by Vikram Sharma | Oct 23, 2025
(October 23, 2025) When 17-year-old Alina Fatima Khan walked into the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations headquarters in New York last month, she was filled with awe. The powerful speeches by world leaders and the lively discussions that followed strengthened...
by Vikram Sharma | Oct 8, 2025
(October 8, 2025) The extreme weather conditions and deadly crevasses kept challenging him; relentless physical exhaustion and homesickness tempted him to back down. But mountaineer Vishwanath Karthikey Padakanti simply wouldn’t give up. Having trained hard, he...
by Vikram Sharma | Oct 1, 2025
(October 1, 2025) In 25 schools across Suryapet and Hyderabad, lessons on pollution no longer mean listening to lectures from a blackboard. Instead, children fold newspapers into eco-friendly bags, sculpt Ganesh idols from clay and leaves, and debate whether a bottle...
by Vikram Sharma | Sep 24, 2025
(September 24, 2025) When Bhuvan Siripurapu landed in Taipei for the 22nd International Linguistics Olympiad (IOL) in July this year, the city’s striking mix of ancient culture, modern innovation, and warm hospitality left a lasting impression on him.Yet it was his...
by Amrita Priya | Aug 28, 2025
(August 28, 2025) For most high schoolers, a summer job is the first taste of responsibility, independence, and the occasional workplace blunder. For Ananya Singla, a high school senior at Detroit Country Day School from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, those first months...
