Meet Sanjal Gavande, the Marathi engineer who’s part of Jeff Bezos’ space travel project
(July 19, 2021; 3 pm) The space tourism race is truly heating up: Come July 20, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will take off on board Blue Origin’s rocket system New Shepard. All eyes are now set on the Indian systems engineer at the commercial space flight company who’s...
From Abhimanyu Mishra to Gukesh Dommaraju: Meet the Indian-origin Chess prodigies
(July 20, 2021; 4 pm) Don’t let their age fool you. They might be young, but are ruling the FIDE (International Chess Federation) rankings in the juniors’ category. Four of the Top 10 Youngest Chess Grandmasters are Indian or Indian-origin children who are...
How swimmer Sajan Prakash braved adversity and injuries to bag direct Olympic qualification
The Eternal City of Rome woke up to a bright and sunny morning on June 26, and so did Indian swimmer Sajan Prakash. With palpable excitement, the 27-year-old athlete moved swiftly towards the swimming pool that was waiting for him to create history. Taking his...