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AUGUST 2026 • ISSUE 1016
A note from the Directors
Happy Independence Day!
As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, we at Maneesh Media salute a nation of extraordinary people, ideas and possibilities. Today, as India takes its place on the global stage, we feel privileged to do our small part in celebrating the people shaping this journey.
For us, storytelling has always been a way to preserve the journeys, achievements, and legacies that make India proud. Jewels of India – Bharat Ki Shaan, Bharat Ka Abhiman embodies this belief. Our featured personalities today are the perfect example of how the Indian spirit shines.
With our flagship initiative, we introduced India’s first Diaspora–Academia Knowledge Session. And now, with the second edition, we take this vision further with a bespoke, closed-door networking experience exclusively for our featured personalities and honourees, creating space for meaningful conversations, connections and collaborations.
Do reach out to our team in the US and India should you wish to learn more.
Let's keep creating a circle of stories together.
With warm wishes from Maneesh Media.
Manish, Abhishek & Siddharth
SPECIAL FOCUS
The One Gathering That Could Change Your Business Forever
For nearly three decades, we've built the world's most exclusive network. Now, for the first time, we're opening the door. What happens next? Billion-dollar conversations? Transformative partnerships? Your next big breakthrough? The sky is the limit!
Who said family working together was complicated? Sometimes, the person beside you is your sibling. Sometimes, your spouse. Sometimes, the very person who knows your strengths, challenges your ideas, and believes in the dream before anyone else does.
In this edition, we celebrate partnerships that prove there is more than one way to build something extraordinary.
What began with a family farm became a story of reinvention. The two brothers grew up working alongside their family and went on to transform their agricultural journey into a pioneering blueberry enterprise. Their willingness to embrace new varieties, growing techniques and technologies helped reshape California's blueberry industry and they have continued to expand beyond!
What happens when two people bring different strengths to the same vision? You build something bigger than either could have built alone. The duo we talk about here are not only partners in life; together, they are helping lead a new chapter in India's manufacturing story. Through Brandworks Technologies, they are turning innovation, design and technology into products built in India for India — and increasingly, for the world. Their journey embodies the spirit of Make in India, proving that India can do more than manufacture; it can imagine, innovate, design and create.
Natwar Gandhi built a career in Washington's corridors of power. But his foundation's latest work, empowering 130 young girls in his hometown, proves his heart never left Savarkundla.
What happens when losing a homeland becomes the beginning of a lifelong mission to help others find their place? This story honours decades of work with displaced families and communities.
What begins as a little scribble can become a world of wonder. When childhood imagination meets a little magic, even the smallest dreams can become something worth keeping forever. One of our most favourite projects is when we turned little dreams into lasting magic.
