Saturday, December 21 2024

GLOBAL INDIAN IN PICTURES & VIDEOS

“While I enjoy covering news stories — from business to politics to sports — what I enjoy most is capturing the human face of a breaking story, I shoot for the common man who wants to see and feel a story from a place where he can't be present himself.” Danish Siddiqui, Pulitzer-Winning Photojournalist 1 picture = 1,000 words. Get enamored by visuals from the past and the present. See how Global Indians, PIOs, desis and Indians abroad have knowingly or unknowingly shaped our world. Photographs play an important role in every life – they connect us to our past, they remind us of people, places, feelings, and stories. They can help us to know who we are.

    Historical

    • Gandhi charkha
      Who could possibly forget this iconic photo of Mahatma Gandhi sitting with his charkha in jail? It was American photographer Margaret Bourke-White who captured this moment on her lens when she visited Gandhi in Pune where he was imprisoned.
    • Margaret Bourke-White
      On World Photography Day, let’s take you back in history. This picture of American photographer Margaret Bourke-White spinning khadi at Gandhi charkha was taken in 1946. White was in India on an assignment for Life Magazine during the years that led to the partition of the country. It was the Swadeshi movement that made Gandhi pick up the spinning wheel. He encouraged Indians to make their own cloth instead of buying British garments.
    • Mohammad Zahir Shah
      In February 1958, Mohammad Zahir Shah, the king of Afghanistan, visited India after an official visit to Pakistan. Received warmly by Indian villagers, he then proceeded to a banquet hosted by Rajendra Prasad, the then President of India: the King spoke about a lasting friendship between the two countries.
    • Mahatma Gandhi's ‘Do or Die’ address in 1942 inspired the nation to unify against its British colonizers.
      Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘Do or Die’ address in 1942 inspired the nation to unify against its British colonizers.
    • Born on August 16, 1904, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan was a poetess is best known for her evocative nationalist poem ‘Jhansi ki Rani’. In 1923, she became the first woman satyagrahi and used her poetry to call others to fight for India’s freedom. She published a total of 88 poems and 46 short stories.
    • Without his contributions, India might never have become free of British rule at all, and yet this great patriot and freedom fighter remains largely unhonoured today.
      Did you know Mahadev Desai was Mahatma Gandhi’s right hand man? The great patriot and freedom fighter who was at Gandhi’s side for several years died in prison on August 15, 1942. He was Gandhi’s secretary, typist, translator, counsellor, courier, interlocutor, trouble-shooter and much more.
    • gandhiji
      When Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in 1896, a chance interview with the editor of The Pioneer, an English daily, prompted him to pen the ‘Green Pamphlet’. Published on August 14, 1896, the Green Pamphlet exposed the conditions of Indian indentured laborers and coolies in South Africa.
    • Sarla Thakral
      Sarla Thakral was the first Indian woman to pilot an aircraft. At the age of 21, she did her first solo flight in a small, double-winged plane dressed in a sari. She completed 1,000 hours of flight time to get her license which was yet another first for an Indian woman.
    • Vikram Sarabhai, who is credited as Father of India’s Space Program, with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during her visit to the Experimental Satellite Communication Earth Station in Ahmedabad. It was due to Sarabhai’s efforts that Aryabhata, India’s first satellite was put into orbit in 1975 from a Russian cosmodrome.
    • Back in 1946, the Congress held one of its last major sessions at Meerut’s Victoria Park, months before India’s Independence. At the end of the session, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru entrusted Maj Gen GR Nagar (inset) with the khadi tricolor that was used at the meeting. Ever since, the Nagar family has been safeguarding the 9×14 foot flag which features the full charkha.
    • JRD Tata created history when he became the first Indian to become a licensed pilot in 1929. He famously piloted the first-ever flight of Tata Air Services (now Air India) from Karachi to Mumbai on October 15, 1932.
