February 2, 2023 | Features / Blogs Author: Chidanand Rajghatta
The United States has not had an ambassador in New Delhi for a little over two years now, from the time Kenneth Juster packed up from Roosevelt House on January 20, 2021, when there was a change of guard at… Read more
January 26, 2023 | Features / Blogs Author: Ashwin Ramaswami
One hundred years ago, in 1923, the Supreme Court took away American citizenship from an extraordinary man named Dr. Bhagat Singh Thind. A Sikh American, UC Berkeley graduate, Indian independence activist, and American war veteran, Dr. Thind would have his… Read more
January 13, 2023 | Features / Blogs Author: Chidanand Rajghatta
There are many ways to measure the success of an ethnic group or racial group in immigrant America, and by several metrics, Indian-Americans top the list. From being the best educated cohort (82% of Indian-American adults ages 25-55 are college… Read more
January 5, 2023 | Features / Blogs Author: Chidanand Rajghatta
With two Golden Globe nominations, a place in the New Yorker's best movies of 2022, and rah-rah reviews from American critics, the Indian film RRR, which stands for Rise Roar Revolt, has made a big splash in the United States.… Read more
December 14, 2022 | Features / Blogs Author: Chidanand Rajghatta
As December dawns on the world and dovetails into a new year, a look back at 2022 shows it has been a momentous one for the Indian diaspora, with new landmarks along the way. In October, Rishi Sunak became the… Read more
November 25, 2022 | Features / Blogs Author: Shalaka Laxman
Native Americans have often held members of the LGBTQ+ family in high regard, and the most common term to define gender-fluid people today is to refer to them as 'Two-Spirit' people. Rather than the physical body, Native Americans emphasized a… Read more
The role of Indian-Americans is often neglected when it comes to the LGBTQ movement in the US, despite the significant presence of the diaspora and India's rich history of LGBTQ acceptance. Gender fluidity was a recognized concept in ancient India.… Read more
September 30, 2022 | Features / Blogs Author: Pratika Yashaswi, Independent Journalist
On a visit to an orphanage in Shillong, Meghalaya, Sunil Mathew watched closely as a boy atop a tall jackfruit tree shook a large, heavy fruit. As the boy, Klingson Mara clambered down quickly and gracefully, Mathew was astounded to… Read more
August 15, 2022 | Features / Blogs Author: Pratika Yashaswi, Independent Journalist
Heroines of the Independence Movement Mark Twain famously called India the mother of history and the grandmother of legend. Yet when we talk of the Indian independence movement, which spans hundreds of years, we think of Gandhi, Nehru, Subhash Chandra… Read more
July 28, 2022 | Features / Blogs Author: Author: Sucheta Rawal - Author, Food & Travel Writer, Speaker
Meherwan Irani is a chef and restaurateur changing the perception of Indian food in America through his growing restaurant and spice empire - Chai Pani Restaurant Group (which owns 6 restaurants and Spicewalla brand). Irani was named by TIME Magazine… Read more