cultural ambassador Archives

Lalit Verma: The cultural curator whose work reached UNESCO, the Kumbh, and Cannes

by Vikram Sharma | May 5, 2026

(May 5, 2026) Lalit Verma is many things — photographer, founder of Aurodhan Art Gallery, curator of over three thousand cultural events, and India’s quiet cultural ambassador to the world. His photographs have graced the Indian Parliament House in New Delhi and...

Gurdeep Kaur Chawla: The diplomatic interpreter world leaders trust

by Amrita Priya | Feb 20, 2026

(February 20, 2026) Right from the presidential years of Barack Obama to Joe Biden and now Donald Trump, in bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gurdeep Kaur Chawla has been present in those high-stakes meetings, headset on and mind alert, carrying the...

Plot twist: How Dev Raturi went from waiter to restaurateur to one of China’s best loved actors

by Darshana Ramdev | Oct 24, 2024

(October 24, 2024) Dev Raturi fondly remembers his pahad in Uttarakhand, although nearly 20 years have passed since he last called it home. In 2005, armed with a job offer from a friend, and lots of dreams for his future, Raturi scraped funds together to buy himself a...