Osheen Chauhan

Writer, traveller, and storyteller passionate about exploring new places, discovering different perspectives, and understanding the deeper stories behind people and experiences. At The Wise Indian, she writes stories that connect, inspire, and stay with readers.

Her Father Repaired Bicycles for ₹300 a Day. She Just Made Indian Judo History

Asmita Dey grew up in a mud house in Tripura. She is now India’s first Commonwealth Games judo gold medallist after a remarkable journey.

270 Runs at Lord’s: The Test Win That Marked a Shift in Indian Women’s Cricket

India’s victory over England in the one-off Test in July 2026 was not just a large margin. It was a young side proving it can win the longest format away from home. Indian women’s cricket has spent much of the

Container Housing and a Camp Near Tokyo: Inside India’s Asian Games Preparation

The Aichi-Nagoya Games run on an unusual five-cluster format with no single athletes’ village. India’s planning has been shaped as much by logistics as by training. Every Asian Games cycle produces a familiar conversation about medal targets. The 2026 edition

India Just Finished Its First Year of Two Board Exams. What Parents Learned

CBSE Class 10 ran twice in 2026 for the first time, with the better score counting. The early evidence suggests the change works best when families treat the second attempt as optional. For decades, a single set of Class 10

Villages Are Being Asked to Budget Their Water. Here Is Why That Is a Big Idea

A new national initiative asks gram panchayats to plan water the way they plan money. It draws on a decade of evidence that community-led groundwater management works. Most Indian villages know precisely how much money they have. Far fewer know

Floods in a Deficit Year: Why India’s 2026 Monsoon Is Getting Harder to Read

Assam flooded while running a rainfall shortfall. Kerala saw landslides. Across the country, the season has swung between drought and downpour, and scientists say that pattern is the story. A monsoon that delivers less rain than normal and floods anyway

Gaganyaan’s First Test Flight Keeps Moving. That Is Not the Same as Falling Behind

ISRO is working towards the uncrewed G1 mission, with a humanoid named Vyommitra in the crew seat. The shifting timeline says more about human spaceflight than about the programme. India’s human spaceflight programme has spent 2026 in a phase that

India’s Gig Workers Are Being Written Into Labour Law. The Details Still Matter

With the four labour codes now operational and central rules notified, delivery riders and cab drivers are formally recognised workers. What that recognition delivers is still being built. For most of the last decade, India’s app-based workforce existed in a

Deep faked Ministers and Fake Tax Notices: The Scams India’s Fact Checkers Flagged This Month

A run of government fact checks through July and August 2026 points to a clear pattern. Financial fraud online is now built on borrowed credibility. The scam message has changed shape. It no longer arrives as a badly written email

RBI’s New Deposit Rules Begin on 1 October. Here Is What Actually Changes for Savers

The Reserve Bank of India has revised how banks price and disclose interest on deposits. For most household savers, the practical impact is smaller than the headlines suggest. Fixed deposits remain the default savings instrument for millions of Indian households.

Osheen Chauhan

Writer, traveller, and storyteller passionate about exploring new places, discovering different perspectives, and understanding the deeper stories behind people and experiences. At The Wise Indian, she writes stories that connect, inspire, and stay with readers.