    • Princess Sophia Duleep Singh selling The Suffragette Newspaper outside Hampton Court Palace
      Princess Sophia Duleep Singh selling The Suffragette Newspaper outside Hampton Court Palace where she had a suite of apartments. The daughter of the last king of Punjab and Queen Victoria’s goddaughter was a prominent suffragette figure in UK in the early 20th Century
    • Jawaharlal Nehru’s 1955 visit — which covered several Soviet republics — was a geopolitical turning point for Moscow-New Delhi relations.
      1955: Jawaharlal Nehru and Sonia Gandhi taking the Moscow Subway during their 16-day visit to Russia – a turning point in Moscow-New Delhi relations. Nehru was popular: Driving through the streets of Yalta (then part of USSR), he would often catch bouquets of roses that came through his window from the crowds lined on the streets.
    • Mahatma Gandhi meets the Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten and his wife, at the Viceroy's House in New Delhi.
      Mahatma Gandhi meets the Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten and his wife, at the Viceroy’s House in New Delhi. (Image: Getty Images)
    • And it has all been possible because of the vision and work of Gira Sarabhai, its co-founder, who passed away on July 15 at the age of 98.   The Global Indian architect, designer and teacher is known for her contributions to several industrial and educational projects in Gujarat and is credited as a pioneer of design education in India.
      Gira Sarabhai and her brother Gautam are the pioneers of design education in India; they founded the prestigious NID in Ahmedabad in 1961
    • When Michelle Obama dazzled in a Naeem Khan gown at National Governors Dinner in 2016
    • Remembering Dadabhai Naoroji on his 104th death anniversaryRemembering Dadabhai Naoroji on his 104th death anniversary
      Dadabhai Naoroji was nearly 90 when he met Annie Besant who became involved in India’s struggle for freedom and joined the INC
    • KD Jadhav
      1952: The year wrestler KD Jadhav became the first Indian to bag an individual medal at the Olympics
    • 1958: The watershed moment when Milkha Singh won a Gold at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff; PM Jawaharlal Nehru declared a national holiday to commemorate the occasion
      1958: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru declared a national holiday when Milkha Singh won a Gold at the Commonwealth Games
    • 1945: The last time Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested by the British police
    • The duo went on to achieve a lot, but that partnership at Azad Maidan remains one of the most significant memories for Indian cricket fans.
      Prodigious teenagers Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli during a school cricket game. Their 664-run partnership in 1988 is etched in the record books.
    • When a picture speaks a thousand words
      ‘Quit India’ movement: A demonstration in Madras, calling for a boycott of the Simon Commission in 1928
    • Circa 1915: Trams passing the grand facade of Victoria Railway Station in Bombay (now Mumbai).
      1915: Trams passing the grand facade of Victoria Railway Station (Now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus) in Mumbai
    • An Air India airhostess aiding a passenger on a Delhi-Bombay flight in 1946
    • The Beatles during their time at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram at Rishikesh
    • Poet and Physicist: Rabindranath Tagore with Albert Einstein in 1930

    Latest

    • Shreyas Ayaluri
      He would spend hours scribbling on pieces of paper as a child, and now at 27, the Indian-origin Shreyas Ayaluri’s passion for writing has made him an acclaimed screenwriter in Hollywood. From getting featured at international festivals to writing a song for Broadway, this Los Angeles-based boy is creating magic overseas.
    • Global Indian chef Vineet Bhatia
      As a child, Vineet Bhatia was fascinated with airplanes and wanted to become a pilot. But when he couldn’t, he turned his focus to his other passion: cooking. Today, he is the face of Indian cuisine and holds the distinction of being the first Indian to bag a Michelin star and only British Indian chef to have a Michelin star in 2 different countries. Image Credit: India Today
    • Listed in Fortune's 40 Under 40 List, Tala's founder Shivani Siroya is changing lives one microloan at a time.
      Through her startup Tala, former Indian American investment banker Shivani Siroya is changing lives one microloan at a time. So far, the company has over 4 million customers and Siroya was nominated by Melinda Gates as Wired Icon in 2018.
