by Charu Thakur | Aug 6, 2025
(August 6, 2025) Dressed in a crisp bandhgala jacket over a white shirt, Indian-origin founder Akhil Patel stepped into history with a steaming pot of masala chai in hand. At the historic Chequers estate, where diplomacy is usually brewed over policy papers, Akhil...
by Charu Thakur | Jul 21, 2025
(July 21, 2025) When Sabih Khan joined Apple in 1995, the company hadn’t yet launched the iPod, let alone the iPhone or Apple Watch. It was still finding its footing in a competitive tech landscape. Khan, who was born in Moradabad and had gone to school in Singapore,...
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 Amrita Priya | May 2, 2025
(May 2, 2025) When Kamla Persad-Bissessar stood before cheering supporters following her recent landslide victory in Trinidad and Tobago’s general elections, it wasn’t just a political comeback. It completed a journey that began 136 years ago, when her...
by Charu Thakur | Mar 21, 2025
(March 21, 2025) On a crisp Ottawa morning, against the backdrop of Parliament Hill’s stone arches, two women with roots tracing back to India took their oaths as ministers in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s newly formed cabinet. Indo-Canadian Anita Anand and...
