(July 13, 2022) She was quite young when she first stepped on a cricket pitch. Disguised as her brother, who was sick, Shafali Verma played at the under-12 national school championship and ended up winning the Player of the Match award. A first-class cricketer today,...
(May 31, 2022) “Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” These words of Theodore Levitt stand true for the brigade of Indian teen innovators who are helping solve the biggest issues, one problem at a time. From saving the...
(April 20, 2022) Actors of South Asian descent haven’t always been a staple in Hollywood. Not unless the role requires the manager of a 7-Eleven, a doctor, or a young Indian being forced into an arranged marriage. Stereotypes ruled, even as actors like Naveen...
COVID-19’s aftermath deeply vexes her. It changed a carefree 16-year-old to a thinking and inventing one. Innovator and STEM whiz Neha Shukla spent the pandemic-driven lockdowns leveraging science and technology to create social change. She invented a device —...
“I know a lot of people say that kids are the future, but I want to spread the message that we are here now, and we can make a difference.” – 11-year-old Gitanjali Rao in 2017 Meet Indian American teen scientist and TIME’s First Kid of the Year, Gitanjali Rao....
