Kerala Engineer Quits Job To Follow His Passion And Finds A 69-YO River Cleaning Hero

On most days, people crossed the bridge over Kerala’s Meenachil River without slowing down. Boats drifted gently below, plastic bottles floated along the water, and life moved on around the river as though the waste had become part of the landscape.  But one afternoon, a young man carrying a rented camera stopped long enough to notice something that would eventually change two lives forever. In the middle of the river sat an elderly 69-year-old man in a small wooden boat, rowing carefully through the water. Every few minutes, he leaned over to collect discarded plastic bottles floating near...