by Amrita Priya | Sep 22, 2023
(September 22, 2023) I had the pleasure of meeting Thiru Sivakumar Nadesan, more popular as Kumar Nadesan, on a pleasant afternoon at the Business Club of Taj Samudra, Colombo. The Indian cricket team was coincidentally staying at the same venue for the Asia Cup....
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...
by Namrata Srivastava | Mar 20, 2023
(March 20, 2023) His village had no electricity till Prof Chennupati Jagadish was around seven years old. From studying by the light of a kerosene lamp as a young child and having lived with his high school maths teacher to be able to finish high school, the scientist...
by Amrita Priya | Mar 19, 2023
(March 19, 2023) Dr Zulekha Daud, founder and chairperson of Zulekha Healthcare Group in Dubai and Sharjah, is known affectionately by her moniker, ‘Mama Zulekha’. She began her career in 1964, as a 23-year-old and went on to create an unparalleled legacy, after...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jan 20, 2023
(January 20, 2023) As a child queuing at ration shops, he would often think about the possibility of enough food for everyone, without anyone having to worry about it. While many would have dropped it as a passing thought, this scientist pursued a career in...
