Global Indian Archives

Anjali Phougat: From winning Indian beauty pageant to creating luxury fashion brand in the US

by Vikram Sharma | Nov 18, 2021

(November 18, 2021) Many famous people are left-handed – industrialist Ratan Tata, cricket great Sachin Tendulkar, even Barack Obama. And lefties are often stigmatised. The enterprising Anjali Phougat is no exception. Putting on a brave face, she concentrates on...

Ricky Kej, the musician with an activist heart

by Amrita Priya | Nov 17, 2021

(November 17, 2021) From the Grammy-winning album Winds of Samsara to My Earth Songs and most recently Divine Tides, composer, musician and humanitarian conservationist Ricky Kej has the propensity to dig deep into ragas and their effervescence. Composing strains that...

Rajeeb Dey: The British-Indian entrepreneur who became the WEF’s youngest Young Global Leader

by Chandu | Nov 16, 2021

(November 16, 2021) Landing a job or an internship where you aren’t just fetching coffee is no mean feat. Being able to find the right contacts, get your resume noticed, land an interview and eventually an internship or a job can be quite a long winded and complicated...

How Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi became an international bestselling author

by Chandu | Nov 15, 2021

(November 15, 2021) “People love people in such strange ways that you will need more than a lifetime to figure that one out,” writes Indian author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi in The Flamingoes of Bombay. It’s the complexities of love and...

Meet Devanand (Dave) Sharma, Australia’s first Indian-origin Member of Parliament

by Chandu | Nov 15, 2021

(November 15, 2021) Australia has an impressive 700,000 strong Indian diaspora, making it the second-highest taxpaying diaspora after the British. As the group makes significant contributions to Australia’s economy, more and more Indian-origin Australians are coming...