by Charu Thakur | Feb 4, 2025
(February 4, 2025) He was just seven kilometers away from scripting history as the first Indian to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole when Satish Gogineni could see Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station and a few explorers waiting for him at the finish line. But...
by Charu Thakur | Jan 28, 2025
(January 28, 2025) For Nidhi Jalan, food has always been deeply personal—a way of connecting with people and expressing love. Growing up in Kolkata, food was at the heart of her family life. The aroma of fresh spices, the clatter of utensils in her mother’s kitchen,...
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 | Dec 6, 2024
(December 6, 2024) In the remote Amazon rainforest, a researcher examines a moth’s wings through a microscope, uncovering colours that shift like a kaleidoscope. Thousands of miles away in Hyderabad, a ninth-grader uses the same tool to study his cheek cells....
by Charu Thakur | Nov 26, 2024
(November 26, 2024) In the summer of 2019, the town of Bareilly saw police officers and medical students training under Stop The Bleed, a program extended to India by New York-based Weill Cornell Medicine to train bystanders and ordinary people to act as first...
