Born in Kishangarh, Rajasthan, Aashita Biyani kickstarted her dance journey rather early in life with her mother’s nudge. She began dancing at the tender age of two and a half years. She recollects being sent on stage, whereupon Biyani cried and came back down. Since then, her mother has been a driving force in teaching
With campuses closed to visits from prospective college students, The Indian SCENE is bringing the college experience to you. This time around, The Indian SCENE spoke with Ninaad Lakshman of Downington, Pennsylvania, a promising computer science major at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Located in the very heart of Atlanta, the institution offers a sprawling
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing the college experience to you. This week, in a slightly different installment, The Indian SCENE spoke with Tej Munshi, a soccer player and aspiring doctor, about the recruitment process and the demands of being a college athlete. Munshi, a sophomore pre-medicine major, was
Growing up in the Toronto area, Local 4 WDIV Detroit anchor Priya Mann “devoured” the news. Her parents subscribed to the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail, and together they’d discuss opinion pieces, cultural trends and the day’s controversies. Pursuing a career in journalism seemed like a logical next step, though it wasn’t until
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Rohan Kansagra of Warren, New Jersey, a sophomore at Washington University in St. Louis, studying environmental engineering and economics. WashU, as it’s known, boasts an impressive student to faculty ratio
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Riya Doshi of Bloomfield Hills, a rising sophomore at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Doshi is majoring in Medicine, Health, and Society — a field of study comparable to public
Born to a middle class farming family in Gujarat, one of five children, Priyanka Kher didn’t have much money to spend on vocal training and music education growing up. Though she didn’t take formal lessons until moving to Ahmedabad for work after college, Kher has been singing and performing for nearly her whole life, beginning
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Anika Dholakia of Sandy Hook, Conn., a recent graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. Michigan, located in Ann Arbor, boasts several notable alumni, including CNN
With campuses closed to visits from prospective students, the Indian SCENE is bringing its own college tours to you. This week, The Indian SCENE spoke with Divya Macha of Ann Arbor, a rising junior at the University of California, Berkeley, studying molecular and cell biology. Berkeley, located across the San Francisco Bay from the city
Gauri Sathe, who lives with her husband and two kids in San Jose, California, has ambitions to do a little bit of everything. By day, she works at a software company, but she’s also a student of dance and an avid photographer with plans to start her own skincare line. In 10 years, she says,