by Charu Thakur | Aug 12, 2025
(August 12, 2025) Six hundred percent. That’s how much Palantir’s stock has risen in just a year — a meteoric climb that has turned the once-secretive data company into Silicon Valley’s hottest talking point. In the past quarter alone, it crossed $1 billion in...
by Charu Thakur | Jul 13, 2025
(July 13, 2025) One January morning in 1908, a crowd gathered outside a Johannesburg courthouse. Inside, two men stood trial — one a young lawyer from India, the other a Tamil merchant from Mauritius. Both had refused to comply with the colonial government’s new...
by Charu Thakur | Jul 11, 2025
(July 11, 2025) In a village in central Trinidad, the night comes alive with the beat of the dholak drum and the sharp ring of the dhantal. The crowd moves and cheers as Rakesh Yankaran – known as “The Raja” – begins a lively chutney song. Bhojpuri lyrics blend...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 19, 2025
(June 19, 2025) It was a moment that stuck with Dubai-based Parth Garg. After moving back to India temporarily, he realised that despite having lived and banked in multiple countries, he couldn’t get a basic credit card. “I have been in India for 9 months now and I...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 17, 2025
(June 17, 2025) “I was a thoroughly American kid,” S Paul Kapur once said. “I never imagined that I would someday return to the place where I was born.” S Paul Kapur was born in New Delhi, the child of an Indian father and an American mother. His...
