by Amrita Priya | Sep 28, 2024
(September 28, 2024) A newspaper article about Shuchi Scheme – a menstrual hygiene project by the Karnataka government that distributes free sanitary pads for school girls – coming to a halt owing to Covid-19 shifted something in the then 14-year-old...
by Amrita Priya | Sep 27, 2024
(September 27, 2024) Dhruvi Patel, a student from the USA, was named Miss India Worldwide 2024. This was the 31st edition of Miss India Worldwide, the longest-running Indian pageant held outside of India. It is considered one of the top ethnic pageants, and is...
by Amrita Priya | Sep 18, 2024
(September 18, 2024) A few years ago, when Mannat Kaur witnessed her home tap run dry, she began exploring solutions for the widespread use of greywater (domestic wastewater) to address the water crisis. Little did she imagine that her curiosity and efforts to develop...
by Amrita Priya | Sep 5, 2024
(September 5, 2024) “Kalpana Chawla’s story inspired many people. She came from a small town but nothing could beat her determination to dream big and achieve it. At a time when her field was largely male-dominated, she broke stereotypes to convert her...
by Amrita Priya | Sep 4, 2024
(September 4, 2024) The daughter of a marine biologist, Nadia Nazar grew up seeing how climate change was harming animals. And eventually, she began to see what it was doing to people too. One thing led to another and in 2018, Nadia co-founded Zero Hour, a...
