by Namrata Srivastava | Aug 15, 2023
(August 15, 2023) He was a curious child, who once took apart his family’s landline phone to see how it worked. While other parents might have scolded – or even grounded – their kid, Arjun Menta’s parents cheered on his inquisitiveness by giving him...
by Amrita Priya | Jun 9, 2023
(Jun 9, 2023) Carrying forward the legacy set by 26 Indian origin teens before him, Dev Shah, an eighth-grader from Florida, is the 2023 winner of the prestigious Scripps Spelling Bee. After three years of dedicated study and navigating numerous setbacks, Shah...
by Amrita Priya | Mar 22, 2023
(March 22, 2023) In 1990, when former US President Barack Obama was in his second year at Harvard Law School, he created history by becoming the first black president of the Harvard Law Review – a monthly journal comprising 2500 pages per volume published every month...
by Darshana Ramdev | Dec 8, 2022
(December 7, 2022) Yash Gandhi was eleven months old, the much-adored firstborn son of Ash and Sonal Gandhi, when he was diagnosed with a rare, terminal disease. He wouldn’t make it past the age of five, doctors said, and there was nothing anyone could do....
by Amrita Priya | Nov 15, 2022
(November 15, 2022) The General Assembly of Illinois in the United States was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. As of 2022, the current General Assembly is the 102nd one. In a proud moment for India, in such a long period of its existence,...