Renowned entrepreneur and parenting idol, Harkirat Kaur Kukreja, 32, of Ludhiana and wife of well-known Sikh travel enthusiast, restaurateur, and philanthropist, Harjinder Singh Kukreja, is a mompreneur, Instagram influencer, and a social activist.

Harkirat and Harjinder are a fascinating couple. Their odyssey as a couple has had its vicissitudes, but Harkirat and Harjinder have always stood by each other. “We source the bliss in our marriage from the Guru Granth Sahib Ji which teaches us that man and wife are not just two people who merely sit together but cohabitants who have one soul in two bodies,” says Harkirat Kaur Kukreja.

As time goes by, Harkirat Kaur Kukreja and Harjinder have grown nigher than ever. Their temperaments, aspiration to help people and enterprising visions make them an inspiring couple. The imaginative acumen and the innovational strategy that Harkirat holds, has only sky-rocketed the Kukreja family’s business interests. The two are buoyant when it comes to business and enhancing their professional interests, across India.

The couple, Harkirat Kaur Kukreja and Harjinder Singh Kukreja are popular across the globe for their active family travel adventures. They travel extensively across the globe and as much of the luxury travelers that they are, they travel for causes close to their hearts. From emplacing Sikh religious symbols, the Ik Onkar and Khanda at the World War I memorial in Ypres, Belgium in the memory of martyred Sikh soldiers to being present at the unveiling of the bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in St.-Tropez, France, this couple has been highlighting the Sikh military history and making extensive efforts to promote it through their travels. The couple and their children Rehras, Aad Sach, and Rut Suhavi are top-notch travel influencers and ideal ambassadors for outbound tourism from India. Their travels and suggestions help the many who follow them to find their perfect vacations. These travel days bring in many opportunities for their business as well, when they visit new cafés and restaurants, add their innovativeness and adapt a few ideas into their own business. Walking right alongside each other, the two are equals in every aspect and are each other’s heroes.

Being social entrepreneurs, Harkirat and Harjinder have lead many initiatives that help those in need. Harkirat visits orphanages with her children and spends quality time with the orphans. She gives a lot of attention to young women there and inspires them to be self-reliant. Her husband, Harjinder is always appreciative of Harkirat and her Sikh spirit of service.

With the enthusiasm to always be of service, Harkirat Kaur Kukreja has a soft corner in her heart for Afghan Sikh and Hindu refugees who had to escape their homeland and seek refuge in India. She is a mentor to many Afghan Sikh girls and inspires them to acquire skills for their empowerment. And as much of a champion as Harkirat is to people, she also is a Sikh Supermom who always inspires and teaches her children the many important Sikh teachings and family values. She also makes it a point to take her children to Gurudwara every Sunday and involves them in aspects of Langar Seva which involves cooking and serving free food.

This influential couple is an inspiration to many to always support, love, and walk by each other through the good and tough times of life. You surely don’t want to miss out on how amazing these personalities are and so, catch them on Instagram @harkiratkukreja and @harjinderkukreja.

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O M A Salam is the Chairman of PFI. He is a social activist, societal interventionist and energetic change maker in the society who works with the under privileged and marginalised in the society. His activism is focused on empowering India’s weakest and fighting for their rights against discrimination and alienation. His philosophy is for eradication of hunger, fear, marginalisation of all communities and every Indian and believes in the need for meaningful integration of all sections into the national mainstream. 

1. Your movement seem to generate a lot of next generation leaders. What are the organizational strengths of PFI?

We are a Neo social movement. Popular Front members are mostly young. Once they join the organization, we give them all the necessary education required to become social activists so that they can lead the society and prepare them to face the challenges. The organization has contributed good number of leaders to the society. Sincerity and commitment of our members and ever-growing popular support our organizational strengths. One of the core value we inspire them is an idea of selfless service to the community and society. Our organisation too is built upon those selfless and soulful service of the members. The interesting result is that ‘more selflessly you work, the more benefits you get from such work’. 

