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On Top of the World: No mission is impossible for Captain Zoya Agarwal 

by Vikram Sharma | Jan 9, 2023

(January 9, 2022) Zoya Agarwal dared to dream the impossible quite early in life. As a child, she would often spend hours on the terrace of her home, stargazing while all her friends were busy playing games. She imagined herself touching the sky and the stars. Back...

The Maharaja is back: How the national carrier flew back home to Tata’s Bombay House after 68 years

by Chandu | Oct 12, 2021

(October 12, 2021) Eighty nine years ago when JRD Tata first launched Tata Airlines in October 1932, he created history. He was India’s first licensed commercial pilot and the launch of the airline had given birth to the Indian civil aviation industry. By 1946, the...

Meet Captain Anny Divya, world’s youngest Boeing 777 commander

by Chandu | May 28, 2021

(Suruchi Kapur-Gomes, May 28 ) Commander Anny Divya has taken life’s highs and downdrafts with equanimity. At the age of 30, the Andhra Pradesh girl became the world’s youngest woman to command the 360-seater Boeing 777 aircraft. A girl who couldn’t speak proper...