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- Pratik Thakker: Israel’s tech ambassador to India is bridging the digital divide between the two countries
- Waris Ahluwalia: The NY-based Sikh designer-actor who has a day dedicated to him for fighting racial discrimination
- Rani Rampal: From battling poverty to leading the Indian women’s hockey team to script history
- Vanity Fair's Radhika Jones: The Indian-American is smashing racist stereotypes with inclusivity and representation
- Madhuri Vijay: The Indian author who landed in Hawaii to give shape to her award-winning debut novel
- Garima Arora: The journalist who became the first Indian woman chef to win a Michelin star
- The Indian handbag brands that are winning internationally
- Rupi Kaur: The Indian Canadian breaking taboos with Instagram poetry
- Lovlina Borgohain: The paddy farmer-turned-boxer who's now an Olympic medalist
- Prateek Kuhad: The indie singer who made it to Barack Obama's playlist
- Mindy Kaling: The Indian American actor and producer who truly represents South Asians
- Meet Jonathan Iralu, the Naga-origin doctor who has a day dedicated to him in New Mexico
- Neeraj Kakkar: The man who’s keeping traditions and memories alive, one drink at a time
- How racism and alienation fueled British Indian writer Sunjeev Sahota to scale literary heights
- Sophia Duleep Singh: The Indian-origin princess who fought for women’s rights in the UK
- Guneet Monga: The Oscar-winning Indie producer who tackled ageism and early failures
- Mirabai Chanu: The accidental weightlifter who tackled major setbacks to clinch Olympics glory
- From troublemaker teenager to monk to influencer: Jay Shetty’s unique journey
- Dr Aparna Hegde: The maternal health champion among Fortune’s 50 greatest global leaders of 2020
- Packed theatres to pirated DVDs: How Africa is obsessed with Bollywood
- M Night Shyamalan: The Hollywood director who revived supernatural plotlines and rose from a mid-career crisis
- Remembering the Indian-origin journalists who died covering someone else’s war
- The Indians who cooked up a storm in the MasterChef Australia kitchen
- Capt Gopinath: The man who pioneered ₹1 flights inspired by RK Laxman's 'Common Man'
- Never Have I Ever: How Poorna Jagannathan is redefining South Asians on American TV
- Yogendra Puranik became Japan’s first Indian-origin politician. Here's how
- EXCLUSIVE: Scientist, innovator, TEDx speaker, trainee pilot – how teenage prodigy Gitanjali Rao is raising the bar
- Meet Sanjal Gavande, the Marathi engineer who’s part of Jeff Bezos’ space travel project
- How MIT scientist Shriya Srinivasan's ventilator tech is saving lives
- From Abhimanyu Mishra to Gukesh Dommaraju: Meet the Indian-origin Chess prodigies
- How swimmer Sajan Prakash braved adversity and injuries to bag direct Olympic qualification
- From bhajans to mashups: How Vidya Vox became an internet sensation
- Danish Siddiqui: Remembering the Indian photojournalist who feared no conflict
- Ann D'Silva: The Indian writer who chased her dreams to Istanbul
- Deepinder Goyal: The resilient entrepreneur ever hungry for bigger challenges
- Gira Sarabhai (1923-2021): The force de majeure behind the prestigious National Institute of Design
- Charles Page Perin: The American metallurgist who helped Jamsetji Tata realize his steel plant dream
- Sunil Chhetri: The athlete who put India football on the world map
- The Indian startups that are turning the spotlight on all things beauty
- Pastor to MasterChef Australia winner: Justin Narayan's incredible journey to victory
- Foodpreneur Gaggan Anand gave Indian cuisine a makeover with his dramatic style. Here’s how
- Lilly Singh: Meet the YouTuber who became the first queer woman of color to host a late-night show
- Ritu Kumar to Sabyasachi Mukherjee: 5 Indian designers who have styled global celebrities
- Remembering PK Warrier: The freedom fighter who took Ayurveda to the world
- Samir Banerjee: The mishti-doi loving Indian-American teenager who won the Wimbledon boys singles title
- Diipa Buller Khosla: The law graduate who became first Indian influencer to walk the Cannes red carpet
- Ashwini Vaishnaw: From Wharton alumnus to Indian Cabinet Minister
- Gita Gopinath: The Mysuru Malayali helping stabilize the world economy as IMF chief economist
- Meet Rahul Garg, the man behind India’s first hinterland unicorn
- How Sikh Canadian Nav Bhatia became the first basketball fan in NBA's Hall of Fame
- How Michelin star chef Vikas Khanna turned pandemic hero for millions of Indians
- From Bharatnatyam to Hip-Hop: How Telugu American rapper Raja Kumari is breaking culture stereotypes
- Taste the Thunder: Tokyo 2020 Olympics to get India's Thums Up
- Sirisha Bandla: The second Indian-origin woman to fly to space
- Meet the Indian fintech startups that are changing the way India spends
