by Charu Thakur | Jan 7, 2023
(January 7, 2023) At 18000 feet above sea level, Illinois-based Saanvi Sita Mylavarapu stopped feeling her feet. With no insulated boots to keep her warm, she felt “like a thousand needles were poking at the same time.” Having arrived at the Mt Everest...
by Charu Thakur | Jan 3, 2023
(January 3, 2023) At the opening night of Brecon Festival Ballet this Christmas, an Indian took centrestage as the main lead in Nutcracker – the world’s most popular ballet – to perform to packed houses in Wales. Amid the thunderous applause, he...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 30, 2022
(December 30, 2022) A photo is worth a thousand words, and Indian photographers are making sure to capture the breath-taking beauty of nature and the rawness of emotions to weave a story that evokes a feeling in almost everyone. With a legacy of cultural diversity and...
by Namrata Srivastava | Dec 28, 2022
(December 28, 2022) It has been a year of sports for India. From our young guns’ marvellous performance at the Commonwealth Games to sports stars like Nikhat Zareen, Ravi Kumar Dahiya, Neeraj Chopra, and Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa securing gold at the individual...
by Charu Thakur | Dec 24, 2022
(December 24, 2022) SL Narayanan was all of nine when the board game with 64 black and white squares grabbed his attention. It was at this young age that he learnt that the knight in chess moves multiple squares each time while the pawn moves forward one square. Such...
