Global Indian Archives

Meet Satarupa Majumder, the woman who opened the only English medium school in the Sundarbans

by Ranjani Rajendra | Aug 18, 2021

(August 18, 2021) It was 2002, she was all of 26, had just gotten married and begun a career as a teacher. But Satarupa Majumder was far from satisfied. There was a niggling question on her mind that she just couldn’t find the answer to: What was the purpose of her...

Ananya Birla: How the billionaire heiress followed her heart into music and entrepreneurship

by Chandu | Aug 17, 2021

(August 17, 2021) Being born with a silver spoon can spell comfort and security, but the affluence can also cast a shadow on freedom and destiny. And this was something that the billionaire heiress Ananya Birla was aware of at crucial junctures of her life. This early...

How Neha Narkhede made her way to Forbes’ list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women

by Chandu | Aug 17, 2021

(August 17, 2021) Pune-born Neha Narkhede was all of 8-years-old when she got her first computer, she’s been hooked to technology ever since. After working as a software engineer at LinkedIn for a couple of years, the US-based Narkhede went on to co-found streaming...

Lulu Raghavan: The brand evangelist who helped build some of India Inc’s most powerful brands

by Ranjani Rajendra | Aug 16, 2021

(August 16, 2021) How many of us can claim to love waking up each morning and looking forward to going to work? Every single day, for two decades? Be it to catch a 6 am flight or making it in time for an 8 am meeting? That is exactly how Lulu Raghavan feels about her...

Sashi Cheliah: The cop who traded his uniform to become Masterchef Australia’s first Indian-origin winner

by Chandu | Aug 14, 2021

(August14, 2021) Once upon a time, Sashi Cheliah was a gun toting super cop: first, he joined the military and spent two years as a commando, and then he joined the Singapore police force where he specialized in counter terrorism in its elite Special Tactics and...