When Nina Jain’s son, Niam, was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, she didn’t know what to do. Jain took to the Internet, and as she was doing research to understand how to help her son, she found an unregulated and confusing landscape. “There were a lot of materials out there,” said Jain,
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.
In February, Usha Shivakumar traveled to Chennai, India for a week-long trip to make a sale on property she owned. Shivakumar, a 56-year-old resident of the Chicago suburbs, arrived in India on February 2, intending to return to the United States on February 9. But in the course of her visit, she caught pneumonia and
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
On March 27, President Trump signed the CARES Act, a two trillion dollar emergency relief bill, into law. This monumental legislation provided a cash infusion to individuals, businesses and health care facilities affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Included in the provisions was a $1,200 economic impact payment for millions of Americans. The bill authorized 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
On March 23, Governor Whitmer announced the first stay-at-home order for people in Michigan. While her order included exceptions for religious gatherings, many places of worship — temples, churches, mosques — temporarily closed their doors in efforts to protect their communities. But just because physical distancing is in place doesn’t mean people aren’t finding other
For 46 years, Narendra Sheth has given his listeners the delight of the longest-running Bollywood music radio program in the state of Michigan — Geetmala — literally meaning “a garland of melodies.” Every Saturday on AM 1460 (also streamed through the internet at www.WPON.com) from 10 am to 1 pm, you’ll hear evergreen Bollywood classics
Rupali Lunani grew up in a life of privilege, she says. But when she got married to her husband, Mahesh, and moved to Michigan in 1991, what followed was a humbling experience like no other. Moving to the U.S. at 21 and starting life from scratch was a reality check, one that sometimes induced an