    • It was Sanjeev Bikhchandani’s keen business acumen and ability to spot promising enterprises that led him to backing Zomato. He has also backed other successful startups such as Slurrp Farm and PolicyBazaar and is considered a messiah by several Indian startups
    • Apart from running the first English medium school in the Sundarbans, Satarupa Majumder has also been working with the community in the region. After the delicate eco-system was battered by Cyclone Amphan in May 2020, Satarupa and her team loaded vats of food on boats to ferry to the flood affected areas.
    • indian hockey team
      The Indian men’s hockey team rewrote history by winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics – ending a 41-year medal wait. The team won against Germany.
    • Rani Rampal and her girls battled COVID-19 and personal trouble to script history at the Tokyo Olympics when they sailed into the semi finals.
      Rani Rampal may have come from a humble background, but she was determined to pursue her dream of becoming a hockey player. From practising with a broken hockey stick to drinking milk diluted with water, she’s done it all. She made the cut for the national team at age 14 and is the only woman hockey player to be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna – Rani has grown from strength to strength.
    • India’s Neeraj Chopra made a stunning Olympics debut with his monster throw of 86.65m in javelin throw. He is now on his way to the finals.
    • Madhuri Vijay
      Madhuri Vijay’s poignant debut novel The Far Field bagged the 2019 JCB Prize for Literature, one of India’s highest literary awards.
    • PV Sindhu scripted history when she bagged a bronze at Tokyo Olympics. She is the first Indian woman sportsperson to win a double Olympic medal.
    • IIM-Lucknow alumnus Shailesh Jejurikar, is all set to take over as COO at P&G – the first ever Indian to do so. Jejurikar has worked with the company for over 30 years and will now lead IT, global business services, and a bunch of other growth areas for the consumer products giant.
    • Make some noise for India's Lovlina Borgohain. The Assamese boxer has assured India of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. She defeated Chinese Taipei's Nien-Chin Chen and advanced to the semi-finals of the women's 69kg category.
      India’s Lovlina Borgohain has assured India of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Assamese boxer defeated Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen and advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s 69kg category.
    • Dr Aparna Hegde: The maternal health champion among Fortune’s 50 greatest global leaders of 2020
      The world has changed and so has healthcare. Urogynecologist Dr Aparna Hegde, who was named as Fortune’s 50 Greatest Leaders, has been working to ensure that women in India’s urban slums can access healthcare using low cost technology. Her work also won her the Skoll Award in 2020
    • Dr Ambedkar is the first Indian with a dedicated room at London's Gray's Inn
      Dr BR Ambedkar is the first Indian with a dedicated room at London’s Grays Inn, one of the four Inns of Court in London. It counts the likes of Francis Bacon, Baron Slynn, and Lord Bingham of Cornhill among its members
    • That was a turning point for him and he decided to join politics himself. Three years later, Puranik, who is popularly known as Yogi, was a councilor; the first person of Indian origin to be elected to office in Japan.
      Yogendra ‘Yogi’ Puranik is the first Indian-origin person to have been elected to office in Japan. The engineer-turned-politician wants to act as a bridge between the foreign community and city administration.
    • How Pegasus, a malware used by governments to track terrorists, is a silent spy. It can infect phones without the user's knowledge.
      The Pegasus malware can infect your phone and spy on you without you clicking on any malicious link. Once installed, it can access almost any data on a phone. Check out the most vulnerable apps. (Image source: Times of India)
    • Blue Origin crew in zero gravity
      Blue Origin’s New Shepard successfully completed a 11-minute flight to the edge of space on July 20, 2021. Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen, who were on board the space capsule, enjoyed a few minutes in zero gravity
    • From Abhimanya Mishra to Gukesh Dommaraju: Meet the Indian-origin Chess prodigies
      12-year-old Abhimanyu Mishra is the youngest chess Grandmaster in history and is ranked at number 1 by FIDE (International Chess Federation). The Indian American began playing chess at the age of 2.5 with his father
    • Dev Patel is back with The Green Knight
      It was Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire that made Dev Patel an overnight star. Such was the success that he soon found himself at the Academy Awards. In no time, the Indian-British actor became a favorite with Hollywood directors. And now he is back on the big screen with a medieval fantasy film, The Green Knight.
