Over the past two years, 14-year-old Ayush Singh has found himself flooded with job offers, each trying to outdo one other with exorbitant pay packets and an assortment of benefits. His 10-hour course on Free Code Camp is nearing the coveted ‘one million...
(June 19, 2022) Divya Sijwali tells me she is often mistaken for being much younger than her 17 years – a quality that can work both for and against her, dealing as she does with issues that those far older have attempted to tackle. She is determined, though,...
(June 14, 2022) In 1985, Balu Natarajan became the first Indian-American kid to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee. And since then, the Indian-American community has pretty much dominated the competition. Even though they make up only about one percent of the...
(June 7, 2022) For a young seventh grader, losing seven close family members to heart ailments within a year was a traumatising experience. Her grief soon turned into a quest to discover the root cause. The findings led to a startling revelation – the lack of...
(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...