by Amrita Priya | May 6, 2023
(May 6, 2023) After passing out of King’s College London, when UK-born Rita Kakati-Shah joined investment bank Goldman Sachs’ sales training desk in 2001, she discovered that there were very few women at the training floor of the London headquarter. This perturbed...
by Amrita Priya | Apr 30, 2023
(April 30, 2023) When Ben Kingsley was shooting for the 1982 film Gandhi, his resemblance to Mahatma Gandhi was so strong that locals at the film shoot thought that he was the late leader’s ghost. Over the years, several notable actors like Naseeruddin Shah and...
by Amrita Priya | Apr 16, 2023
(April 16, 2023) Having lived in six countries – India, Bahrain, Germany, Australia, United States and now Singapore, Pridhee Kapoor Gupta knows how English becomes a predominant language of communication in expat homes. In India too, the medium of conversation is...
by Amrita Priya | Apr 2, 2023
(April 2, 2023) “Who would have thought that a girl from a Punjabi family who grew up in Bradford would one day hold this position,” remarked a thrilled Anita Rani while taking over as the seventh chancellor of the University of Bradford in the UK. When the...
by Amrita Priya | Mar 29, 2023
(March 29, 2023) When Anu Sehgal moved to the US in 1995, she found herself yearning for authentic Indian experiences. She devoured everything that came her way – exhibitions, film festivals and book readings. Anu, who is the founder of The Culture Tree, had spent...
