Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have long been the true creators of employment in most countries. This is particularly true both in the US and in India. In the US, there are 28 million small businesses and they have… Read more

As Indian Americans, we have a lot to be proud of in our communities and in the changes underway in India.  Today, to protect our families and this remarkable progress, we must address one of the greatest health and development… Read more

Barack Obama’s victory in 2012 was the result of the Democrats’ ability to attract new voters, primarily minorities, which include Latino-Americans, Asian Americans, and African Americans. So it was only fitting that Indiaspora threw an impressive celebration the Saturday before… Read more

The national budget announced today, March 1, 2013, tells a lot about the nature of India’s prosperity being experienced in recent years. It is not so much the lower growth rate of 6% projected for next year that troubles ordinary… Read more

  The Indian American (or Asian Indian as defined by the US Census) population in 2010 stood at 3.2 million, a 68 percent increase from 1.9 million in 2000. Of this about 2.9 million were solely of Indian heritage and… Read more

Even as U.S. scientists and policy makers have been wringing their hands over America’s waning influence as a scientific powerhouse, other countries such as India and China and have been steadily building up their own infrastructure for research. Each of… Read more

I have always been possessed by an inexorable urge to fix what is broken: to penetrate, heal, reform those institutions that entrench social inequities and compress the human potential. I come from a family for whom subverting such structures was… Read more

Ever wish your opinion could have a greater impact? Now is your chance.   Last month, I urged Indian Americans to take our place on the national stage as the country inaugurates President Obama to his second term as President. The… Read more

With all the media hype and congressional drama, those of us who pay only superficial attention to the underlying issues might think that US national fiscal policies were in for a dramatic shift.  My teenage daughter, visiting us for the… Read more

For someone like me who has a lifelong love affair with food and an obsession with anything food-related, being born in India was fortuitous indeed.  The cuisine of India is as diverse as it gets-not only do you find unique… Read more