[ad_1] In mid-2020, Bengaluru-based Vikram Madhusudhan found his home, and that of his friends’, cluttered with toys but their children glued to screens. The father of a 2.5-year-old son then, he decided to quit his job as a quality manager at Boeing to pursue his entrepreneurial aspirations in the child-learning space. Two years later, Vikram […]
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[ad_1] The first lockdown, in 2020, proved to be a tipping point for Alankrutha Chandra and Meher Gundavarum, techies working in Chicago, USA. They returned to India and took up farming in Meher’s native town, Warangal, in Telangana. “Food, shelter and clothing are the basic necessities and we are trying, one step at a time, […]
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[ad_1] Eco-friendly plates made by the women | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G Volunteer looks on as women work on the machine | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G It took around two years for Sushmita, who suffers from depression, to turn her life around and sustain herself. In a room near the female ward of the Government […]
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[ad_1] Gauri Devidayal | Photo Credit: Special arrangement In 2018, Gauri Devidayal was invited to be on Cyrus Broacha’s show Cyrus Says. “While there, I was chatting with his producer, and she asked me if I wanted to create a podcast about opening a restaurant,” shares the restaurateur, and now podcaster. Her first attempt, The […]
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[ad_1] A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Easy like Sunday morning: Toy story 2! A shopkeeper waits for customers at Channapatna toys showroom in Bengaluru. START THE QUIZ 1 / 10 | This […]
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[ad_1] Akshay with a person wearing the locket | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Giving wearable technology a new, helpful twist, Mumbai-based date engineer Akshay Ridlan has designed pendants with scannable QR codes. Named Project Chetna the pendants are intended to ensure the safety of the elderly and those with special needs. Project Chetna leverages cutting-edge […]
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[ad_1] The artist poses with his works | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Environmental decay and degradation find expression in the Fragments of Earth and Life art exhibition at DakshinaChitra displaying Murali Sivaramakrishnan’s body of work. Each artwork is a subtle expression of the space that exists between earth and life. Murali emphasises that the degradation […]
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[ad_1] Most people equate wildlife with creatures in the jungle; somehow cats, dogs and the occasional cow blocking their car do not make the cut for them. Yet, there is a wealth of urban wildlife sharing our cityscape, of which we are woefully ignorant. People For Animals (PFA) has organised month-long activities to mark their […]
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[ad_1] Ceramicist Sushma Anand, with her collection of lamps and dinnerware at Collage | Photo Credit: RAVINDRAN R As an eight-year-old, Sushma Anand made her first clay figurine: A ball of clay with sticks as hands and legs. This was for a class project. Little did she know then, that this would become her full […]
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[ad_1] As night falls, floodlights beam on astro turfs or levelled artificial grass turfs across Chennai where working professionals play night football. With some sporting arenas open as late as 2am, for these nightcrawlers, playing the game is like being in touch with their inner child that fell in love with the sport years ago. […]
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