by Charu Thakur | Apr 2, 2024
(April 2, 2024) As the curtains rise, Kazakhstan-born Oxana Banshikova takes the center stage. Clad in a beautiful silk saree with kohl-rimmed eyes, she is a vision of elegance and poise. Her fluid movements and intense eyes convey myriad emotions. Through every...
by Amrita Priya | Sep 8, 2023
(September 8, 2023) Ukraine’s Ganna Smirnova embodies unwavering resilience and indomitable courage in the face of the Russia-Ukraine war. One of Europe’s well-known Bharatanatyam dancers, Ganna was shaken but bravely chartered a new path. Having moved to Hastings,...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jul 4, 2023
(July 4, 2022) About 10 minutes into the interview, I asked Dr. Balasubramanian Ramani what drew him to pursue a degree in zoology. “It was actually cricket,” he said. When I asked him if he was talking about cricket ‘the game’, the scholar...