by Amrita Priya | Sep 11, 2024
(September 11, 2024) Had Joginder Singh Gahunia been alive, he would have turned 80 this year. Though he passed away in 2002, he left behind a sweet legacy — Raja Sweets, the oldest North Indian fast-food restaurant and sweet shop in Houston. Almost every Houstonian...
by Charu Thakur | Sep 18, 2024
(September 18, 2024) When Sahar Mansoor began her zero-waste journey in 2015, she was keen to avoid single use plastic like the plague. This meant shopping from only package free grocery stores or replacing cold medication with hot ginger tea or trying everything to...
by Charu Thakur | Sep 13, 2024
(September 13, 2024) The ‘majestic blue ball’ is how Gopichand Thotakura described Earth as he saw it for the very first time from space. The 30-year-old scripted history by becoming the first Indian space tourist as he took off in Blue Origin’s New...
by Amrita Priya | Aug 22, 2024
(August 22, 2024) In 2013, Professor Akhouri Achyutanand Sinha, was searching online for information to write a tribute to a former team member, who had passed away. The late team member had accompanied Professor Sinha on an Antarctic expedition in the 1970s. The...
by Minal Nirmala Khona | Aug 18, 2024
(August 18, 2024) As part of the team that cooked for PM Narendra Modi and Ivanka Trump at the Taj Falaknuma Palace, to serving gourmet Indian food at a luxe resort amidst snow capped peaks, Chef Srinivas Reddy Makka’s career has some interesting milestones. In less...
