Licypriya Kangujam has been the subject of many headlines. A fair chunk of those refer to her as the Indian Greta Thunberg. So, earlier this month, she set the record straight, saying that even though she shared the same goal as the Swedish teen activist, she was "truly Licypriya of India". Although her passion for the environment blossomed when she was all of four years old, she never dreamt of becoming an activist; her intention was merely to create awareness about the destruction she observed.

Hailing from Manipur, she started attending various international conferences and workshops with her father KK Singh, a local activist. She accompanied him to raise funds for the Nepal Earthquake in 2015 — travelling by road to Kathmandu with relief material and food. In July 2018, she founded an organisation called The Child Movement to urge world leaders to take immediate action to save the planet. In the following year, she began a Parliament strike, and dropped out of school in Bhubaneswar for a year. It made her the centre of media attention when she sent a message to PM Narendra Modi and the MPs to pass the climate change law that allows for the control of carbon emissions and green house gases. The law hasn't been brought to fruition but Kangujam hasn't stopped her protest. She has now made her way to Mumbai for a talk at TEDxGateway this Sunday.