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Meet Devanand (Dave) Sharma, Australia’s first Indian-origin Member of Parliament

by Chandu | Nov 15, 2021

(November 15, 2021) Australia has an impressive 700,000 strong Indian diaspora, making it the second-highest taxpaying diaspora after the British. As the group makes significant contributions to Australia’s economy, more and more Indian-origin Australians are coming...

Ashwini Vaishnaw: From Wharton alumnus to Indian Cabinet Minister

by Chandu | Jul 10, 2021

Until a couple of days ago, his was a little-known name. However, the Indian government’s ambitious Cabinet rejig has shot Ashwini Vaishnaw to the limelight. But he is not your typical Indian Politician; an IIT-Kanpur and Wharton Business School alumnus, Vaishnaw...

Remembering Dadabhai Naoroji: Sage freedom fighter and first Asian elected to UK’s Parliament

by Chandu | Jun 30, 2021

Mahatma Gandhi had once said that Dadabhai Naoroji was the real Father of the Nation. To hear the man that the masses adored heap such adulation on a political leader is testimony to the power and idealism Naoroji wielded. In 1956, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had...