I remember stepping onto the empty stage, heart pounding, with hundreds of my classmates staring right at me, when I gave my  student council speech.  My heart was pounding, and my stomach started churning. All of my effort culminated in this moment. When I opened my mouth, I realized that the hours I had spent practicing the speech finally paid off. When I finished my speech, the crowd erupted into cheers; real cheers, not the ones they give as a polite gesture. Before the s

When the stage lights first warmed my face this fall, I realized I was stepping into something far bigger than a school production—I was stepping into a world where I could become anyone. This fall, I had the amazing opportunity to act in my school’s fall play—a reenactment of A Christmas Carol . I played Fred, Scrooge’s nephew, and Lawrence, Bob Cratchit’s youngest son. (Fo r anyone wondering, Lawrence was an invention of our scriptwriter and didn’t exist in the original boo

Since childhood, I’ve believed that life isn’t just about personal success—it’s about helping others. That belief led me to the CAYC...

This March, I had the honor of attending the Synopsys Science Fair at the San Jose Convention Center. From building my project to setting...

“Run!” A mom screams to her little daughter standing in front of me. My heart races as I try to figure out what is going on. “Wham!” A...

As we looked around the tree, the two hazel eyes of a barn owl stared into our souls. It sent a thrill down my spine that I could...

AI gains control of a spaceship overpowers the human guards and steers it to a new planet. In 1960, Arthur C. Clarke wrote the novel...

Tired, I stumbled out of the car with my dad into the ER at Apollo Hospital, in Bangalore. Earlier that night, my dad had received a...

Jaipur, the Capital of Rajasthan is a city full of wonders. From the magnificent Amber palace to its nickname, the pink city, everything...

Imagine having numerous family members you've never met! One day, you're invited to your mother's cousin's wedding. You're introduced to...

A young boy lies on a small bed in a hospital room in Bengaluru. He is too weak to walk, and an intravenous drip is attached to his hand....

During the past few months, I have been to many Math competitions such as the Gunn Math Competition (3/27/24), Berkely Mini Math...

Across Five Aprils is a thrilling tale of love and hate. Jethro Creighton is a young boy who lived during the Civil War. He has 3...

Imagine you have lived somewhere your whole life, and have never been anywhere else. Then, a shocking turn of events leads you to migrate...

Imagine a land of angular gray houses with dull-looking flowers, endlessly the same. The apartments are tall, rectangular buildings with...

The Otherworld. A new virtual reality game that seems too real to be true, until it is. In Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller’s 2017 science...

Detecting diseases, and curing them - that's what my grandfather did. Dr Sanna Rangegowda was a medical practitioner. Before he retired,...

While I have been working on my previous blog posts, which have been interviews I have conducted with friends and family, I have also...

My great-uncle, Krishna, is a civil engineering contractor. A contractor is a person or company that undertakes a contract to provide...

Imagine inventing, creating, and fixing electrical devices, equipment, and systems.  That’s what Electrical Engineers do. My grandfather,...