When Tanvi Chowdhri left behind her career as a hedge fund trader on Wall Street, the move surprised many around her. Armed with a mechanical engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon University, she had followed what most would consider the ideal professional journey: a prestigious education, a career in finance, and long-term stability ahead. But somewhere between her trading job and New York’s bustling food scene, a different kind of curiosity had begun to take shape. “I was always a foodie at heart. Growing up, I think I came from a very food loving family where we used to cook meals together, and all the travels revolved around us exploring the local cuisines wherever we went,” Tanvi says. The recent deaths of two young women, allegedly by suicide, have once again put the spotlight on India’s deepening dowry crisis. Thirty-three-year-old Twisha Sharma was found dead at her husband’s home in Bhopal on May 12, while Deepika Nagar died after falling from the balcony of her home in Noida on May 17. In both cases, allegations of dowry harassment have intensified public scrutiny around a crisis that continues to claim thousands of lives every year. In Twisha’s case, her parents have alleged that she faced sustained abuse from her husband and in-laws, with dowry demands conveyed through sarcastic taunts rather than explicit demands. In Deepika’s case, news reports say her family has accused her husband and in-laws of continuous harassment and repeated dowry demands after marriage. In a recent interview, Trisha’s mother-in-law, Giribala Singh, refuted the allegations of dowry harassment. When Suumit Arora set out to decorate his home, he turned to generative AI to create artwork that was personal and affordable. What began as a design experiment quickly revealed a larger gap: while digital and AI-generated art was growing, there were few accessible marketplaces connecting such work to buyers, especially people who couldn’t afford traditional, and expensive, art. In 2025, that insight led to the creation of Artiure, a platform that transforms digital or generative artworks into physical products, ranging from wall decor to gift products. Damroo has recently secured a strategic investment of Rs. 5 crore from Hindustan Times. The funding will support the platform’s efforts to scale artist development, audience growth, monetization, and industry support initiatives. Hindustan Times will support Damroo through its media ecosystem and brand solutions, including Fever FM and its digital and entertainment platforms, helping independent artists reach wider audiences at scale. EndureAir Systems, the IIT Kanpur incubated drone technology company has secured Rs 30.01 crore under the Research and Development Initiative (RDI) fund, from the Department of Science and Technology, with support from the Technology Development Board. The funding, structured as patient capital, will support the development of its SABAL-200 kg drone project as it progresses from Technolog