- Farah Khan to Shiamak Davar: Meet 5 choreographers who have put India on the global map
- Nageshwar Reddy: The Germany-educated doctor behind one of Asia’s finest gastroenterology institutes
- Raj Echambadi: Indian American iMBA pioneer and first person of color to helm a 131-year-old American university
- 5 Indian healthtech startups that empower doctors with their innovation
- Dr Ashish Jha: The straight-talking dean and pandemic expert
- Remembering Dadabhai Naoroji: Sage freedom fighter and first Asian elected to UK's Parliament
- Naval Ravikant: The AngelList founder and angel investor popularly known as Tech Buddha
- Jayshree Seth: 3M's Indian-origin chief science advocate who also holds 72 patents
- 5 Indian Americans helming some of Silicon Valley's most successful ventures
- Sumita Mitra: The Indian American scientist behind 1 billion flawless smiles
- Meet the startups that are giving wings to India’s private space dreams
- Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu: The Silicon Valley entrepreneur who’s promoting 'work from hometown'
- Dr Nikhila Juvvadi: 32-year-old chief clinical officer who gave Chicago its first Covid-19 jab
- Meet the Indians who brought home Olympic laurels
- Meet the latest Indian startups to join the Unicorn club
- Nouf Al Marwaai - Saudi Arabia’s first yoga acharya
- Meet the Indian gurus who took yoga to the world
- Agnikul Cosmos: IIT Madras-incubated startup that built the world's first 3D printed rocket
- Milkha Singh: The man who ran to survive and succeed
- Byju’s overtakes Paytm, becomes India's most valued startup
- Rahul Dubey: The Indian American entrepreneur who sheltered 72 strangers in danger
- Eagle-eyed Indian American angel investor with a heart of gold
- Punit Renjen: Indian American cricket buff who’s the first person of color to lead Deloitte
- The India-born engineer who will give wings to NASA’s ambitious deep space project
- Moments that changed the world: Gandhi’s eviction from a South African train
- The Chaipreneuers bringing Indian tea to the world
- Mandeep Kaur: Single mom who rose from door-to-door sales to NZ's first female Indian-origin cop
- Free speech vs law of the land: The Twitter-New Delhi spat
- Meet Captain Anny Divya, world’s youngest Boeing 777 commander
- R Gopalakrishnan: 'Made-in-India Manager' who shaped HUL and Tata Sons
- Stick to roots, conquer the world: Pullela Gopichand’s journey as an athlete and coach
- BOOKS: Re-imagining India as a debutant novelist at 61
- Come, tell us your story
- HEALTHCARE: Mama Zulekha, the Deliverer
- CONGLOMERATES: The Indian behind much of Oman’s infrastructure
- STARTUP SQUARE: Eagle-eyed angel investor with a heart of gold
- CELEBRITY CORNER: How Priyanka Chopra became India's biggest crossover export
News
- Saudi Aramco chief may join RIL’s board: Report
- This Indian-born spinner is making waves in NZ test team
- Byju’s overtakes Paytm, becomes India's most valued startup
- US prioritizes student visas, opens application slots
- Tesla Model 3’s test mule spotted on Indian roads
- Indian-origin Covid warriors in Queen’s Honours List
- IIT-Hyderabad in top 600 QS world rankings
- Two Indian American journalists bag Pulitzer
- ZEE5 to launch in US with Bollywood content for South Asian diaspora
- G7 to gift 1 billion vaccine jabs to poorer countries
- Village salesman’s son is heading to Stanford on full scholarship
- IISc is world's top research varsity with maximum ‘citations per faculty’: QS rankings
- India’s Sunil Chhetri becomes 2nd highest international goal scorer, overtakes Lionel Messi
- Why NRIs are returning to UAE via Armenia
- Got Covaxin jab? Some US universities require re-vaccination
- 15% global corporate tax pact: The India impact
- Indian microblogging app Koo expands to Nigeria after Twitter ban
- Why Indians are making a beeline for UAE’s Golden Visa
- Bird Group’s Ankur Bhatia dead at 48
- AstraZeneca names India-born Aradhana Sarin as CFO
- The cost of hiring a private jet for Mehul Choksi’s extradition
- Joe Biden allocates 25M vaccine doses for India, other Covid-hit countries
- Lulu’s Yusuff Ali saves Indian from UAE death row with ‘blood money’
- Pakistan to convert ancestral homes of Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar into museums
- Mphasis to create 1,000 new jobs in Canada’s Calgary
- Move over ‘Silicon Valley’: Anand Mahindra wants new nickname for Bangalore
- UN honors 3 fallen Indian peacekeepers
- Ex-Myntra CEO aims to take small Indian brands to the world
- Madras High Court orders COVID-related audit of Renault-Nissan plant
- 7 unicorn CEOs fund Indian-origin entrepreneur’s Brazilian startup
- Anjali Sud: The CEO mom who transformed Vimeo
- Joe Biden orders review of COVID origins as lab leak theory debated
- ‘Annapurna’ prize for attracting non-NRI diners to Indian cuisine
- Covid-19 results in less than a minute?
- Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi goes missing in Antigua
- Will cricket be played in 2028 Olympics?
- Pandemic is stoking protectionism, says ex-foreign secretary
- Therapists without borders: Mental health experts prop up frontline workers
- Pune orphanage to ICC Hall of Fame: Lisa Sthalekar’s journey
- K-pop meets I-pop, stars take music beyond borders
- Jaishankar to seek more Covid vaccines from US for India and neighbours
- Indian American philanthropist invests ₹120 crore in EV startup Magenta
- US floats global corporate tax of at least 15%
- Meet Rachin Ravindra, the Indian-origin allrounder NZ cricket is raving about
- Will Princepal Singh take a giant leap at the NBA?
- Indian scientist heads Finnish quantum computer project
- US lifts Trump-era H-1B visa curbs
- Doordarshan to start BBC News-style international channel
- World’s best destination for expats
- Satya Nadella’s family commits $15 million to Seattle hospital
- How travel ban on India is hurting Singapore
- Indian pharmacist takes MasterChef Australia by storm
- India's Adline Castelino is third runner-up at Miss Universe 2021
- Why affluent Indians move to the Caribbean Islands
- Diaspora fears backlash for ‘India Virus’
- Indian students traveling to US fear delay
- South Africa’s only Indian-origin prince
- Delhi sees NRI rush to sell properties
- Air India dragged into Cairn’s dispute with India's Taxman
- Sikh unionist who fought for freedom in India and Kenya
- Mathew Hayden stands up for India
- Indian farmer's son is Australia's latest spin sensation
- Google, 30 cos push to preserve US work permits for immigrants
- NRIs plan overseas travel to avoid getting taxed in India
- Indians in US can now remit money with Google Pay
- India was top receiver of remittances in 2020: World Bank
- Today Headlines
- Nurses: Unsung COVID heroes
- WHO calls Indian Covid variant a ‘global concern’
- NASA to launch satellite built by Indian student-led team
- Imran Khan wants Pakistan's diplomats to learn from India
- Why Indian Americans are miffed with Kamala Harris
- Covid-19: When the world came to help India
- India Inc to create 6,500 new jobs in UK
- Indian diaspora-run NGOs send aid
- Pichai, Nadella and Khosla join India’s Covid-19 fight
- Indian women pip global peers in leadership roles
Opinions
- India burns: Air pollution & how to control it - Harish Bijoor
- Bright future awaits Indian diaspora: Ejaz Ghani
- Zucking the Notion of Free Speech: Facebook’s problem is its business model - TOI
- Fifty shades of humbug: Why desis pretend they don’t consume porn - Shobhaa De
- What Makes Elon Musk Different: Walter Isaacson
- Investor warning: Unicorns can go bust too - Swaminathan A Aiyar
- Meghalaya’s living root bridges and Kerala’s Kuttanad show indigenous climate resilience: Julia Watson
- With climate change, nature will command us — sustainable architects must respect that: Rahul Mehrotra
- EU’s vaccine travel pass is highly discriminatory towards low-income countries: Prerna Prabhakar
- Declaring gold: What you need to know about how much you can bring in and out of the UAE - National News
- Celebrate Tata, Premji philanthropy, but don’t pull down traditional charity of Indians: Malini Bhattacharjee
- The Chinese sports machine’s single goal: the most golds, at any cost — NYT
- Home Away From Home: What It Means to Be a Fijian Indian in USA - The Quint
- JRD Tata - How sportsmanship and four spark plugs gave India an Air Chief Marshal: Business Line
- How the Union Budget of July 24, 1991 changed India’s startup ecosystem: Luis Miranda
- Why has the world not warmed up to Make in India: Minesh Pore
- In government versus social media fights, there’s only one loser: the user - Mishi Choudhary & Eben Moglen
- How Kamala Harris’ rise helped Indian Americans in politics: The Los Angeles Times
- Where Indian philanthropy has gone wrong: Rathish Balakrishnan
- Why Danish Siddiqui's work makes him a hero: The Hindu
- Watershed for unicorns in India as China tech crackdown spooks investors: Bloomberg
- As the pandemic makes digital teaching the norm, these initiatives are bringing school to rural children: Mala Kumar
- Indian roots are not umbilical cords and no amount of spicy chicken tikka love can change that: Sandip Roy
- Richer, fractured: A light-hearted look at what India may turn out to be by 2051 - SA Aiyar
