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UK-resident Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan shares how he built his own aircraft at home during the lockdown.

Deepak and Shailaja Patil run Swadishta, a restaurant in Berlin, Germany, that aims to popularise homemade Indian food at affordable rates.

Jay Virdee, a resident of Buckinghamshire, UK, shared an idea to beat the UK heat wave by using foil blankets.

Indian-origin American Michelle Ranavat launched the eponymous skincare brand RANAVAT to provide modern skincare solutions while incorporating the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda.

It was his mother who first sowed the seeds of The Cumin Club in Ragoth Bala’s mind. Here’s how he curates healthy & vegetarian 5-minute meals for Indians living abroad, hoping to take authentic Indian food to the world.

Devyani Patel started Fusion Flavors in 2019 from her home kitchen in Orlando to serve simple home-cooked meals to tourists from India.

J J Singh, an Indian businessman in New York, was not only a strong advocate for India’s freedom struggle, but also played a key role in shaping American politics and helping millions of Indians get citizenship in the US.

Navjot Sawhney innovated a low-cost, unique washing machine after seeing the plight of his friend Divya. Today, the machine is a ray of hope for women of Iraq’s Mamrashan Refugee Camp and rural India.

Venu Jaragul is an Indian who moved to New Zealand to pursue mechanical engineering. In a foreign land with limited means and no friends, he set up Dosa Kitchen to make ends meet

Ludhiana born Shree Saini has become the first Indian-American to win the Miss World America 2021 title.