by Vikram Sharma | Jun 16, 2025
(June 16, 2025) When Boston-based couple, Varun Navani and Amanda Soll sat down with family, friends, wedding and event planners to meticulously plan their elaborate, fun-filled and extravagant Indian wedding, they agreed on one aspect — that the “baraat” had to be...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 14, 2025
(June 14, 2025) As a child, Atul Bhatara would watch his mother and aunt in the kitchen, instinctively blending yogurt with turmeric, cinnamon, or saffron — home remedies they believed in for healthy skin. They’d apply the mix to his face without ceremony, just part...
by Amrita Priya | Jun 13, 2025
(Jun 13, 2025) Long before the tiger became a symbol of global conservation battles and environmental urgency, a young girl of British descent, growing up in the jungles of Bihar, was being rocked to sleep by the roars of the very creature she would one day devote her...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 10, 2025
(June 10, 2025) On a chilly fall morning in Queens, Zohran Mamdani stood before a modest crowd in Astoria, the neighborhood he’s called home for years. The 33-year-old state assembly member had just announced he was running for mayor of New York City. Instead of...
by Bindu Gopal Rao | Jun 9, 2025
(June 9, 2025) Balakumar Paramalingam didn’t just learn Carnatic rhythm — he lives it. A mridangam artist raised between Sri Lanka, India, and France, he now calls Paris home, where tradition meets innovation in his hands. As a professor at the Royal Conservatory of...