2. What is your vision for India? Where do you see your movement’s activities leading in the next decade? 

We want to see where all equally enjoys constitutional rights, and no citizen is excluded or persecuted on account of faith, caste, or political views. We want to see an India where there is no fear, poverty, and hunger. PFI will be a decisive movement defending people’s rights and liberties across the country. We as a nation, many times are reluctant to realise that there are many ground realities that needs to be changed in India. Society at large is getting over touchy about criticism to its shortcomings. We as an organisation made a tough choice to point out mistakes along with positive aspects of our land. This is because we are deeply committed to the people of our land and constructive criticism is what helps every nation to grow further.   

3. Are you a community centric organization or do you believe in ‘all community inclusive vision’ ?

We work for all members from all communities. We are a community based organisation but that does not mean we are ‘Only Muslim Centric’. While we work for the marginalised Muslim community we respect the rights of every other community. We uphold the secular diverse framework of India. We understand and accept the diversity of this nation and work along with all groups to fight the discrimination and bias that everyone suffers. Tribals and Minorities are the most marginalised group of people in India. Various Government report, official data, Sachar Commission report, studies by national and international NGO’s prove this point. Working for one’s own community along with assisting every other community and for every other human is our mission and vision. Every community has its share of organisations speaking on its behalf. There is nothing wrong with that. The real issues starts when hate emerges between groups and becomes a problem only when some people are organising themselves to infringe on the rights of other communities enshrined and protected by Indian constitution. 

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4. What are the issues that you see as serious and their solutions? 

One of the major issues we as a nation face shift in our political discourse from addressing the fundamental problems like price hike, poverty, and illiteracy to hate politics and communally divisive topics. This has two deadly consequences. Firstly, fundamental developmental questions are ignored and secondly, people always forced to think and act along communal lines. How can a nation progress if it is not aware of the short comings of itself and always obsessed with their communal differences? Systemic discrimination, institutionalised marginalisation are all happening and either we a society is in denial mode or gets too touchy when someone points out. The poor, tribals, Dalits, other backward classes, minorities are side-lined from the so called mainstream. We work with everyone who realises this truth and cooperated with like-minded organizations, individuals, academicians, public intellectuals to correct the system. While serving the society, we do not discriminate on the basis of religion. Even  our worst critics were in appreciation of our efforts during the floods and the pandemic. In our recently reported services and rescue operations during floods and corona, human beings, not Muslims, were the beneficiaries. Our volunteers were in forefront in cremating those Hindu brothers who died due to Covid according to their religious rites.

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Romesh Shah, a social activist who has been a boon for people during the times of corona. These 18 months have been a very tough period for all of humanity. Though things are slowly healing, the pain, the suffering, and the loss can’t be overlooked. People were having a tough time running their families as most of them suffered job losses. Apart from this, people even saw their loved ones bidding them goodbyes forever. A lot of the people in India had a very negative impact on their mental health as they were confined to their homes for months in order to prevent themselves from this deadly Coronavirus.

However, there were several people who were out day and night, working for a noble cause of humanity. These people included Doctors, Police Personnel, Cleaners, Slum Dwellers, and Disaster Management Personnel. They worked tirelessly all these months without caring for their own lives. There were many individuals and social activists who were inspired by these Corina Warriors and decided to hit the ground. One such person who did a commendable job during this unfortunate time is Romesh Shah.

Coming from Gujarat’s Visnagar, Romesh Shah is a man who has been constantly seen in the ground working selflessly for the poor and marginalized section of the society, taking care of their every nitty-gritty thing. It is a knowledge of the public domain that the second wave unleashed its havoc upon humans and it was a very hard time for people as the medical infrastructure of the country crumbled. There were shortages of masks, life-saving drugs, ration kits, ICU beds, and ventilators. Romesh, deeply affected by these things, decided to help the people in his best capacities. And, amidst all the chaos, Romesh stepped out of his comfort zone to help the ones in need. He answered the urgent call of help during the second wave and provided all the mandatory assistance to the covid-sufferers in order to heal the country from

life-threatening diseases.

