(February 2, 2023) Alana Meenakshi Kolagatla was barely four when she first got the feel of the king, queen, rook, bishop, and pawn on the chess board. The child hardly had any understanding of the game, yet she was just about able to arrange the pieces in order. By...
(February 1, 2023) “The experience has been surreal. Meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, being felicitated by President Droupadi Murmu, and the Minister of Women and Child development Smriti Irani,” remarks Anoushka Jolly, the winner of The Pradhan...
(October 7, 2022) Around 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous period, volcanic eruptions occurred at the Western Ghats, giving way to the formation of the Deccan Traps. For years, geologists have been intrigued by this formation, and some 12 years ago, a...
(September 28, 2022) A video on YouTube sparked a life-saving idea in Harshwardhan Zala – the one that came after the teenager saw a handful of soldiers trying to defuse a mine, and in the process, it exploded leaving many injured. He couldn’t get the...
(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...
