by Vikram Sharma | Jan 6, 2026
(January 6, 2026) Back in 2008, Deepa Kiran had a kidney malfunction. Doctors put her on steroids, 80 tablets a day for five months straight. But a full recovery eluded her. Soon, despair led to a moment of epiphany. She decided to hold a summer camp for children, a...
by Bindu Gopal Rao | Jan 4, 2026
(January 4, 2026) Vocalist, composer, and producer Aditya Prakash wears all these hats with equal aplomb. An award-winning artist with a powerful, searching voice, he is steadily pushing the boundaries of Karnatik music reimagining it for contemporary audiences while...
by Vikram Sharma | Dec 19, 2025
(December 19, 2025) Sanskrit, the ancient classical Indo-Aryan language, is now finding its way back into classrooms in Pakistan. In a historic move, the first since Partition, the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) has launched a four-credit course in...
by Amrita Priya | Nov 30, 2025
(November 30, 2025) Awarded by India’s multinational tech powerhouse Infosys, the Infosys Prize rewards world-class research connected to India with a gold medal and USD 100,000. Among this year’s awardees is American Sanskrit scholar and University of Chicago...
