by Charu Thakur | May 5, 2025
(May 5, 2025) As a child in Kuala Lumpur, Shamila Gopalan spent evenings tucked under her desk lamp, filling the margins of her schoolbooks with sketches of distant cities. Those innocent daydreams took on sharper edges when her mother sank into a deep depression and...
by Amrita Priya | May 2, 2025
(May 2, 2025) When Kamla Persad-Bissessar stood before cheering supporters following her recent landslide victory in Trinidad and Tobago’s general elections, it wasn’t just a political comeback. It completed a journey that began 136 years ago, when her...
by Charu Thakur | May 2, 2025
(May 2, 2025) In first grade, Shruthi Kumar tried yoga for the first time as part of a community program in her small Nebraska town. Surrounded by “cattle ranches and cornfields,” she never expected that gentle stretches and breathing exercises would become a...