    • As Jeff Bezos prepares for his space flight, all eyes are on Sanjal Gavande the Indian systems engineer from the team that built the rocket
      Meet Sanjal Gavande the Indian systems engineer who played a key role in Jeff Bezos’ flight on board New Shepard. She is part of the team that built the rocket system
    • Mindy Kaling
      An actor, comedian, writer, producer and director, Mindy Kaling is a name to reckon with. The Indian-American behind the most-popular series of all time The Office is now making everyone sit and take notice of the South Asians with her production Never Have I Ever. She is back with the second season of the coming-of-age comedy drama – on Netflix.
    • Sania Mirza
      Just as she packs her bags for Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Indian tennis player Sania Mirza has reason to rejoice. The 34-year-old has become the third Indian to get a 10-year Dubai Golden visa.
    • Vidya Vox
      Mashups were never this fun, until Vidya Vox arrived on the scene with Closer and Kabira cover. That’s the moment that the world took notice of this Indian-American YouTuber and singer who meticulously mixes western pop with Indian music.
    • Lilly Singh
      Lilly Singh: The unapologetic Indian-Canadian YouTuber who landed her own late-night show
    • The word Juggernaut, which means unstoppable  and powerful, is the anglicized name for lord Jagannath
      This year the Puri Rath Yatra was conducted with only priests, temple employees, and the police keeping in mind covid protocols. This is only the second time in history that the Yatra was conducted without devotees
    • Indian-origin Justin Narayan picked up the winner’s trophy at MasterChef Australia 13
    • Officials in Arunachal Pradesh trekked for nine hours to vaccinate 16 grazers in a remote village at 14,000 feet
    • The moment when Richard Branson's VSS Unity traveled to the edge of space and returned
      Richard Branson and his crew on board Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity. The crew flew to the edge of space and returned on July 11
    • Diipa Buller Khosla is the first Indian fashion influencer to walk the Cannes red carpet
    • Raja Kumari: The Indian-American rapper who is blending the East with the West
    • Astronaut Sirisha Bandla will be the second Indian woman to go to space after Kalpana Chawla. She will be on board Richard Branson's VSS Unity
      Astronaut Sirisha Bandla will be the second Indian woman to go to space after Kalpana Chawla; she will be on board Richard Branson’s VSS Unity
    • Indian Entrepreneur Sridhar Vembu | Billionaire | CEO of Zoho Corporation
      Meet Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu, who has adopted a work-from-village lifestyle and is encouraging his employees to do the same
    • Dr Marina Del Rios reacts as she receives Chicago's first COVID-19 vaccination from Dr Nikhila Juvvadi on Dec 15, 2020.
      Indian American Dr Nikhila Juvvadi gave Dr Marina Del Rios Chicago’s first COVID-19 vaccination on Dec 15, 2020
    • The Consulate General of India in New York partnered with the Times Square Alliance to host Yoga celebrations.
      International Yoga Day being celebrated at New York’s Times Square with over 3,000 yogis
    • Milkha Singh dropped important life lessons at an event in 2019. The Olympic sprinter believed in the power of discipline and hard work
    • rahul dubey
      TIME’s Heroes of 2020: Indian American Rahul Dubey with some of the 72 persons he sheltered from police violence on June 1 last year
    • Picture of socially distancing national leaders at the G7 summit goes viral
    • New Zealand’s Auckland has become the world’s most liveable city
    • A horse-mounted cop wears a virus-themed helmet during a Covid awareness drive in Hyderabad
    • Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud celebrates with her team after Vimeo's listing on NASDAQ.
      Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud celebrates with her team after the company’s NASDAQ listing on May 25
    • Companies should atleast pay 15% tax : US
    • 3 Indian startups brewing success by redefining tea exports.
    • Fishermen brave the cyclonic storm off Ernakulam

    Historical

    • In 2003, Vida Samadzai participated in the Miss Earth pageant, the first model from Afghanistan to compete internationally in over three decades. She had hoped that this would shine the spotlight on her country and pave the way for more Afghan women to push the boundaries after years of oppression. However, today, the 43-year-old is horrified to watch her country slip back into turmoil and chaos once more.
      Duration: 1 min
    • Aviator, industrialist, entrepreneur and Tata Group’s chairman for the longest duration; JRD Tata was a man who wore many hats. On his 117th birth anniversary, here’s looking at what made him such a great leader. Excerpts from his interview with journalist Rajiv Mehrotra
      Duration: 3 mins
    • Dr Aparna Hegde: The maternal health champion among Fortune’s 50 greatest global leaders of 2020
      Watching childbirth horrors as a young resident doctor led Dr Aparna Hegde to launch ARMMAN; an NGO that helps pregnant women access critical healthcare information to lead healthier pregnancies. This has helped minimize maternal mortality
      Duration: 11 mins
    • How RK Laxman's Common Man inspired Capt Gopinath to start Air Deccan
      Captain Gopinath’s Air Deccan gave wings to India’s middle class. From offering ₹1 tickets to highly economically priced ones, Air Deccan allowed everyone to fly
      Duration: 2 mins
    • Indian gurus who took yoga to the world
      1938: BKS Iyengar, who was guru to The Beatles and The Beach Boys, demonstrating yoga asanas
      Duration: 3 mins
    • A clip from the 1960 Rome Olympics when Milkha Singh missed bagging a medal by a whisker
      Duration: 2 mins
    • “At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.” – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947
      Duration: 1 min
    • Kapil Dev receives the Cricket World Cup in 1983
      1983: India’s first ever cricket World Cup winning moment
      Duration: Less than 1 min
    • Iconic TV ads from the 1990s
      Duration: 5 mins
    • 1947: The first British contingent leaves India
      Duration: 1 min

    Latest

    • Indian paddler Bhavina Patel
      Bhavina Patel scripted history by bagging the silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. She is the first table tennis player to earn a spot on the podium.
      Duration: 1 min
    • Global Indian chef Vineet Bhatia
      He holds the distinction of being the first Indian chef to bag a Michelin star. Over the years, Vineet Bhatia has gone on to carve a niche for himself with his modern take on Indian food while staying true to the flavors. His restaurants like Rasoi, Zaika, Safran, Indego and Indya are some of the most coveted fine dining destinations across the world.
      Duration: 2 mins
    • Listed in Fortune's 40 Under 40 List, Tala's founder Shivani Siroya is changing lives one microloan at a time.
      She started off her career as an investment banker. But Indian American Shivani Siroya knew there was a large number of the world’s population that was financially underserved and she wanted to change that. In 2011, she launched Tala, a mobile lending app that gives microloans to small business owners across emerging markets. Her work has been changing lives and she featured in Fortune’s 40 Under 40 list.
      Duration: 8 mins
    • It was 2002, she was all of 26, had just gotten married and begun a career as a teacher. But Satarupa Majumder was far from satisfied.
      One fateful day in 2012, Satarupa Majumder, a Kolkata teacher made a 100-kilometer journey to Hingalganj in the Sundarbans. What she saw there changed many things: both for her and the community. The area with a population of 2 lakh didn’t have one decent school and the children whiled away their time rolling beedis for their parents. Satarupa went on to establish the region’s first and only English medium school and today has over 600 students studying at the CBSE institution that is impacting lives in the Sundarbans in more ways than one.
