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The Health and Wealth Paradox: Mihir Patki on smart investing and healthy living

by Vikram Sharma | Jan 31, 2025

(January 31, 2025) When Mihir Patki and his three classmates from the University of Oxford drove into Kenya’s Tana Delta to do a feasibility study for setting up a mango processing factory as part of their university project, it seemed like a mission impossible....

Meet Akshay Ruparelia, the British Indian entrepreneur who became UK’s youngest millionaire 

by Chandu | Oct 20, 2021

(October 20, 2021) It was the Fall of 2017 when a 19-year-old Akshay Ruparelia was studying hard for his A Levels in the UK. The Indian-origin teen had his eyes set on a university education at Oxford, one of UK’s most prestigious institutions. However, Akshay wasn’t...

Ananya Birla: How the billionaire heiress followed her heart into music and entrepreneurship

by Chandu | Aug 17, 2021

(August 17, 2021) Being born with a silver spoon can spell comfort and security, but the affluence can also cast a shadow on freedom and destiny. And this was something that the billionaire heiress Ananya Birla was aware of at crucial junctures of her life. This early...

Remembering the Indian-origin journalists who died covering someone else’s war

by Chandu | Jul 23, 2021

(July 23, 2021; 6pm) Their work is often unsung. But journalists frequently go above and beyond the call of duty to bring to readers and viewers facts about events as they occur. Sometimes, they risk their lives when reporting from the frontlines of a battle or...