- Climate goals: India’s strides and challenges - Hindustan Times
- How microplastics pollution is a threat to environment: The Hindu
- Institution builder, Gandhian and an architect - the long, rich life of Gira Sarabhai: BN Goswamy
- 1964 Olympics was memorable for India. Will Tokyo 2020 be any better? - Times of India
- Pegasus scandal shows we cannot take privacy for granted: Shreya Singhal
- Man cannot live by the Internet alone: Capt GR Gopinath
- New York now has better Indian food than London: Bloomberg
- Should we cheer or fear the Tokyo Olympics? - Shahid Jameel
- Power, control and 100 years of the Chinese Communist Party: Rana Mitter
- Message for Covid Times, From 130 BCE: Why Silk Road is a metaphor for govts to keep borders open in a crisis - Ashwin Sanghi
- Why can’t more philanthropists think like MacKenzie Scott? - R Sriram and Venessa D'Souza
- Spyware is an insidious tool. Democracies, including India, have a stake in setting standards: Times of India
- Unrest in South Africa: A deeper malaise - KM Seethi
- India’s first women doctors were a determined lot: Kavitha Rao
- Citizen, nation, sedition: Shekhar Gupta
- No free lunch in diplomacy: India’s lesson in Afghanistan - Manish Tewari
- Why Zomato IPO is a reason to cheer: Times of India
- How we fail our culture: India is a great civilisation. But no govt makes institutional investment protecting its heritage - Pavan K Varma
- Radhika Singha on the need to expand our understanding of India’s role in World War I: Scroll
- Rajika Bhandari of ‘America Calling’: I Am Living Proof Of The American Dream - Authority Magazine
- How Gupta Brothers of Saharanpur caused turmoil in South Africa: India Today
- Aan to Lagaan: How Bollywood has made inroads in UK - Khaleej Times
- Time for India to reinvigorate vaccine diplomacy in South Asia: Samridhi Bimal
- India’s Five Worst Heatwaves Were After 1990. We Need a National Heat Code ASAP: Chandra Bhushan
- Why Taiwan and India should take concrete steps to establish cybersecurity cooperation: Sumit Kumar
- International Entrepreneur Rule: America re-opens for foreign founders - Poorvi Chothani
- Hunger crisis forces even middle class Indians to line up for rations: Bloomberg
- Isro to Branson: Space tech is getting privatised and India needs its own entrepreneur rocketeers - Aditya Ramanathan
- The Trumpian roots of the chip crisis: Paul Krugman
- Will Zomato, Paytm pull off an Infosys with their upcoming IPOs? - Prabal Basu Roy
- India must show global leadership on climate crisis by adopting a holistic approach to energy: Ashish Kothari
- The US and India have a lot of work to do on digital cooperation: Al Jazeera
- The Indian athletes on whom the country's hopes ride on at Tokyo Olympics: The Bridge
- Investing in real estate back home – what’s in it for the non-resident Indian? - Niranjan Hiranandani
- How to develop deep tech startups for national security: Sanjay Jaju & Mudit Narain
- Masala chai: how the spiced tea went global, and how to make it — FT
- A silent epidemic is stalking doctors. Stop it now – Dr Kishore Kumar
- How COVID-19 changed the power balance among Indian doctors: The Ken
- Time is running out for climate action: Arvind Chari
- Indian Ayurveda is being stolen by the US: Ashali Varma
- Indian-American Raveen Arora nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
- Who are the Indian-Americans? - Lavina Melwani
- 'Taj' rated as strongest hotel brand in world: The Indian Express
- Despite travel restrictions, UK emerges as one of the top education destinations for Indian students: ToI
- Can an Indian university occupy a top spot in global rankings?
- China has stopped biding its time: William A. Galston
- Why does China consistently beat India on soft power? - Kanti Bajpai
- Where are India's billionaires during the pandemic? - Vinati Sukhdev
- India's tech talent diaspora critical for US-India AI partnership: Husanjot Chahal
- Is yoga becoming too expensive and westernized: Shrenik Avlani
- Satya Nadella — the man who rebuilt Microsoft: The Hindu
- How Flying Sikh helped other stars fulfil their potential: The Indian Express
- Net zero emissions - What the G7 message means for India: Manjeev Puri
- How India manages its interests in the US-China-Russia game will be one of its toughest challenges: ToI
- Time for a brand rejig — A credible India ahead: Harish Bijoor
- The FOMO economy: Is everyone making money but you?