      Duration: 4 mins
    • Sashi Cheliah was once a gun toting cop: first, he joined the military and then he joined the Singapore police force's elite STAR unit.
      Sashi Cheliah spent 13 years working with Singapore Police’s elite counter-terrorism squad before he gave it all up to pursue his lifelong dream: cooking. He was the first Indian-origin contestant to win the Masterchef Australia competition in 2018
      Duration: 2 mins
    • Neeraj Chopra scripted history when he clinched the Olympic Gold for his monster javelin throw in Tokyo. This was the first Gold for India in track and field since the inception of the Games.
      Duration: 3 mins
    • Men's Hockey team won a medal after a long wait of 41 years
      The Indian men’s hockey team celebrate after clinching the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. They defeated Germany 5-4 in a nail biting finish that ended India’s 41 year medal wait in the sport. Team India had last won a medal in the 1980 Olympics.
      Duration: 00:35
    • From Haryana’s Shahabad Markanda to the Tokyo Olympics, Rani Rampal has come a long way. Now she and her team are set to fight it out for the bronze medal against Great Britain.
      Duration: 10 mins
    • Watch the moment India’s Neeraj Chopra made a stunning Olympics debut with his monster throw of 86.65m in javelin throw. He is now on his way to the finals at the Tokyo Olympics.
      Duration: 1 min
    • madhuri vijay
      Set between Bangalore and Kashmir, Madhuri Vijay’s The Far Field explores the fractured relationship of a mother and daughter, the pain of unrequited love and the need to escape a life. With her poignant debut novel that also delves into India’s geo-political situation, Vijay outranked the likes of Perumal Murugan to win the JCB Prize for Literature in 2019.
      Duration: 12 mins
    • PV Sindhu became the first Indian woman athlete to win two Olympic medals when she defeated Chinese shuttler He Bing Jiao at the Tokyo Olympics
      Duration: 3 mins
    • India’s Lovlina Borgohain has assured India of its second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. The Assamese boxer defeated Chinese Taipei’s Nien-Chin Chen and advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s 69kg category securing at least a bronze for herself.
      Duration: 1 min
    • For Neeraj Kakkar it was this need to keep alive traditional recipes and memories that drove him to launch the Paper Boat range of juices.
      Watch as Neeraj Kakkar talks about his journey with Paper Boat and why he’s working to keep alive the nostalgia of childhood memories and traditional recipes through his company
      Duration: 7 mins
    • 26-year-old weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinched a silver in the women's 49kg category, thus winning India its very first medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
      26-year-old weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu clinched a silver in the women’s 49kg category, thus winning India its very first medal at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
      Duration: 1 min
    • Watch as the crew on board Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft enjoyed a few minutes in zero gravity. From popping candy to playing with a ping-pong ball Jeff Bezos, Mark Bezos, Wally Funk and Oliver Daemen enjoyed a few of Earth on their maiden space flight.
      Duration: 2 mins
    • How Lilly Singh turned her depression into a success story
      Duration: 16 mins
    • The moment when Richard Branson's VSS Unity traveled to the edge of space and returned
      The moment when Richard Branson’s VSS Unity traveled to the edge of space and returned
      Duration: 2 mins
    • Nav Bhatia: How this Sikh Canadian changed perceptions with his fandom
      Duration: 16 mins
    • Chef Vikas Khanna is putting Indian cuisine on the global culinary map
      Duration: 9 mins
    • 2012: The year Mary Kom became the first Indian woman to bag an Olympic medal for boxing
      Duration: 3 mins
    • MIT’s Indian-origin researcher Shriya Srinivasan talks about the next steps in human prosthesis
      Duration: 2 mins
    • India’s football captain Sunil Chhetri has surpassed Argentinian legend Lionel Messi to become the second-highest active international goal scorer
      When Sunil Chhetri surpassed Lionel Messi to become the world’s second highest active goal scorer
      Duration: Less than 1 min
    • Indian Railways: Carrying 8 billion people every year
      Duration: 14 mins