The Indian SCENE: Tell us about your high school experience (what clubs you were involved in, awards received, etc.). Priya Jindal: I graduated from Ottawa Hills High School in 2017. I was a student at Ottawa Hills Local Schools from kindergarten through the 12th grade, where I grew up with the same classmates and friends all those
“Simran is very passionate about community service,” says Dr. Teena Chopra, an infectious disease specialist and mother of precocious 6-year-old Simran Adnani. An avid reader, Simran was recognized as a Young Changemaker last year by SEEN for her work to promote literacy worldwide. Now, Simran has set her sights on a new challenge: COVID-19, which has
For over a decade, Dr. Neelam Puri traveled through India with her mother’s theatre company, entertaining villagers, military personnel and elites. Puri’s mother, the stage and movie actress Laj Bedi, was among the first women in Punjab to act in movies, and established a theatre at a time when no other women had done so.
As a student at Oakland University, Rochester Hills native Tej Yale stayed busy: coordinating marketing for the school’s cricket club and athletic department, and getting involved with on-campus market research projects, among other activities. Though he graduated in 2013 and received his MBA in 2016, he still carries with him a student’s drive. As the
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A graduate of Western Michigan University’s Cooley Law School, Punjab-born attorney Ruby Kaur hadn’t always planned on the legal profession. “Initially, I wanted to go into neuroscience research,” she says. But when something still felt missing after taking life science classes, Kaur was inspired by her grandfather to change direction. “I shadowed with a local
Northville High School hosted Desi Tashan 2020 on Friday February 28. Seven local area high school teams competed in the event, including Farmington Wicked Andaaz, Troy Zahara, IAE Junoon, UCS Jazba, Troy Riyaaz, PCEP Tamasha and Novi Nazar. Exhibition dances were performed by Furteelay Shokeen, Northville’s all-girls Shakti dance team, and Michigan Izzat. Lastly, there
On March 10, the Detroit Institute of Arts is asking Oakland, Wayne and Macomb County voters to renew the milllage that helps fund its operations, and which allows the museum to provide free, unlimited general admission for tri-county residents, along with free programs for local students and seniors. The 0.2 millage, passed by voters in
“Magic happens when cultures meet,” says the owner of a new local artisanal home goods store we’re profiling this month. We’re one month into our second full year of publication, and I’m excited once again by the work the Indian SCENE has done and by the importance of empathetic, clarifying journalism in a moment characterized so
Detroit once again hosted the Dhamaal Dance Competition at the Detroit Performing Arts Center stage on Saturday, February 8. Dhamaal is an intercollegiate fusion dance competition which incorporates Indian classical dance, hip-hop, folk and jazz/ lyrical in each performance. Each team was creative and unique, with dances full of high energy. Eight college Bollywood fusion