Breaking Barriers with Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Undercover sting ops. Armed security guards. And several broken bones. All in a day’s work for Kailash Satyarthi, India’s premier child rights activist. For 35 years, this has been his singular purpose—the eradication of child labor and advocacy for stricter laws to end exploitative child labor and slavery. In Atlanta to deliver the keynote […]
The Pivot Point monthly column: Carving a Path to Selfless Service
BY NEHA NEGANDHI* Atlanta, GA, August 15, 2024: There are certain memories that require no trigger. They’re etched in like permanent identity markers constantly reminding us of who we are. That unbreakable tie between past and future still reverberates tangibly decades later for Bindu Malbari who recalls with pinpoint accuracy the day she found out her […]
The Pivot Point monthly column: Transforming Challenges into Fashion and Success
BY NEHA NEGANDHI* The path of an entrepreneur is marked by overcoming obstacles and taking on enormous risks to reap subsequent benefits. In 2018, when Anusmita Bardhan galvanized plans to create a unique fashion boutique, it halted her rewarding teaching and growing IT career. Pushing forward, she wholly stepped into the dynamic, frenetic fashion world, […]
BeBe’s Kitchen: Babita Verma empowers refugee women to share their culinary heritage
BY NEHA NEGANDHI* Cover photo: Babita Verma (center) during a cooking demonstration on Indian breads. Babita Verma curates cooking experiences steeped in the stories and memories of our ancestors. Sometimes she steps into the kitchen; at other times, it is one of her 12 partner chefs, each encapsulating flavors and techniques passed down through the […]
Monthly The Pivot Point column: Coding for Success
BY NEHA NEGANDHI* Nidhi Jain, a software engineer, turned her dilemma of keeping her young boys engaged during summer into a successful kids’ coding education initiative. Despite being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Jain’s passion for teaching coding has positively impacted thousands of students. Nidhi Jain faced a dilemma fourteen years ago, as many parents do […]
Spotlight on Sustainable Solutions
It is baffling how even in a bountiful country like the U.S., which has shocking amounts of food excess, there are still so many suffering from hunger. Atlanta-based social entrepreneur, Kashi Sehgal, has found a solution. While serving on one of the subcommittees at Georgia Innovates Task Force, created by Lieutenant Governor Geoff Duncan, Kashi […]
Breaking Barriers Red Carpet Interviews
South Asian actor breaking stereotypical career barrier through Aladdin National Broadway play
ADI ROY, the lead actor of Disney’s Aladdin North American Broadway Tour talks about his lifelong love for theater, balancing it with academics, the importance of auditioning, and the experience of playing the lead in this splendid high-energy show. In middle school, Adi Roy landed the lead role in his school play, Aladdin Jr. Perhaps not having […]
Community nonprofit event: Breaking barriers stitch by stitch
Imagine a time-honored sari repurposed into a ruffled, beaded necklace pendant. Or restyling the five meters of sari fabric into a jacket handcrafted by trained artisans living in an impoverished part of India. These are just some of the beautiful pieces featured at Saris to Suits Second Annual Fashion and Trunk Show hosted at Sankrati’s […]
Interview with Coach Dan Quinn
