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The unbreakable sailor: Cdr Abhilash Tomy’s epic tale of courage, conviction, and second chances

by Namrata Srivastava | Sep 28, 2023

(September 28, 2023) What would you do if you were stranded alone on a yacht, in the middle of an ocean, with a broken spine, waiting for someone to rescue you? If someone asked me that question, I would have said I wouldn’t want to put myself in that situation...

A tale of courage: Droupadi Murmu’s accession to the Rashtrapati Bhavan entails a series of many firsts

by Namrata Srivastava | Jul 23, 2022

(July 23, 2022) The first tribal leader, youngest candidate, and first head of state born post-independence – are just some of the terms which are now being associated with Droupadi Murmu. Winning by a phenomenal margin of 64 percent, the Adivasi leader from...

Six times President awardee Sushant Pattnaik is making a difference with groundbreaking innovations

by Amrita Priya | Jun 11, 2022

(June 11, 2022) For his game changing innovations, Sushant Pattnaik from Bhubaneswar, has received President’s awards not once or twice but six times in a row from 2008 to 2013. In a conversation with Global Indian, the young innovator tells, “I got the...