Telangana Has India’s First FIFA Academy for Girls, But Nobody Publishes How Many Girls Play
The state now has a national trophy and a residential academy, yet Telangana girls football still has no public count of players. India’s first FIFA Talent Academy for girls opened in Hyderabad in June 2026. A few months before that, Telangana won its first national trophy in the girls’ game. Both sit in the federation’s […]
Women Forgotten by Art History: The Artists We Were Never Taught About
Walk into a museum and look at the names beside the paintings. You will find masters whose names have survived for centuries. You will find movements built around their work, books written about them and paintings that have become cultural landmarks. But there is another story hiding in the same history. It is the story […]
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.
The Hand That Came Home: Riya’s Gift, Anamta’s Second Chance
Riya was nine when her family chose organ donation. Today, Anamta carries her donated hand and returns to Valsad every Raksha Bandhan to tie a rakhi to Riya’s brother. When Anamta Ahmad travelled from Mumbai to Valsad for Raksha Bandhan, she was returning to a family that she never expected to become part of her […]
A Census Enumerator Will Come to Your Door. Here Is What They Will Ask.
India’s first digital census began on 1 April 2026. The first visit is about your house. The second, in 2027, is about the people living in it. India has not counted itself since 2011. The count due in 2021 did not happen. It is happening now, and it comes in two visits, about ten months […]
More Than Rs 73,000 Crore Is Unclaimed in India. Some of It May Be Your Family’s
More than Rs 73,000 crore is sitting in unclaimed bank deposits, insurance proceeds and mutual funds in India. Three government-backed portals can help you search for forgotten money — and a recent nationwide campaign returned Rs 5,777 crore to rightful claimants. A savings account opened decades ago and forgotten. A fixed deposit that matured while […]
At 76, He Refused to Retire: Kurian Jacob Is Now Chasing a World Record
Kurian Jacob began competitive swimming at 69. Six years later, the former banker has won nine medals at the World Masters Games and is preparing to chase a world record in Japan. For most people, retirement means stepping away from professional responsibilities and slowing down. For Kurian Jacob, it became the beginning of an entirely […]
Karn Sharma Retirement: Four IPL Titles, 591 Wickets and One Unfinished International Chapter
Karn Sharma retirement marks the end of a remarkable cricket career spanning nearly two decades, with the veteran leg-spinner leaving the game as a four-time IPL champion and a 591-wicket professional cricketer. Veteran Indian leg-spinner Karn Sharma has announced his retirement from competitive cricket at the age of 38, bringing an end to a journey […]