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 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 Charu Thakur | May 21, 2025
(May 21, 2025) In the early 1970s, a teenage Vinod Khosla sat in his modest New Delhi home, reading an article about a young tech company called Intel. The story of Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore building microprocessors sparked something in him. At just 16, Khosla knew...
by Charu Thakur | May 17, 2025
(May 17, 2025) It all started with a simple, almost innocent quest – a father-to-be looking for a special toy for his unborn daughter. He didn’t want just another teddy bear or musical mobile. He was searching for something that reflected his roots, something...
by Charu Thakur | May 3, 2025
(May 3, 2025) One spring afternoon in 2018, Raghni Naidu and her family stopped at a small inn in Provence. While her children wandered among the rows of vines and olive trees, she sat at a shaded table, watching them laugh and play. “I just had this epiphany,” Raghni...
