by Charu Thakur | Feb 10, 2023
(February 10, 2023) “One idea can change your life.” This holds true for Florida girl Ishika Nag who at the age of eight built an elevator to transport her books up to her bunk bed, so she wouldn’t need to go and grab them herself. This was her first foray...
by Darshana Ramdev | Feb 9, 2023
(February 9, 2023) When he was 14-years-old, Neil Deshmukh wanted very much to keep his little brother out of his room and away from his Nintendo DS. He decided to build a face-recognition device that could recognise the difference between him and his brother and...
by Darshana Ramdev | Jan 11, 2023
(January 11, 2023) “America is the land of dreams. What am I doing here if I don’t let my son follow his?” Karuna Jha’s 22-year-old son, Kanak, is a table tennis prodigy and as he grew up, his parents made sure every penny went towards helping...
by Charu Thakur | Jan 7, 2023
(January 7, 2023) At 18000 feet above sea level, Illinois-based Saanvi Sita Mylavarapu stopped feeling her feet. With no insulated boots to keep her warm, she felt “like a thousand needles were poking at the same time.” Having arrived at the Mt Everest...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 20, 2022
(December 20, 2022) “Imagine a place where life ends after dark, where there are no electric lights for school work or refrigeration for perishables. This is not part of some dystopian society – it’s a part of our world today. Over 1.2 billion people lack...
