A note from the Directors

The date, 20^th December 2025, weighs profoundly on our hearts and minds. It marks a year of Maneesh Media having lost its charioteer, its Founder and Chairman, Shri Chandmal Kumawat. In the past year, we have continued to carry his dream forward – and our determination has only grown stronger, firm in the belief that he is smiling and guiding us from the skies above.

He would always tell us that people are more than just the stories we write about them. They are the reason we exist as India’s leading diaspora publishing house. They are the heart and soul and must be taken care of and treated with the same respect we would our own family.

We realise that in the rush of everyday life, connections can be lost easily. And, in the strife of rebuilding, perhaps we grew quiet for a while.

For that silence, we ask your forgiveness. Today, we are rekindling that thread. With this fortnightly newsletter, we reach out to you — our global Indian family — to share milestones, memories, diaspora stories, and moments that remind us of who we are to one another.