TN’s Young Nutrition Ambassador Hasini Lakshmi Narayanan takes ‘first steps’ to spread awareness

by Ranjani Rajendra | Feb 4, 2022

(February 4, 2022) How many 13-year-olds are comfortable addressing large crowds and delivering motivational speeches? Or for that matter, how many of them host YouTube channels celebrating other young achievers? Chennai-based Hasini Lakshmi Narayanan does. The class...

Footprints in the sand: UN Young Leader Udit Singhal breaks the ‘glass’ ceiling

by suruchi | Feb 3, 2022

(February 3, 2022) “Be mindful,” Udit Singhal implores in a TedX Talk. It is that same mindfulness that saw him solve the glass menace in Delhi. The UN Young Leader for sustainable development goals is a sum of many parts – social entrepreneur, youth leader,...

Youngest Writer of Assam awardee Riyad Maroof Hassan connects through storytelling, podcasts & poems

by Charu Thakur | Feb 2, 2022

(February 2, 2022) At just eight, he dreamt about a ship braving a sea storm, and startled by its intensity, he woke up. Curiosity kept him anchored to this lucid dream. Unable to find an answer, he started visualising. “It was a turning point in my life when I...

Indian child mountaineer: Bal Puraskar awardee Virat summits Mt Kilimanjaro, it’s Mt Kosciuszko next

by Vikram Sharma | Feb 1, 2022

(February 1, 2022) Standing stop a mountain peak, covered with a blanket of clouds is a fantasy for children. Virat Chandra Telukunta is no different. His favourite cartoon show — Doraemon – a fictitious character in Japanese manga would transport him to the...

Indian child mountaineer: Bal Puraskar awardee Virat summits Mt Kilimanjaro, it’s Mt Kosciuszko next

by Vikram Sharma | Feb 1, 2022

(February 1, 2022) Standing stop a mountain peak, covered with a blanket of clouds is a fantasy for children. Virat Chandra Telukunta is no different. His favourite cartoon show — Doraemon – a fictitious character in Japanese manga would transport him to the...