Global Indian Archives

Uppma Virdi: The 30-year-old Indian-origin lawyer who made Australia fall in love with chai

by Chandu | Nov 3, 2021

(November 3, 2021) Who would have thought that a cup of tea could propel a 20-something Indian Australian into the country’s big league? But that’s exactly what happened with Uppma Virdi, a Sydney-based lawyer, who shot to fame with her venture Chai Walli. So much so,...

Nalini Malani: The multimedia artist is amplifying women’s voice through art

by Chandu | Nov 2, 2021

(November 2, 2021) She can be easily called the pioneer of Multimedia Art in India. At a time when Indian painters were still painting the traditional way, Nalini Malani was busy experimenting with mixed media. Her art isn’t just visual but is an orchestra for...

Meet Mangesh Ghogre, the only Indian to construct crosswords for New York Times and LA Times

by Chandu | Nov 2, 2021

(November 2, 2021) The next time you attempt solving an NYT or LA Times crossword, do keep an eye out for the byline. It’s quite likely that the crossword you’re attempting to solve would have been constructed by a young Mumbai-based investment banker, who’s had a...

Grinding batter to entrepreneurial success: How PC Musthafa built a ₹2000 crore company

by Sarbani Sen | Nov 1, 2021

(November 1, 2021) PC Musthafa realised very early that being enterprising was the only way to ride out of abject poverty. He was only 10 years old when the realisation dawned on him. Hailing from a remote village in Kerala’s Wayanad district, Musthafa’s...

Living on the edge: For mountaineers and twin Everesters Tashi and Nungshi Malik, the world is not enough

by Vikram Sharma | Oct 31, 2021

(October 31, 2021) Tashi and Nungshi Malik, Indian athletes, love to live life on the edge. Years ago, when the two mountaineers were caught in the longest snow storm at an altitude of 14,000 feet at Denali, the highest mountain peak in North America – and...