My memoir Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares (out Oct 1) covers a lot of ground. It traces my family’s journey from the Partition of India and Pakistan to Queens, New York; from an elite Manhattan private school to the criminal justice… Read more

Just a few days ago, Alamelu from Tamil Nadu was able to raise USD $32,000 in just 24 hours through our platform. The funds raised went towards her son’s stem-cell transplant, who was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease called… Read more

We celebrate sports, Bollywood, religion, startups – but do we celebrate science? For most of us, science is a tool during schooltime to get into an engineering or medical college. After that, it is relegated to the sides and forgotten.… Read more

To make ordinary men and women do extraordinary things, is my mission in life. SRIJAN (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action) that I founded in 1997 became the instrument for me to do so.  Over 750 development professionals were groomed making… Read more

“My people are not the rich and the famous. They are the simple, ordinary folk. They do not hit the headlines, yet my people are people who matter.” — T S Satyan, Reaching Out from his book In Love with… Read more

MMM By Nirali Patel Let me guess...you saw the title and now you're wondering what MMM stands for. Miracle Milkshakes of Mumbai? No. I'm not going to tell you until the end. In the meantime, let's talk about what I've… Read more

We have two dogs: Maha and Kali. In every conversation, Swami Bhoomananda is animatedly curious about our pets, asking several questions about them. And not your usual small talk asking how they’re doing, but questions along the lines of these:… Read more

Village Sustainability by Krish Jayarapu The sustainability and development of small towns and villages was always a subject that interested me. We visited a village of the name Bhumel. When I first heard we were going to a village, I was… Read more

Verbal and Nonverbal Connections by Riya Bhalla and Nithya Venkat During our time in Ahmedabad Gujurat, we visited Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS), working with the students to generate understanding about Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi’s philosophies and where… Read more

Understanding the History of Gandhi and King by Anuja Konda As we pulled up to the Mahatma Gandhi International School (MGIS), I was surprised to be welcomed by a large crowd of teachers, students, and cameras capturing the occasion. We… Read more