by Charu Thakur | May 2, 2025
(May 2, 2025) In first grade, Shruthi Kumar tried yoga for the first time as part of a community program in her small Nebraska town. Surrounded by “cattle ranches and cornfields,” she never expected that gentle stretches and breathing exercises would become a...
by Charu Thakur | Apr 25, 2025
(April 25, 2025) When Prisha Prakash Bhat visited her ailing grandmother in India a few years ago, she discovered a shocking culprit behind the illness: chronic arsenic poisoning from rice. In parts of India and other South Asian countries, rice can absorb arsenic...
by Charu Thakur | Apr 17, 2025
(April 17, 2025) Every year, nearly a third of all food produced globally—about 1.3 billion tons—is lost or wasted. A large portion of that loss happens even before food leaves the farm, due to factors like crop disease, poor infrastructure, and lack of early...
by Charu Thakur | Apr 12, 2025
(April 12, 2025) Indian-American teen’s journey began with a simple yet powerful question: how could technology help children with autism overcome the challenges they face every day? While observing that many children were struggling with communication and...
by Charu Thakur | Apr 4, 2025
(April 4, 2025) It was a regular May morning for Dallas teen Tejasvi Manoj, who was sharing a ride with her dad when they learned that her 85-year-old grandfather had nearly fallen for a phishing scam. The teenager vividly remembers those moments of panic, seeing her...
