Sandhya Shantaram—born Vijaya Deshmukh—stands as one of the most enchanting presences in the golden age of Indian cinema. Discovered by the visionary filmmaker V. Shantaram, she blossomed into an actress-dancer whose subtle acting, haunting voice, and magnetic stage demeanour united in performances that continue to linger in hearts decades later. She recently passed away and […]Read More
Dr Neerja Hajela We usually picture the gut as just the body’s digestion centre, a system that breaks up food and takes in nutrients. But science gives us a much more intriguing image. Lurking deep inside our gut is a huge, dynamic community of microbes – trillions of bacteria, fungi, yeasts, and viruses — that […]Read More
Team L&M Moving towards advancing rural eye health, Standard Chartered and Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital (SCEH), under the Bank’s flagship initiative Seeing is Believing, has started the Standard Chartered–Shroff’s Eye Care Education Academy in Vrindavan, Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. This new academy will expand access to quality eye care and provide education and livelihood […]Read More