two Oscar wins ‘fill a billion hearts with pride’

india this month celebrated not one but two wins at the 95th Academy Awards, Oscars 2023. Musicians MM Keeravani and Chandra bose won the Oscar for Best Original Song (naatu naatu from legendary director SS rajamouli’s film rrr), and Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga brought home the Oscar for Best Documentary Short f ilm.

The Elephant Whisperers: Second Oscar for Guneet Monga

The Oscar for the Best Documentary Short Film generally ends as a blur in the blaze of the bigger names jostling for international attention at any Academy Awards evening. For Guneet Monga, though, it has earned a special place in her heart, for she has come home with it twice.