by Charu Thakur | Oct 29, 2024
(October 2, 2024) Dr. Amit Singhal knows the power of education. Growing up in Jhansi, a town in Uttar Pradesh, he saw firsthand how a commitment to learning could transform lives. His great-grandfather was a humble bicycle repairman, who, despite his own limitations,...
by Charu Thakur | Oct 2, 2024
(October 2, 2024) It was in 2022 that Ryuko Hira found himself accepting the Padma Shri award from the then President of India – Ram Nath Kovind – for his contribution to trade and industry. Having played a pivotal role in India-Japan trade relations, the...
by Darshana Ramdev | Oct 15, 2024
(October 15, 2024) As teenagers, Zuber and Mohsin Issa were helping out at their parents’ petrol station, mopping the floors and cleaning the toilet, when they hit upon their billion-dollar idea. Their story begins in a small home in Blackburn, where they lived...
by Vikram Sharma | Aug 3, 2023
Dr GN Rao left behind a lucrative practice in the US to return to India and set up the LV Prasad Eye Institute in Hyderabad. He is now a renowned ophthalmologist in India and abroad. In 2020, Stanford University ranked him among the top two per cent of researchers in...
by Charu Thakur | Nov 17, 2022
(November 17, 2022) “A co-worker once told me I looked like a terrorist. While simply going about my daily life, strangers on the street have asked me if I’m carrying a bomb, or what I’m hiding under my turban. It saddened me that my turban, my spiritual crown,...
