Shankar Kerekar (below), who was caught red-handed while stealing the water meters.

It takes courage to hold one's ground when unarmed, and facing a person with a weapon. But Vernisha Rodriguez Dias seems to have a whole lot of it. The 40-year-old housewife from Vasai recently caught a thief red-handed, and unfazed, managed to push him and run for help when he tried to attack her with a chopper.