- Paying off ransomware criminals shouldn't be illegal: Stephen R. Carter
- There’s a case for renaming Mount Everest but is it ours to rename? - Sandip Roy
- Why India must not miss the cryptocurrency bus: Shashi Tharoor & Anil K Antony
- South Asia should pay attention to its standout star Bangladesh: Mihir Sharma, Observer Research Foundation
- How to vaccinate 10 million people in a day: Neeraj Aggarwal, BCG
- NYT: Is America failing its moral test on vaccines?
- Joseph Thomas: Is gold a good investment option for NRIs?
- Devi Shetty: Soon we will run out of skilled personnel to treat Covid. Here’s how to tackle this
- Harish Bhat: Shifting brandscape
- Debjani Ghosh: Tech talent mobility and Haryana’s wall
Gallery and Videos
- India's Neeraj Chopra made a stunning Olympics debut with his monster throw of 86.65m in javelin throw. He is now on his way to the finals.
- Watch the moment India's Neeraj Chopra made a stunning Olympics debut with his monster throw of 86.65m in javelin throw. He is now on his way to the finals at the Tokyo Olympics.
- It was his natural curiosity that led him to Hollywood and to the opening of his boutique, House of Waris. Waris Ahluwalia talks about his journey into the world of films, fashion and finding his identity in America.
- Breaking into Hollywood and the global fashion scene as a Sikh is no easy feat, but Waris Ahluwalia is not one to play by the rules. And stereotypes are definitely not for him. A designer, an actor, a model and an activist, the Indian American is a creative polymath. A powerful voice against racial discrimination, he has a day dedicated to him in New York.
- Set between Bangalore and Kashmir, Madhuri Vijay's The Far Field explores the fractured relationship of a mother and daughter, the pain of unrequited love and the need to escape a life. With her poignant debut novel that also delves into India's geo-political situation, Vijay outranked the likes of Perumal Murugan to win the JCB Prize for Literature in 2019.
- Madhuri Vijay's poignant debut novel The Far Field bagged the 2019 JCB Prize for Literature, one of India's highest literary awards.
- The Indian Women's Hockey team pulled a Chak De Moment when they beat Australia in Tokyo in the quarter finals. The girls in blue created history by storming into the Olympics semi-finals for the very first time.
- It takes guts, vision, and conviction to smash racist stereotypes, and Vanity Fair's Radhika Jones has all of them in equal measure. The Indian-American is not only the first woman of color to head the magazine but has also been a game-changer. With her idea of representation and inclusivity, she is taking on the world one magazine cover at a time.
- PV Sindhu became the first Indian woman athlete to win two Olympic medals when she defeated Chinese shuttler He Bing Jiao at the Tokyo Olympics
- She has taken Indian cuisine to the world, but with a modern twist. Meet Garima Arora - the first Indian woman chef to win a Michelin star for her restaurant Gaa. Taking inspiration from her home kitchen, she has been satiating the taste buds of millions in Asia with her culinary art.
- PV Sindhu scripted history when she bagged a bronze at Tokyo Olympics. She is the first Indian woman sportsperson to win a double Olympic medal.
- Breaking into a male-dominated culinary world takes a lot of guts, and Indian chef Garima Arora is not one to shy away from breaking the glass ceiling. In 2018, she became the first Indian woman chef to win a Michelin star for her restaurant Gaa. The experimental chef is serving modern India on a plate to the global world.
- IIM-Lucknow alumnus Shailesh Jejurikar, is all set to take over as COO at P&G - the first ever Indian to do so. Jejurikar has worked with the company for over 30 years and will now lead IT, global business services, and a bunch of other growth areas for the consumer products giant.
- She is bold, sassy, raw and someone who is breaking taboos with her Instagram prose - meet Rupi Kaur. The New York Times bestselling author has revolutionized poetry and made it appealing to millennials like no one else.
- Stylish, glamorous, chic and elegant - that's Naeem Khan for you. The Indian-American designer is one of the torch bearers of Indian fashion on the global stage. With Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton and Beyoncé among his clientele, Khan can truly be called a blue-chip name in fashion. Now this effervescent designer is back with his Resort 22 collection.
- It was in 2013 that singer and songwriter Prateek Kuhad erupted on the scene with his first EP Raat Raazi, and in the last 8 years, he has become a name to reckon with in the independent music scene. He is such a hit with the millennials that his shows are always packed with tens of thousands of fans, and this video is legit proof of it.
- India’s Lovlina Borgohain has assured India of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Assamese boxer defeated Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen and advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s 69kg category securing at least a bronze for herself.
- India's Lovlina Borgohain has assured India of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Assamese boxer defeated Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen and advanced to the semi-finals of the women's 69kg category.
- JRD Tata created history when he became the first Indian to become a licensed pilot in 1929. He famously piloted the first-ever flight of Tata Air Services (now Air India) from Karachi to Mumbai on October 15, 1932.
- Aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and Tata Group's chairman for the longest duration; JRD Tata was a man who wore many hats. On his 117th birth anniversary, here's looking at what made him such a great leader. Excerpts from his interview with journalist Rajiv Mehrotra
- Mindy Kaling has become a name to reckon with in the global entertainment industry. The actor, comedian, producer and director has been smashing the glass ceiling ever since The Office days, and is making every effort to represent South Asians at their authentic best.
- Prateek Kuhad is a mood. His music is like a cup of hot coffee on a cold morning. His song Cold/Mess made it to Barack Obama's playlist in 2019, and the world went crazy about this Indian musician and songwriter. The MTV Europe Music Awards winner, who is conquering the global stage one song at a time, is out with his new single Khone Do.
- Watch as Neeraj Kakkar talks about his journey with Paper Boat and why he's working to keep alive the nostalgia of childhood memories and traditional recipes through his company
- Team India is making its mark not just at the Olympics but also in Formula E racing. It was at London E-Prix that Mahindra Racing scored an emotional win as Alex Lynn handed the Indian team its first Formula E victory in over two years.
- Known as one of the original Insta poets, India-born Canadian Rupi Kaur has revolutionized poetry. A modern-day artist who unabashedly talks about women empowerment and love in her proses has garnered a cult following in recent times. The New York Times bestselling author is now grabbing eyeballs with her new book 'Home Body'.
- Princess Sophia Duleep Singh selling The Suffragette Newspaper outside Hampton Court Palace where she had a suite of apartments. The daughter of the last king of Punjab and Queen Victoria's goddaughter was a prominent suffragette figure in UK in the early 20th Century
- It was a first for India when Bhavani Devi competed in fencing at Tokyo Olympics 2020, and the 27-year-old created history by defeating Tunisia's Nadia Ben Azizi in the first round. Though she lost in the second round but not without giving a tough fight to World's No 3 Manon Brunet. Despite the loss, Devi has won the hearts of millions of people.
- Freida Pinto is the textbook example of an Indian actress making it big in Hollywood. Slumdog Millionaire took her to the Academy Awards' red carpet in 2009, and she soon bewitched the film industry with her talent. Working with Woody Allen and Rupert Wyatt is no easy feat, but she pulled it off with elan.
- Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu received a warm welcome at Delhi airport as she returned home after her win at Tokyo Olympics 2020
- The world has changed and so has healthcare. Urogynecologist Dr Aparna Hegde, who was named as Fortune's 50 Greatest Leaders, has been working to ensure that women in India's urban slums can access healthcare using low cost technology. Her work also won her the Skoll Award in 2020
- Watching childbirth horrors as a young resident doctor led Dr Aparna Hegde to launch ARMMAN; an NGO that helps pregnant women access critical healthcare information to lead healthier pregnancies. This has helped minimize maternal mortality
- Watch how Jeff Bezos predicted he would venture into space in about 20 years’ time in a 2000 interview with TV journalist Charlie Rose. You can hear a collective sense of disapproval in the room. But the Amazon founder did indeed achieve this audacious goal on July 20, 2021 when he was part of his company Blue Origin’s first crewed mission into space.
- Seeing Aamir Khan representing India at Oscars for his film Lagaan in 2002 inspired Guneet Monga to tell stories that are powerful. This promise to herself took a young Monga to Mumbai to follow her dreams, and as they say, the rest is history.
- What do Gangs of Wasseypur, Masaan and The Lunchbox have in common? Guneet Monga. Indian films were never this popular at international film festivals until the Oscar-winning producer arrived on the scene. With a perfect blend of arthouse and commercial potboilers, she is giving wings to Indian films that have universal appeal.
- 26-year-old weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinched a silver in the women's 49kg category, thus winning India its very first medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
- Spanish artist Salvador Dali in New York back in 1963. The image was shot by Indian photojournalist Priya Ramrakha, who was killed while covering the Nigerian Civil War in 1968. Ramrakha's finest photographs that were believed to have been lost were discovered buried in a Nairobi garage 40 years after his death
- An 18-year-old college student Jay Shetty met a monk at one of his University talks, and that chance meeting had a profound effect on him. At 22, he traded his suit for the robes and became a Vedic monk. Three years later, he returned as a man with a mission - to make wisdom available to everyone in the most practical way.
- Wisdom, purposeful life and mindfulness were never this mainstream, until Jay Shetty arrived big on the scene. A former monk, the Forbes 30 Under 30 life coach is a man on a mission. The British-Indian motivational speaker is transforming lives by making wisdom accessible in the most practical way.
- 1955: Jawaharlal Nehru and Sonia Gandhi taking the Moscow Subway during their 16-day visit to Russia - a turning point in Moscow-New Delhi relations. Nehru was popular: Driving through the streets of Yalta (then part of USSR), he would often catch bouquets of roses that came through his window from the crowds lined on the streets.
