SDG 04 – Quality Education Archives - Page 29 of 34

How Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi became an international bestselling author

by Chandu | Nov 15, 2021

(November 15, 2021) “People love people in such strange ways that you will need more than a lifetime to figure that one out,” writes Indian author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi in The Flamingoes of Bombay. It’s the complexities of love and...

From Mumbai to New York: How BAFTA-nominated director Ritesh Batra took over Hollywood

by Chandu | Nov 10, 2021

(November 10, 2021) “Kabhi kabhi galat train bhi sahi jagah pohoncha deti hai” (At times the wrong train takes you to the right destination) Who can forget this dialogue from Ritesh Batra’s directorial debut The Lunchbox? Because it speaks of hope...

From winning championship at 9 to becoming a chess grandmaster at 17: SL Narayanan’s incredible journey

by Amrita Priya | Nov 8, 2021

(November 8, 2021) SL Narayanan was all of nine when the board game with 64 black and white squares grabbed his attention. It was at this young age that he learnt that the knight in chess moves multiple squares each time while the pawn moves forward one square. Such...

Like father, like son: Ace photographer Nitin Rai’s journey was a roller-coaster ride

by Vikram Sharma | Nov 7, 2021

(November 7, 2021) On December 6, 1992, when Indian photographer Nitin Rai found himself surrounded by a sea of ‘Kar sevaks’ in Ayodhya, he had no inkling of what was coming. Hundreds of security personnel were posted all across the temple town, all roads...

Meet Mangesh Ghogre, the only Indian to construct crosswords for New York Times and LA Times

by Chandu | Nov 2, 2021

(November 2, 2021) The next time you attempt solving an NYT or LA Times crossword, do keep an eye out for the byline. It’s quite likely that the crossword you’re attempting to solve would have been constructed by a young Mumbai-based investment banker, who’s had a...