🚨We’re partnering with Prodigy Finance to announce new merit-cum-means scholarships worth $25,000 for Indian students pursuing their Master’s abroad in 2023. Read more: bloomberg.com/press-releases… #GradRight #FinTech #EducationForAll #BreakingBarriers

Big, big reason why a lot of Indian women avoid going to stadiums to catch LIVE action.

(1/11) In #India, there are tens of thousands of “dead” people right now, many who have been fighting for decades for their right to be, well… alive. I met some of them this month, & on Friday published a story about their ongoing plight. Here’s a short 🧵explaining more…

#BreakthroughWithGradRight | Hear how Shivam Kumar made his way from Jura Pakri in Bihar’s West Champaran District to one of the top public universities in the United Kingdom. youtu.be/trM3_gB7vYY

For a decade, humanities enrollment has plummeted. What’s going on? In this week’s The New Yorker, I report at two campuses—ASU and Harvard—and ask “what it might mean to graduate a college generation with less education in the human past” than any before. newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…

Indore, Hyderabad, and New Delhi are among the most surveilled cities in the WORLD. And they also rank poorly on the crime index. Asma explains how more CCTV cameras don't ensure less crime — for Rest of World restofworld.org/2023/cctv-crim…

Wholesome tweets from my fave new account on Twitter 🌺

I’ve worked like this and it’s been enormously fulfilling. And I do think this is what it takes to make something you’re proud of. But it also burnt me out, made me not a nice person, made me physically and mentally unhealthy and gave me deep, chronic stress. THAT is the price.

From full names only, to emojis, nicknames, and context in brackets, why do we all have our own personal unique, complex, and occasionally weird rules for the way we save contacts to our phones? I spoke to many of you & analyzed our rules for VICE India vice.com/en/article/3ak…

#BreakthroughWithGradRight | “I’m living my dream” Hear how Mohammed Wasim made his way from Karnataka’s Hassan to Chicago’s Illinois Tech youtu.be/U00BSFPUWqY

#BreakthroughWithGradRight | Growing up, Karnataka’s Anushree Ayyar dreamed of studying abroad. Hear how she made her dream come true, in her own words. youtu.be/tJZicwpLeZA

#BreakthroughWithGradRight | “Forget going abroad,I didn’t even know anyone who had pursued their Master’s.” Pawan Patil, who grew up in a small village near Maharashtra’s Jalgaon, is now at B-school in the UK. Hear his story of success, in his own words.youtu.be/CrNj6OlNrGs

I was lucky enough to spot dolphins in Fort Kochi this evening… so glad there’s evidence of it 🐬

Always feels like tearing a bit of your own skin when you write about the people you love. Anyway I wrote this from my heart, do read if you can spare the time. About grief, mothers, daughters and heat in the kitchen. enthucutlet.com/enthuoriginals… For enthucutlet

“What had we shared? An intimate exchange, inexplicably charged. And now, just as inexplicably, we shared my wife.” New fiction by Jhumpa Lahiri. nyer.cm/jWOkima

Banks were left out on ed loans. They didn't pay enough attention to this mkt so had high NPAs. But not the non banks. They knew how to run with it. Their secret was funding overseas ed-- great for bottomline & aspirations. Now banks are going after this. the-ken.com/story/who-will…

Banks now want to fund your study abroad 👇 Earlier, banks reluctantly gave out loans for education as the sector was marred with higher-than-usual bad loans. But now, banks such as IDFC & Axis Bank are doubling on lending for studies abroad as it's a more profitable prospect.

Deep reportage about the "IELTS girls" in Punjab, an immigration trend not many know about even in #India. Men are marrying women with English-language skills who can get student visas and later invite them abroad on spouse visas. Ravleen Kaur New Lines Magazine. newlinesmag.com/reportage/punj…

Two of my favourite writing (and life!) teachers in conversation!