Rajen Sheth: The journey of a self-made entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone. It demands unwavering determination, strategic thinking, and the ability to transform setbacks into opportunities—qualities that define Rajen Sheth’s remarkable journey. Speaking from his metro Atlanta home, the seasoned entrepreneur shares insights from a career built on persistence and adaptability. “Success in business isn’t about avoiding failure—it’s about using each challenge as […]
Spin Organics: How Taruna Vanjani’s kitchen experiments sparked an ayurvedic skincare brand
BY NEHA NEGANDHI* In 2012, Taruna Vanjani faced a life-altering diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease, an autoimmune condition affecting the thyroid. Alongside this, she also discovered she had Celiac disease, a severe gluten allergy that clouded her life with brain fog, fatigue, and digestive issues. Her symptoms were problematic, yet her doctors offered a disheartening response: […]
Creating connections through South Asian art at Emory’s Carlos Museum
BY NEHA NEGANDHI* In a city as diverse as Atlanta, where cultures intersect and thrive, the Michael C. Carlos Museum stands as a beacon of global storytelling. Since its formal establishment on Emory’s Atlanta campus in 1919, the Carlos Museum has become one of the premier museums in the Southeast. The museum holds one of […]
Mitun Chaudhuri: Weaving sustainability into fashion with Maka Maka
BY NEHA NEGANDHI* Mitun (Srabanti) Chaudhuri’s journey into sustainable fashion started well before she launched Maka Maka, her online sustainable home and fashion boutique. Growing up in a mid-upper-class family in Kolkata, India, she was shaped by a love for travel instilled by her parents. “Wanderlust was in my blood,” she reflects, remembering how her […]
Desi Director’s Critically Acclaimed Hollywood Movie
With City of Dreams, his directorial debut, Mohit Ramchandani has delivered an intense, well-crafted thriller that is also “a weapon of mass inspiration in the war against child trafficking.” In our free-ranging conversation over a virtual meeting, he talks about the dogged determination that helped him pull off his dream despite being relatively unknown in the […]
Curated Podcast List for Mental Health Awareness Month
Move it along, Monday May 6 — It was not the best weekend for local pro sports. The Dodgers swept the Braves, knocking Atlanta from the top of the NL standings. Atlanta United fell to Minnesota 2-1 on Saturday night, leaving the Five Stripes winless in their last five matches. 🌧️ Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms with a high of […]
Event emcee breaking the barriers for young people to be confident in public speaking
So that kids could demonstrate their speaking abilities, Winning Feathers, a Soft Skills Institute headquartered in Alpharetta, organized a public speaking contest on May 19, 2019 at the Forsyth Conference Center in Cumming. Depending on their age group, kids selected from over 100 interesting topics, from water conservation, plastic pollution, gun violence, education system, and […]
25 years of Ek Shaam Raksha Ke Naam
Raksha, a nonprofit based in Atlanta dedicated to promoting healing, justice, and empowerment for survivors of violence within the South Asian community, celebrated twenty-five years of its flagship annual event, Ek Shaam Raksha Ke Naam (An Evening in the Name of Raksha), at the Rialto Center for the Arts in downtown Atlanta on October 27, […]