- M Night Shyamalan is a force to reckon with in Hollywood. His hits like The Sixth Sense and Signs have given supernatural thrillers a fresh lease of life. But it hasn't been an easy journey for this maverick director. Watch him reveal his biggest highs and lows in his career.
- Dr BR Ambedkar is the first Indian with a dedicated room at London's Grays Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in London. It counts the likes of Francis Bacon, Baron Slynn, and Lord Bingham of Cornhill among its members
- No Indian woman has taken sitar and Indian classical music to the world like Anoushka Shankar. Being nominated seven times for Grammy is no easy feat, but this British-Indian music composer knows how to perfectly blend the East with the West. And that's exactly what she's doing in her latest single Opening, Flowering, Drinking.
- Captain Gopinath's Air Deccan gave wings to India's middle class. From offering ₹1 tickets to highly economically priced ones, Air Deccan allowed everyone to fly
- It was in the 50s that Africa's love affair with Bollywood began, and even 60 years later, there is no love lost. Africans are as much enchanted with Shah Rukh Khan as they were with Raj Kapoor. This video of a group of African boys crooning Bollywood's biggest hits is a testimony to the ever-growing Bollywood mania.
- Yogendra 'Yogi' Puranik is the first Indian-origin person to have been elected to office in Japan. The engineer-turned-politician wants to act as a bridge between the foreign community and city administration.
- What's the first name that comes to your mind when you hear The Sixth Sense, Signs or The Village? It's M Night Shyamalan. The Indian-American director makes supernatural thrillers like no one else. With Mel Gibson, Bruce Willis and Joaquin Phoenix in the lead roles, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker has sent chills down your spines for over two decades. And now he is returning to scare the daylights out of you with Old.
- The Pegasus malware can infect your phone and spy on you without you clicking on any malicious link. Once installed, it can access almost any data on a phone. Check out the most vulnerable apps. (Image source: Times of India)
- Indian American teen innovator Gitanjali Rao explains how she made Tethys, a device that detects lead contamination in water and sends that information over Bluetooth. Rao was TIME’s first year ever Kid of the Year for 2020.
- Give it up for Vaidehi Dongre, the Miss India USA 2021. The 25-year-old from Michigan has won the coveted title. An international studies graduate, Dongre works as a business development manager, and is happy to represent her South Asian heritage at an international platform.
- Being featured in the 100 Most Impactful Asians list of 2021 is no easy feat, but Indian-American actress and producer Poorna Jagannathan is making the right noise with her body of work. From theater to Bollywood to American TV, the Amnesty International Award winner (for producing Nirbhaya) has put Indians on the global map. But it's her performance in the popular series Never Have I Ever that might be her breakout role.
- Watch as the crew on board Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft enjoyed a few minutes in zero gravity. From popping candy to playing with a ping-pong ball Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen enjoyed a few of Earth on their maiden space flight.
- Blue Origin's New Shepard successfully completed a 11-minute flight to the edge of space on July 20, 2021. Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, who were on board the space capsule, enjoyed a few minutes in zero gravity
- Swimmer Sajan Prakash created history in Rome by completing the 200m butterfly in 1:56.38 on June 26. The 27-year-old from Kerala became the first swimmer from India to earn a direct qualification for the Olympics.
- 12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra is the youngest chess Grandmaster in history and is ranked at number 1 by FIDE (International Chess Federation). The Indian American began playing chess at the age of 2.5 with his father
- It was Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire that made Dev Patel an overnight star. Such was the success that he soon found himself at the Academy Awards. In no time, the Indian-British actor became a favorite with Hollywood directors. And now he is back on the big screen with a medieval fantasy film, The Green Knight.
- Mahatma Gandhi meets the Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten and his wife, at the Viceroy's House in New Delhi. (Image: Getty Images)
- Meet Sanjal Gavande the Indian systems engineer who played a key role in Jeff Bezos' flight on board New Shepard. She is part of the team that built the rocket system
- An actor, comedian, writer, producer and director, Mindy Kaling is a name to reckon with. The Indian-American behind the most-popular series of all time The Office is now making everyone sit and take notice of the South Asians with her production Never Have I Ever. She is back with the second season of the coming-of-age comedy drama - on Netflix.
- This picture shot by late Indian photojournalist during the Rohingya refugee crisis won him the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. Siddiqui died in the line of duty in Afghanistan on July 15, 2021
- Just as she packs her bags for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has reason to rejoice. The 34-year-old has become the third Indian to get a 10-year Dubai Golden visa.
- Gira Sarabhai and her brother Gautam are the pioneers of design education in India; they founded the prestigious NID in Ahmedabad in 1961
- Mashups were never this fun, until Vidya Vox arrived on the scene with Closer and Kabira cover. That's the moment that the world took notice of this Indian-American YouTuber and singer who meticulously mixes western pop with Indian music.
