap Bhanu

Dr Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Pratap Bhanu Mehta is President, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi.  He was previously Visiting Professor of Government at Harvard University; Associate Professor of Government and of Social Studies at Harvard. He was also Professor of Philosophy and of Law and Governance at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was also been a Visiting Professor at NYU Law School.  His areas of research include, political theory, constitutional law, society and politics in India, governance and political economy and international affairs. Mehta has a B.A. First Class in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University (St. John's College); and a Ph.D in Politics from Princeton University. He is the recipient of the Malcom S. Adishehshiah Award for 2010 and of the 2011 Infosys Prize for Social Sciences -

The industrial designer who changed rural lives Deepa Balakrishnan,

     The industrial designer who changed rural lives Deepa Balakrishnan,

 Deepa Balakrishnan,

Industrial Designer Neelam Chibber founded Mother Earth with the aim of providing markets for rural craftsmen. Chibber and her efforts to give a facelift to rural craftsmanship have not gone unnoticed. Twenty-three-year-old R Satish, a member of the self-help group Ashraya, goes to his busy workshop every morning. His job is to put finishing touches to boxes made of river grass. He says: "This will be useful in future. Now I know all kinds of work associated with making these crafts and items. I can even start this kind of thing on my own."

The Mechanic who turn Millionaire

                   Hamid Bhat: The Mechanic who turn Millionaire   

Hamid Bhat

A scooter mechanic turned millionaire has also turned an environmentalist in Kashmir. Along with his business, he also runs a successful eco club giving away free saplings to his customers and over 46,000 have already been planted. Abdul Hamid Bhat's journey has been one of struggle, toil and sweat and yet awe-inspiring at the same time. From a scooter mechanic, 14 years ago to becoming a multi-million automobile unit owner now, the 46-year-old school dropout has proved that nothing is impossible. Starting with a few thousand rupees in 1996, Bhat now has a string of various companies dealing in automobiles to electric generators with 250 employees to boast of. Mohammad Amin, Hamid's old colleague, said, "When we started business, we were only two people working, our office was a temporary shed. Today we have a full fledged company and we have grown."

                              Doctor gives free cosmetic surgery to rural India

Dr Vikram Shetty has taken cosmetic surgery to the interiors of India and that too for free. He's giving the youth a fresh lease of life and helping them look just the way they want to. When Vijisha, 25, speaks her words are incomprehensible, but the hope in her eyes is palpable. She and Greshma are waiting for a cosmetic surgery at the Maxillo Facial Unit in Justic KS Hegde hospital in Mangalore, which will be free of cost. Greeshma said, "I want to change my face and my nose. To whatever extent they can change my face will help me."

children turn reporters to highlight issues

                                         children turn reporters to highlight issues

A group of children in Bihar have found a unique way to highlight their everyday problems. They have turned reporters to create awareness about child marriage, child labour and other issues. All of 12, Kajal's awareness about issues is exemplary. The child crusader, part of the child reporter brigade in Bihar's Vaishali district, has been taking on the cause of child labour, child marriage, environment protection and civic consciousness in her village. The child reporter brigade publishes a quarterly broadsheet newsletter 'Hamari Baat, Hamari Awaaz', which touches upon several social issues. But being a reporter is no child's play. Thanks to the efforts of the young reporter brigade, the state education department had to appoint a teacher after it was reported that there was no Hindi teacher in the school. Education authorities were also forced to damage-control after the newsletter reported about irregular teaching in Shivnandan School in Rajapakar

Indian 'Blade Runner' set to make his mark

      Major Devender Pal Singh most certainly has the same courage and determination reflecting in his eyes - the kind of resolve that helps you make it through the biggest problems. The amputee athlete lost his right leg to a Pakistani mortar during the Kargil War 14 years ago at the Akhnoor Sector. But this former 7 Dogra unit leader never lost his strength to fight back. He became the first blade runner in india

     US-returned Moily's son provides financial empowerment to villages

Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M Veerappa Moily's son, gave up his cushy job in the US to contribute back home. He has empowered hundreds of villagers in Karnataka through the milk collection network, known as the MokhshaYug Access, he has set up. Mahalakshmi is happy and contented - her dream of buying all the latest kitchen gadgets have come true. The 34-year-old resident of Karnataka's Banavara village works for the Milk Route - a business initiative set up by the MokshaYug Access. Mahalakshmi said, "Working for milk route has really helped me, I earn a lot and I can buy whatever I want. I feel independent now."

                                    Retired IPS officer educates backward tribe

A retired IPS officer in Bihar JK Sinha has set up a free English-medium residential school to educate 200 young Musahar boys. It's a big step for the tribe which is one of the state's most backward communities. Every morning, the national anthem instills pride and courage in 120 inmates of the residential school. One of the students Pankaj said, "This school gives us all the basic amenities that a student deserves."

                          A social soldier fights for underprivileged kids

Captain Navin Gulia from Gurgaon is a source of inspiration and is helping many spread their wings despite being confined to a wheelchair. Gulia has been instrumental in giving a new sense of freedom to many differently-able and underprivileged children. At the special centre ADAA, 'Apni Duniya Apna Aashiyana' in Gurgaon, there are many differently-abled and underprivileged children waiting to take their first steps of freedom. In 1994, after a nasty injury, Captain Gulia was left paralysed from waist below and was confined to a wheelchair. His army career was cut short, but grit and determination kept this soldier going. Captain Gulia set up ADAA in 2005 and so far, the centre has helped more than 2000 underprivileged children.