Understanding the importance of health and hygiene is the only way to defeat this deadly infection, the social activist from Gujarat introduced abundant sanitary masks and free sanitization kits for the poor sections of the society. He also organized several camps and seminars to spread awareness regarding using sanitizers, wearing masks, and maintaining social distance. Romesh also provided food and shelter to several needy people and further arranged hospital beds and medical kits free of cost for their healthy lifestyle. Apart from this, Shah also distributed an exceedingly large number of oxygen cylinders among the patients to alleviate the pain and suffering that they go through. Romesh Shah considers him to be a born social activist as he believes he is destined to help people and bring an enormous amount of peace to the prospering society.

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Talking about his work and the applause he is getting, Romesh says, “It gives me an immense sense of satisfaction that I have been able to do my bit and serve the society. I believe if you are in a position to do something for society, you must come forward and do your bit towards helping people. Frankly speaking, It feels good when people appreciate you for your work but I don’t work for fame or awards. For me, the biggest reward is seeing people smiling.”

The budding social activist further says, “I also request youngsters of this country to come forward and do your bit in uplifting the poor and the weaker section.” 

Being just 25 years old, Romesh Shah is indeed an inspiration for generations to come. His works speak for themselves and the world needs more people like Romesh who believes in uplifting society.

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Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury, because of his excellent patient friendly approach as a doctor, helping nature for the poor people, hard work for spreading health awareness to rural people, is locally known as ” DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES “. Besides he is an young entrepreneur, Founded ” YOUNGSTAR HEALTH CLUB ” for the purpose of increasing awareness about healthy lifestyle among young generation. He is also a writter, Dynamic motivational speaker and Social activist.

He was born on 21st May 1991, in the Kadalpur village of Chittagong District, into a respected family of Nur Mohammad Chowdhury and Begum Shahajahan. He is the youngest among the siblings. After growing up in the village, Dr Mahamudul moved to Kajalshah area of Sylhet city, to pursue Higher studies in Medical profession.

His educational beckground is very bright. He got Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of surgery(MBBS) graduate degree in 2015 from Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical Colleage under Shahjalal University Of Science & Technology. Later in 2019, he became BCS Health cadre(Bangladesh Civil service). Besides, he studied CCD(Certificate Course on Diabetology) under BIRDEM in 2018 and CMU (Certificate In Medical Ultrasound) from IMMT , Chittagong in 2019.

Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury works as a frontliner health worker during Covid-19 pandemic, which started in bangladesh in early march, 2020. As an assistant surgeon of Chittagong general hospital, Chittagong, Bangladesh, a dedicated covid-19 hospital, situated in chittagong city he is doing both his responsibilities and humanitarian work . Earlier he worked in Binajuri union sub centre of Raozan upazilla, Chittagong in 2019 and then transferred to Cox bazar sadar hospital in 2020 before joining in Chittagong general hospital, Chittagong.

Very few doctors are treating patients in their private chamber at a very low charge and Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury is one of them. Being a patient friendly doctor, he provides oxygen and foods free of cost to the poor people, Does scheduled home visits to serve maximum effective health care to the very sick bedridden old patients.For his contributions to the Health awareness of poor people Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury is known locally as ‘Doctor of Humanities’.

By promoting lifestyle modifications to control and cure from various diseases without Medicines or with very little help of medicines by strengthening body’s immune system, Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury is trying his best to make some extraordinary changes in public health and slowly establishing promising opportunities for common people to discuss and apply health education for their benefits.

Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury discovered youthful and dynamic academic and social non profit Interface, innovative health care delivery system and influensive mental health promotion. In the year 2018, he founded “Youngstar Health club” for the purpose of replenishing people’s knowledge about health and primary health care, a social and non-political organization, which promotes health awareness informations , Basic health education for free and physical training among people at a very low cost. Through his excellent influensive social media based Community across Bangladesh, more than 1000 people are enrolled in ” Youngstar health club “. He introduced Health awareness as a needful basic education .

Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury, for his excellent contributions in health education sector and being a health hero for the young generation, was awarded the 2019 World Star for Quality Leadership Award.

He is a prominent influencer and inspiring entrepreneur in Bangladesh in promoting awareness among people to establish a primary health education system in every corner of the country to meet the requirement to help poor peoples in their health problems. The reflection of his extraordinary hard work is found in a variety of national and international print publications such as daily star, bdnews24, jugantor, prothom-alo, risingbd and others.

Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury promotes a lifestyle combined with strong enthusiasm and passion, Which later radiated to his young audience all over the world. Young people should follow his footprints for creating better society to be healthy without health Hazards . In his facebook page, he regularly publish health related important Information which promotes health care awareness and creates video contents to make people understand the science behind health. Thousands of People talking about him in social media and getting helped by him. News about him crossed borders to borders quickly to become international inspiring news for Health conscious younger population to become honest, hard working and helpful to the poor.

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His worldwide famous achievements and landmarks speak clearly for themselves.There are many extremely talented work conducted by Dr Mahamudul,that emerged in this post, serving as an exciting, trustworthy and effective story for young generation ! His inspiring popularity as a public figure has aided him in highlighting this new enlighten people’s group by Expressing his exceptional lifestyle and inspiring capabilities as a most interesting social media influencer!

They say“ Hard work pays off”, as an Health education entrepreneur, Dr Mahamudul Islam Chowdhury believes that if anyone works hard, obviously it will bring happiness and success in near future. People succeed by their honesty, passion, hard work, patience, and sincere concentration.

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In efforts to restore, maintain and enhance the social functioning of individuals and families, Pramod Singh Jadaun, a well-known social worker and human rights activist, uses his social work and humanitarian approach to benefit society. He is earning societal recognition as a dedicated individual for his tireless efforts to help the poor and weaker parts of society.

Taking note of this and wanting to help those in need, Pramod laid the foundation for a social initiative to distribute basic supplies to underprivileged workers. Since then, he has organised a number of initiatives and public awareness drives to raise awareness about the covid-19 virus.

The virtuoso has been appreciated and recognized by some of the prominent figures and was included in the list of respected citizens of the district by the District Magistrate, Bahraich. Apart from this, he was nominated as District Prison Visitor in 2017. At present, he is working towards organising Chaupals in the village to redress the problems of the people.

Apart from this, at present, people are being made aware about environmental protection during the epidemic and plantation campaigns are being organized at various places, besides ration etc. to the people suffering from severe fire in summer.

Believing in Buddhism, he is serving society selflessly in rising caste and fighting against social discrimination. Financial assistance was provided, for this work, he has also engaged an active team and provided benefits to the ones in need who were unaware of the government schemes.

Hailing from Tendawa Basantapur, a small village in Bahraich, the birthplace of Harshik Balark, Maharaja Suheldev and Gautam Budh, Pramod’s inclination towards social work has been since childhood. After completing his elementary education from the home district itself, he graduated from Kisan Degree College, Bahraich in the year 2005. During his studies, he founded an NGO named Poornima Mahila and Child Welfare Service Sansthan in 2003 to help the needy. Being an active social worker, he was always involved in bringing a transformation in society and in the lives of those who lack basic necessities of life.

Despite accomplishing all his responsibilities on a regular basis, he is actively participating in all social activities and is always prepared to serve the development of the nation no matter what. Pramod Singh Jadaun has garnered a lot of appreciation for his tenacious vision and immovable responsibility towards society. With his more efforts, he is constantly working on the same to uplift people and help them gain all profits from the society.

We have to go deep inside the sea of social work and one thing that we don’t have to forget is the sense of dedication that one has to show in the field of social work. Pramod with his dedication towards human well being believes that one should never be lost in the midway. One should not be disturbed with any obstruction be it any sort of western thinking or any other.

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