- How Lilly Singh turned her depression into a success story
- Lilly Singh: The unapologetic Indian-Canadian YouTuber who landed her own late-night show
- This year the Puri Rath Yatra was conducted with only priests, temple employees, and the police keeping in mind covid protocols. This is only the second time in history that the Yatra was conducted without devotees
- Here's how Indian-origin chef Gaggan Anand gives a fine dining spin to Indian cuisine at his hugely popular Bangkok restaurant
- How Justin Narayan impressed the judges on MasterChef Australia
- Indian-origin Justin Narayan picked up the winner's trophy at MasterChef Australia 13
- Officials in Arunachal Pradesh trekked for nine hours to vaccinate 16 grazers in a remote village at 14,000 feet
- When Michelle Obama dazzled in a Naeem Khan gown at National Governors Dinner in 2016
- Victory lap: Richard Branson and Sirisha Bandla celebrate with the VSS Unity crew after their flight to the edge of space
- Richard Branson and his crew on board Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity. The crew flew to the edge of space and returned on July 11
- The moment when Richard Branson's VSS Unity traveled to the edge of space and returned
- Diipa Buller Khosla is the first Indian fashion influencer to walk the Cannes red carpet
- Nav Bhatia: How this Sikh Canadian changed perceptions with his fandom
- Chef Vikas Khanna is putting Indian cuisine on the global culinary map
- Raja Kumari: The Indian-American rapper who is blending the East with the West
- Telugu American rapper Raja Kumari's latest song Rani Cypher puts the focus on gender diversity
- Astronaut Sirisha Bandla will be the second Indian woman to go to space after Kalpana Chawla; she will be on board Richard Branson's VSS Unity
- Dadabhai Naoroji was nearly 90 when he met Annie Besant who became involved in India's struggle for freedom and joined the INC
- Meet Zoho's Sridhar Vembu, who has adopted a work-from-village lifestyle and is encouraging his employees to do the same
- Indian American Dr Nikhila Juvvadi gave Dr Marina Del Rios Chicago's first COVID-19 vaccination on Dec 15, 2020
- 1952: The year wrestler KD Jadhav became the first Indian to bag an individual medal at the Olympics
- 2012: The year Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to bag an Olympic medal for boxing
- 1938: BKS Iyengar, who was guru to The Beatles and The Beach Boys, demonstrating yoga asanas
- International Yoga Day being celebrated at New York's Times Square with over 3,000 yogis
- Milkha Singh dropped important life lessons at an event in 2019. The Olympic sprinter believed in the power of discipline and hard work
- A clip from the 1960 Rome Olympics when Milkha Singh missed bagging a medal by a whisker
- 1958: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared a national holiday when Milkha Singh won a Gold at the Commonwealth Games
- 1945: The last time Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested by the British police
- TIME's Heroes of 2020: Indian American Rahul Dubey with some of the 72 persons he sheltered from police violence on June 1 last year
- MIT’s Indian-origin researcher Shriya Srinivasan talks about the next steps in human prosthesis
- Prodigious teenagers Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli during a school cricket game. Their 664-run partnership in 1988 is etched in the record books.
- Picture of socially distancing national leaders at the G7 summit goes viral
- New Zealand's Auckland has become the world's most liveable city
- 'Quit India' movement: A demonstration in Madras, calling for a boycott of the Simon Commission in 1928
- When Sunil Chhetri surpassed Lionel Messi to become the world's second highest active goal scorer
- A horse-mounted cop wears a virus-themed helmet during a Covid awareness drive in Hyderabad
- 1915: Trams passing the grand facade of Victoria Railway Station (Now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) in Mumbai
- “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” - Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947
- Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud celebrates with her team after the company's NASDAQ listing on May 25
- Iconic TV ads from the 1990s
- 1947: The first British contingent leaves India
- Indian Railways: Carrying 8 billion people every year
- An Air India airhostess aiding a passenger on a Delhi-Bombay flight in 1946
- The Beatles during their time at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram at Rishikesh
- Poet and Physicist: Rabindranath Tagore with Albert Einstein in 1930
- Indian-origin chemist Depinder Chibber is winning hearts at MasterChef Australia
- Arrival of Indian indentured labour in Natal, South Africa
- Companies should atleast pay 15% tax : US
- 3 Indian startups brewing success by redefining tea exports.
- 1983: India's first ever cricket World Cup winning moment
- Ratan Tata's message to India’s youth on their power, potential, and purpose in India’s progress
- Fishermen brave the cyclonic storm off Ernakulam
- "Everybody said it could not be done."- Ratan Tata on India's first locally-developed car
- 1910: Sikh farmers in Western Australia