 Man saves wild animals battling for life

 India's urban spaces are more than just concrete jungles. They harbour animals like jackals, mongoose and nilgai. But life in a metro can also be tough for these creatures. A porcupine was rescued from an 18-feet well, a wolf snake gave the athletes a scare when it showed up in their rooms during the Commonwealth Games and a nilgai that was injured by speeding traffic. One man, Kartick Satyanarayan has been rescuing and rehabilitating the troubled wild creatures of the capital city for over a decade. "It's important that we bring more awareness so that they realise that these creatures are not there to bite them or attack them, but they are just performing their ecological role," Kartick said. Kartick's team runs a wildlife helpline and the moment it gets a distress call, it springs into action. So far, the team has saved nearly 9000 animals including many unusual and rare ones
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                                    IITian who brought light to several homes

a Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, has brought light to some of the poorest and darkest corners of Karnataka. Priya is a resident of a village just a few kilometers away from Bangalore's international airport. Her home has never had electricity. Till a few months back, she used to prepare for her examinations without electricity. Then, a miracle happened. And the man who came to her rescue was Harish Hande.

                      Naxal who gave up arms to educate the poor

On November 13, 2005, as many as 1000 armed Naxals had taken the entire town of Jahanabad hostage. They had broken into the prison, shot 11 policemen and freed 150 of their comrades. One of the masterminds of the Jahanabad jail break, Nand Singh, was also freed on that day. However, today he is a modern Valmiki, after giving up arms and landmines. His new weapon is pen and he educates poor kids of his village, free of cost.

Man on wheelchair invents disabled-friendly cars:

            Man on wheelchair invents disabled-friendly cars:

An accident in 1998 altered the course of Biju Verghese's life, confining him to a wheelchair forever. 13 years on, Biju still battles the demons as he recollects that fateful accident. But the 38-year-old electrician from Kerala's Erumeli town didn't let despair defeat him. Instead, he picked up the pieces and toiled away hours in a thatched roof workshop to create a retrofitment kit for his car that would give him that much-needed mobility.

             Sports teacher a real-life hero!

Kabir Khan is Irfan Ahmad. From honing sporting skills and spirit of his students to making sure they stay fit, to helping them land This is Dausa's very own 'Chak De' moment. And doing a real-life government jobs, he's telling them the importance of learning to lose gracefully, this sports teacher is a real-life hero! For 20 continuous years, students from this government school have been participating in state, district and national games. 

                                     Meet India's five-year-old 'Picasso'

Shorya Mahanot is only five-year-old but with his careless splashes of colour and strokes he has made many jaw-dropping paintings. The little genius even managed to impress renowned cartoonist RK Laxman, who gifted him an autographed brush. Inspired by his artist father and elder sisters, Shorya took to colours and wielded his first brush when he was just three-year-old. "One day my wife posted a painting on Facebook saying Shorya has made a good, abstract painting. I was in Mumbai at that time. I asked her if it was really made by Shorya and she said yes, of course. We then thought we should give Shorya more canvasses to paint," said Shorya's father, Aditya Singh Mahanot
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     100-year-old former Mr Universe Manohar Aich still strong, 

Iron man Manohar Aich, who turned 100, says a little discipline in life and treading the path of honesty will help one live long. The 1952 Mr Universe, who is 4 feet 10 inches tall, has followers who're as young as 65 years. Manohar Aich turned 100 this summer. But the way he flexes his muscles is a style statement by itself. All of 4 feet 10 inches, Aich won the Mr Universe title in 1952.

             Iswar Sankalpa: a home for people with special needs 

An NGO called Iswar Sankalpa has a mission to provide shelter and healthcare to people with special needs. The NGO has re-united more than 100 people with their families and given a new lease of life to many. Laboni, Counselor, Iswar Sankalpa said, "A person with mental illness is also a human being. The characteristics they show are something we also display daily during certain moments." 

स्वस्तिक का रहस्य जानिए…

॥ ॐ स्वस्ति न इंद्रो वृद्ध-श्रवा-हा स्वस्ति न-ह पूषा विश्व-वेदा-हा। 
स्वस्ति न-ह ताक्षर्‌यो अरिष्ट-नेमि-हि स्वस्ति नो बृहस्पति-हि-दधातु॥

अर्थात : महान कीर्ति वाले इन्द्र हमारा कल्याण करो, विश्व के ज्ञानस्वरूप पूषादेव हमारा कल्याण करो। जिसका हथियार अटूट है ऐसे गरूड़ भगवान हमारा मंगल करो। बृहस्पति हमारा मंगल करो। 

स्वस्तिक का आविष्कार आर्यों ने किया और पूरे विश्‍व में यह फैल गया। आज स्वस्तिक का प्रत्येक धर्म और संस्कृति में अलग-अलग रूप में इस्तेमाल किया गया है। कुछ धर्म, संगठन और समाज ने स्वस्तिक को गलत अर्थ में लेकर उसका गलत जगहों पर इस्तेमाल किया है तो कुछ ने उसके सकारात्मक पहलू को समझा।

स्वस्तिक को भारत में ही नहीं, अपितु विश्व के अन्य कई देशों में विभिन्न स्वरूपों में मान्यता प्राप्त है। जर्मनी, यूनान, फ्रांस, रोम, मिस्र, ब्रिटेन, अमेरिका, स्कैण्डिनेविया, सिसली, स्पेन, सीरिया, तिब्बत, चीन, साइप्रस और जापान आदि देशों में भी स्वस्तिक का प्रचलन किसी न किसी रूप में मिलता है।