An Odissi of dance: Danseuse Vrinda Chadha performs across the world, breathing life into the artform

by Amrita Priya | Mar 25, 2022

(March 25, 2022) Dancing across continents is a many splendoured thing. The beautiful and emotive Vrinda Chadha’s life has been a whirlwind of such experiences. It also shows the depth of her craft. A tryst with mudras which began at 13, has today created a body of...

A ‘Rebba’rence to the downtrodden: How Dhruv helps underprivileged and pandemic-stricken

by Charu Thakur | Mar 24, 2022

(March 24, 2022) An eighth grader, Dhruv Rebba landed in India from the US to visit his father’s village – NP Kunta in Andhra Pradesh. The experience was a life changer – as he started a non-profit at the age of 14. The teenager from Illinois was startled...

How language redeemer Shruti Rijhwani mines your language with AI &ML

by sekhar | Mar 23, 2022

(March 23, 2022) Humans aren’t the best at preservation. Case in point, the world as we know it. Now, fathom how a country like India, that had 1,100 languages, has lost 220 forever. That 20 percent is just skimming the tip of this nadir – Across the world too, the...

‘Dey’light at the end of a quantum tunnel as teen physicist Arpan explores consciousness

by Darshana Ramdev | Mar 22, 2022

(March 22, 2022) Arpan Dey was 15-years-old when a friend mentioned the Junior Academy of Sciences, a part of the prestigious New York Academy of Sciences, telling him to apply. “I never imagined I would get in, but I did send an application. I was selected,” the now...

A ‘doodh’ entrepreneur: How Shraddha Dhawan grew her farm revenue 24 times

by Ranjani Rajendra | Mar 20, 2022

(March 20, 2022) Trailblazing into the male domain, milking buffaloes, and riding a bike to deliver milk, Shraddha Dhawan, a native of Nighoj village, near Pune, has established herself as a unique entrepreneur. The 23-year-old village entrepreneur had entered the...