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Moments that changed the world: Gandhi’s eviction from a South African train

by Chandu | Jun 10, 2021

What and When Mahatma Gandhi was unceremoniously evicted from the first-class carriage of a train in South Africa’s Pietermaritzburg on the night of June 7, 1893, for being a person of color. How Gandhi was on his way from Durban to Pretoria in the train when a...

Mandeep Kaur: Single mom who rose from door-to-door sales to NZ’s first female Indian-origin cop

by Chandu | Jun 9, 2021

Many women give up on their childhood dreams especially if they had a failed marriage and single mother responsibilities. Not 52-year-old Mandeep Kaur. Hers is a story of grit, determination, perseverance and eventual glory: A girl who could barely speak English...

R Gopalakrishnan: ‘Made-in-India Manager’ who shaped HUL and Tata Sons

by Ranjani Rajendra | May 20, 2021

A series of unplanned coincidences: that’s how R Gopalakrishnan, management veteran and former honcho at Tata Sons, Hindustan Lever (now Hindustan Unilever) and Unilever Arabia, describes his career that spans over five decades. Widely regarded as one of India’s...

HEALTHCARE: Mama Zulekha, the Deliverer

by Chandu | Apr 5, 2021

(Suruchi Kapur Gomes, May 1) It was 1964, and a 23-year-old impressionable girl left the cocoon of her sheltered life straddled with a medical degree from Nagpur and a stethoscope in hand. She was the first Indian woman doctor in the UAE, who today has an unequivocal...