Rekha Mishra, 34
Police sub-inspector, Dadar RPF

Even Gandhari, with her 100 Kauravas, didn't have as many children as Rekha Mishra does. The police sub-inspector with the Dadar Railway Protection Force (RPF) only got married last month, but considers herself mother to 953 children - all the runaway kids she has rescued and reunited with their families over the past two years. "I get a kick when I see their smiles while they are finally reunited with their families," says Mishra.