Humans of Bombay controversy: Know all about Karishma Mehta the founder of the page | Oneindia News
‘Humans of Bombay’ is one of the popular pages on social media platforms with millions of followers. The page features stories of Mumbaikars about their life. The website was founded by Karishma Mehta, who is a writer, photographer and TEDx presenter. Please watch the video to know the details.
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00:00 Humans of Bombay is one of the popular pages on social media platforms with millions of
00:07 followers.
00:08 The page features stories of Mumbikers about their life.
00:12 The website was founded by Karishma Mehta, who is a writer, photographer, and TEDx presenter.
00:19 Humans of Bombay is an Indian storytelling website based on the same concept as Humans
00:25 of New York.
00:27 In 2014, the website first appeared as a Facebook page.
00:32 Brandon Stanton, the founder of Humans of New York, recently voiced his views about
00:37 the Indian storytelling enterprise Humans of Bombay on X, previously known as Twitter.
00:43 The 39-year-old blogger expressed his "disappointment" with the company's decision to sue another
00:50 storytelling site, People of India, while also stealing his idea.
00:56 Since Karishma conducted her very first interview, Humans of Bombay has expanded tremendously,
01:03 chronicling the tales of the citizens of the city and their challenges, progressively embracing
01:09 merchants, celebrities, and others.
01:13 She started a YouTube video series called "How the hell did I do it?" in 2022, which
01:18 is based on interviews and involves successful businesses, famous personalities, and other
01:24 people who have achieved success addressing questions about how they did it.
01:31 In her first attempt to actively raise funds to support the website, she compiled posts,
01:36 including some that had not been published online, into a self-published book, Humans
01:42 of Bombay, which was released in 2016.
01:46 Karishma started the page when she was just 21 years old.
01:49 She was born and raised in Mumbai.
01:52 She attended the Mumbai Scottish School in Mahim.
01:56 She attended a boarding school in Bangalore for two years, then college in UK for three
02:01 years.
02:02 Mehta was an economic and business student in the UK.
02:06 She is a freelance writer for various publications, including National Geographic.
02:12 She had been a regular TEDx presenter and has spoken several times at the Indian Institute
02:18 of Foreign Trade.
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