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Ritish Sharma

Hello, dear readers! As you may know, here at Aspiring Blog, we’ve been on a mission to shine a light…

The Forgotten Hour #11: The Day Chilli Came to India

3 days ago

Imagine an Indian kitchen without red chilli powder. No red tadka sizzling over a bowl of dal. No green chutney…

The Kindness Report #33: The Fellowship of the Lost Wedding Ring

5 days ago

Important Note: Yes, it’s Sunday. No, I didn’t forget what day it is. I just scheduled it wrong. 😅 I…

The Kindness Report #32: The Little Girl Who Turned a Teddy Bear Into $5 Million of Hope

2 weeks ago

When Payton Obert was 18 months old and in hospital, a charity gave her a teddy bear. She kept it.…

Forgotten Hours #10: The Day the Potato Became Indian

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There is a potato in almost every Indian kitchen. It sits in a basket beside the onions. It turns up…

The Kindness Report #31: The Little Paper Bird That Carried a Message Through Ten Years

3 weeks ago

Rika Matsuda was seven years old and very excited about her new bike. It was faster than her old one…

The Kindness Report #30: When 400 Strangers Showed Up for a Wedding

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Jayden Sink and Kimberly Laprad had a plan. A vacation rental in Waves, North Carolina. About 45 guests - family,…

A Thank You to the People Who Still Believe in Kindness

1 month ago

If you've turned on the news lately, or even just scrolled for five minutes, you already know why we're writing…

The Kindness Report #29: The Seeds of Kindness That Grew Into a Forest

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In 1999, Ronald Sakolsky (an American educator) was watching television when a report came on about a woman in China…

The Forgotten Hour #9: The Eight-Hour Wait That Changed Photography Forever

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There was nothing remarkable about the view. A few buildings. A roof. A courtyard. Walls of a house. Beyond them,…

The Kindness Report #28: The Backpack That Changed Sampson James’ Life

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Jasper Steinmetz was walking through a park in Austin, Texas, when he noticed the backpack. It was red, and it…

The Kindness Report #27: “I Think I’ve Found My People”

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Adam James had been putting off going to a music festival for years. Not because he didn't want to. He…

The Forgotten Hour #8: The Warning That Could Have Saved Challenger

2 months ago

There is a version of this story everyone already knows. A shuttle lifts off on a cold Florida morning. Seventy-three…

The Kindness Report #26: Bittu Tabahi Is Destroying Pollution in India’s Forgotten River

2 months ago

His surname means destruction in Hindi. 'Tabahi'. That's the name he goes by on social media, the name people know…

The Kindness Report #25: The Kids Who Sold Ice Pops So Everyone Could Ride

2 months ago

Summer in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, and a group of kids at the Woonsocket Motor Inn had a problem. Two new…

The Forgotten Hour #7: The Three Signatures That Saved the World

2 months ago

On October 27, 1962, the world came closest to nuclear war not in a situation room in Washington, not in…

The Kindness Report #24: The Six-Year-Old Who Gave Away Her Bicycle Money After Colombia’s Earthquake

2 months ago

On the morning of August 10, 2026, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, the strongest to hit the country…

Why Peace Feels Suspicious

2 months ago

Last week I had a genuinely fine day. Nothing broke, nobody was upset with me, no inbox disaster, no "we…

The Kindness Report #23: The Birthday Cake She Had Waited 40 Years For

3 months ago

It was a Tuesday in Bengaluru, and Yana was decorating a cake. She was pressing candles into the icing -…

The Forgotten Hour #6: The Spice That Was Worth a War

3 months ago

Walk into almost any kitchen today and you'll find it sitting in a jar, costing next to nothing, waiting to…

The Kindness Report #22: They Crossed Australia on Nothing but Strangers’ Kindness

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William Pertek and Manek Miquel were 21 years old, French, and standing by the side of a road in Queensland…

The Kindness Report #21: The Basketball Star Who Wanted to Be a Police Officer

3 months ago

From the moment Jordan Wilmore started growing, the advice was consistent. You're 7 foot 3. You should play basketball. You…

The Forgotten Hour #5: The Day Humanity Learned to Say “No”

3 months ago

Somewhere around the 12th century BCE, a group of workers in a village near the Valley of the Kings put…

The Kindness Report #20: How the CJP Protest Became a Story of Humanity

3 months ago

Note: This Kindness Report is a little different from the usual ones. It's not one story - it's many. And…

The Kindness Report #19: The Four-Year-Old Who Turned Strangers Into Neighbours

3 months ago

Every morning, before most of his neighbors had finished their first cup of coffee, a four-year-old boy named Roman was…

The Forgotten Hour #4: The Biggest Internet Disaster Nobody Remembered

4 months ago

On the evening of November 2, 1988, the entire internet was roughly 60,000 computers. Not 60,000 in one country. Not…

The Kindness Report #18: A Routine Food Delivery Turned Into an Extraordinary Act of Kindness

4 months ago

It was a routine food delivery. The kind that happens a thousand times a day in every city, in every…

The Kindness Report #17: What the Neighbours Couldn’t See Beyond Debbie’s Yard

4 months ago

Debbie's lawn had been growing out of control for a while. That much was visible from the street. But what…

The Kindness Report #16: What Happened at This Graduation Left Everyone in Tears

4 months ago

In May 2022, just after his eighth-grade year, a 14-year-old boy from Kansas City named Dylan Mwaniki was diagnosed with…

The Forgotten Hour #3: The Seven Seeds That Changed the World

4 months ago

Somewhere in the 17th century, a man walked out of Mecca with coffee seeds hidden in his clothing.He probably didn't…

A Man I Know

4 months ago

Once upon a time a man I know retired. The man was not sure if he would like being retired.…

The Kindness Report #15: The Japanese Tradition That Stunned the FIFA World Cup 2026

4 months ago

The final whistle blew on a 2-2 draw between Japan and the Netherlands at Dallas Stadium. Group F, opening week…

The Kindness Report #14: He Called a Restaurant to Order His Dog’s Last Meal

5 months ago

There's a decision that every dog owner dreads from the moment they bring a puppy home. You don't talk about…

The Forgotten Hour #2: The Question That Changed How the World Thinks About War

5 months ago

There is a question that sounds almost offensive when you first hear it. It is June 1941. Nazi forces are…