DIFFICULT DIALOGUES – BRIDGING THE UNBRIDGED
Difficult Dialogues is an annual open forum that takes upon itself the task of tackling some of the most vital issues facing South Asia today. DD is the brainchild of Surina Narula, MBE, an Indian based out of the United Kingdom who has a long record of giving voice to the unvoiced and taking up […]
DIWAKAR VAISH – OUT OF THE BOX INVENTOR, INNOVATOR, ROBOTICIST
This feature is about Diwakar Vaish, one of India’s most innovative roboticists. At all of 24 years, Diwakar, born 23rd July 1992, is today a prolific inventor, lecturer and head of robotics & research at ‘A-SET Training and Research Institutes, which he founded in 2010. The developer of India’s first fully indigenous 3D printed humanoid […]
SURENDRA BORAD PATAWARI – CONVERTING WASTE TO WEALTH…
With mankind today desperately seeking a viable and sustainable blueprint for the future, one of the spotlights is currently on managing the monumental quantum of ‘waste’ generated by human society that has been rapidly industrialising for the past two centuries. ‘Waste management’ has thus become one of the key catchphrases of late, on which the […]
ARATHI KRISHNA – WOMAN OF SUBSTANCE
A well read scholar and accomplished diplomat, an artiste and a good singer, a dedicated social worker and a philanthropist, Arathi Krishna is a multifaceted personality who came into this world in interesting times – born at the right time in the right place to the right family, which incidentally has a strong political background. […]
SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV – MAN, MYSTIC & VISIONARY
“How deeply you touch another life is how rich your life is … the greatest thing that you can do in life is to live to your peak and to set an example that there is a way to live beyond all limitations … this life for me is an endeavour to help people experience […]
We are The World!
ACHIEVERS WHO HAVE DONE INDIA PROUD – II We have all heard about Indians who went abroad and excelled in the professions thay chose to get into. Locally born immigrants, NRIs, OCIs and PIOs today hold top-jobs in business, medicine, science, technology, writing and even in politics, where some have gone on to become Presidents […]
Hon. Deepak Obhrai-PC
Mr. Deepak Obhrai, a longtime Canadian Parliamentarian, was born on July 5th, 1950 in Oldeani, Tanzania, to Indian parents and went to school on three separate continents. His alma mater includes the Arusha Secondary School in Tanzania, and the Daly College at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, India. He then went on to the UK, to […]
SUBHASH GOEL- AN ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR…
Dr. Subhash Goyal, B.Com, MBA, Ph.D, is a doyen of the travel trade, Chairman of the STIC Travel Group, one of India’s largest GSAs (General Service Agents) and travel fi rms with branches spanning all major Indian cities. He continues to preside over the IATO (Indian Association of Tour Operators), having served as it’s President […]
BRICS BY BRICS? IT TAK ES FIVE TO TAN GO
All across the world in July 2014, billions of football lovers had their attention glued to Brazil, and the FIFA World Cup. And as the victorious Germans took their hard-earned cup of joy home, the fever subsided and viewer attention receded from Brazil. But in the week after sans fans and fanfare, Brazil saw history […]
NEIGHBOURSPEAK
NEW DAWN FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION ? A mere 10 days after the results of the longest polls in Indian electoral history were announced and pundits were still absorbing the paradigm change that has happened in Indian politics, the new government pulls off a diplomatic coup of sorts even before assuming office, which sends all the […]
A Tale Of Epic Proportions
INDIA’S FREEDOM STRUGGLE (Part II) One must remember that the movement of history is never smooth and never uniformly linear, there are constant ups and downs, little or big disruptions and diversions. The so-called mainstream hides within it the contributions of thousands of small streams and minor currents, that combine together to give shape and […]