{"product_id":"good-news-india-ordinary-indians-extraordinary-triumphs-paperback","title":"Good News India: Ordinary Indians, Extraordinary Triumphs - Paperback","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the year 2000, when the World Wide Web was only ten years old and words like 'Google' or 'blog' were still unknown, India's print media was the dominant source of news. Its unending stream of depressing news made many feel India was a country without a future. That scenario troubled a man as he kept pondering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf India was as terrible as the media made it out to be, how has it endured these thousands of years?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSurely there are a great many who are doing the good work despite all obstacles that we merely complain about?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWho are they\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand what good work are they doing?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat or who made them dedicate themselves to their work?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDriven by these questions, that man, D.V, Sridharan, then fifty-eight years old, decided to go out, discover their stories and highlight good news from India, for India and the world. After building a basic website-goodnewsindia.com-and armed with an early model of a digital camera, he drove around the country to meet and write about their work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt turned out there were numerous little-known heroes who, despite adverse circumstances, braved on with the good work they believed in. In the process, he discovered what was worth working on for the furtherance of India as a civilisation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGood News India\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e showcases some of those ordinary Indians and their extraordinary work. These are stories of positive action, steely endeavour and quiet triumphs.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39270442008642,"sku":"","price":499.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/948_5a0ecec5-8fc4-4a14-ba73-3ee2ff9bf8bd.jpg?v=1616304911","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/good-news-india-ordinary-indians-extraordinary-triumphs-paperback","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}