by Darshana Ramdev | Dec 29, 2022
(December 29, 2022) “The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible – and achieve it, generation after generation,” remarked the American writer and novelist, Pearl S. Buck. Her words continue to ring true...
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 | 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...
by Charu Thakur | Aug 21, 2022
(August 21, 2022) In the summer of 2017, while reading a story about the US Senator John McCain, who was then battling the aggressive brain cancer – glioblastoma, Virgina-based Kaavya Kopparapu stumbled upon some startling facts. A high school junior then, she...
by Charu Thakur | Aug 12, 2022
(August 12, 2022) India is home to 0.58 million persons living with Parkinson’s disease, and Pune-based inventor Jui Keskar’s abode was no different. Having seen her uncle battle the illness for the past nine years with incessant rounds to the hospitals,...