by Charu Thakur | Mar 2, 2025
(March 2, 2025) Picture this: It is 1992, and Ashok Amritraj has just been invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a voting member — the first Indian producer to ever receive this honour. It was a moment of validation, not just for him, but...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 25, 2024
(December 25, 2024) When US President-elect Donald Trump announced Sriram Krishnan as the Senior Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence, it wasn’t just another appointment. For Sriram, who grew up in Chennai dreaming of engineering his way into a brighter...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 15, 2024
(December 15, 2024) It was supposed to be a simple visit to Canada. Padma, a middle schooler from Houston, thought her family was on a vacation. Instead, she found herself sitting in a waiting room at the American Embassy in Ottawa, her excitement replaced by...
by Charu Thakur | Nov 13, 2024
(November 13, 2024) Thousands of miles away in the village of Vadluru in Andhra Pradesh, the air was thick with hope and prayers. Villagers gathered at local temples, offering prayers for JD Vance’s success in the US elections, hoping that his victory would not...
