by Charu Thakur | Mar 10, 2023
(March 10, 2023) “Our mission is to improve the mental health and well-being of communities in need, one book at a time and to inspire kids to find the joy of giving and to give back to their community,” reads one of the Instagram posts of Loving Library,...
by Vikram Sharma | Feb 18, 2023
(February 18, 2023) Sarvesh Prabhu can leave audiences spellbound with his live performances of Carnatic music, beat you at a game of chess or show you some swift swimming strokes. Playing a piano comes naturally to him. Academics? Well, he is good at that too. When...
by Charu Thakur | Nov 2, 2022
(November 2, 2022) A chance visit to a market in Mumbai during her India trip some four years led Anika Puri to a shocking visual – rows of ivory jewelry and statues. For decades, the ivory trade has been illegal globally, and elephant hunting is prohibited in...
by Charu Thakur | Oct 26, 2022
(October 26, 2022) Failures are nothing but stepping stones to success, and Indian American Alay Shah couldn’t agree more. The 18-year-old, who made it to the top ten at the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search for designing an eye-tracking algorithm that can...
by Charu Thakur | Sep 9, 2022
(September 9, 2022) A chance encounter with a blind woman on his way to a nearby town made Arunachal Pradesh native Anang Tadar ruminate over the difficulties faced by visually-impaired people. Seeing her ask for directions made him question the daily struggles of...