by Amrita Priya | Mar 2, 2026
(March 2, 2026) When Kalyan Goud Janagam looks back at his journey from Hyderabad to Sydney, Singapore, and finally the London School of Economics, and at the journeys of other Indian study-abroad aspirants, he sees a pattern. “Indian students are among the most...
by Amrita Priya | Feb 2, 2026
(February 2, 2026) On a Vande Bharat Express journey last month, somewhere between destinations and generations, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor found himself in an unexpectedly absorbing conversation. Sitting besides him was Raul John Aju, a 16-year-old AI innovator from...
by Amrita Priya | Jan 25, 2026
(January 25, 2026) In August 2024, Suvaditya Mukherjee landed in Los Angeles carrying two suitcases and a slight sense of unease. It was the first time he had travelled so far away from his parents who are based in Mumbai. For first time Mumbai felt less like a city...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 24, 2025
(December 24, 2025) When Dikshitha Madisetty walked up to receive the 2025 Teaching Excellence Award at the University of Europe for Applied Sciences, her voice shook. The 25-year-old adjunct lecturer in the Business Faculty nearly cried. The moment felt both...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 20, 2025
(December 20, 2025) When Ashish Kumar Verma joined Microsoft this November as a software engineer at its Hyderabad IDC, the 19-year-old entered the company as one of the youngest to be hired this year. His professional path would have blended naturally into the steady...
