Paige Endicott always dreamed of attending college. But because of an intellectual disability, she wasn’t sure what her future would hold. “My older siblings were going to go to college, and to tell you the truth I didn’t think I’d ever go to college,” she said. “People with disabilities feel like they can’t go to …
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“Kashmiri art is on the decline. It is vanishing at a very fast pace. We must do something for its revival.” Insha Mir and Fouzia Bhat Kashmir met in 2020 during their fellowship with the Naropa Fellowship in Ladakh. The two young women quickly sparked on the idea of creating a startup that aims to preserve the authenticity of …
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It was a ‘Swades’ moment for Hardika Shah, who, much like Mohan (played by Shah Rukh Khan) of the Hindi film, left her cushy job at Silicon Valley, packed her bags, and took a flight back to her motherland, in order to do something meaningful, something significant for her people back home. The former management …
Droupadi Murmu began her political career as a councillor in Odisha and will be written into history as India’s first tribal President and the second woman in the post. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thuresday congratulated Droupadi Murmu on winning the presidential election. “India scripts history,” PM Modi wrote on Twitter on Murmu becoming the …
Ashley Salibellas was left partially paralyzed after brain surgery when she was a child. She is vying for the cover spread in part to highlight disability justice, fair housing and gun violence prevention. KENWOOD — Ashley Salibellas has long felt disrespected by potential employers and others because of her physical disability, which stems from a …
