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Anisha Sircar
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Explained: The Hindu American Foundation’s defamation case against Hindus for Human Rights founders
The suit prompted more than 300 prominent writers, academics, and scholars last week to stand in solidarity with Hindus for Human Rights.
Anisha Sircar
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Tech diaspora mobilises resources to help India make it through brutal Covid-19 second wave
‘Our government needs all the help it can get.’
Anisha Sircar
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‘Please remove your hat’: Sikh truck drivers in the US face discriminatory drug testing practices
‘You should know the options, rather than being backed into a corner where you have to decide between practicing your faith and having a job.’
Anisha Sircar
Trending
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Watch: How a San Francisco traffic barricade became a place of worship for Hindus in the 1990s
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From Babri to Gyanvapi, how India’s courts have helped escalate Hindutva claims on mosques
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Photos of Taj Mahal underground cells released by Archaeological Survey amid row about ‘Hindu idols’
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Four strange symptoms of Covid-19 you might not have heard about
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Filmmaker Avinash Das booked for sharing photo of Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer
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Confronting taboos: A nonfiction anthology explores stories left untold in the South Asian diaspora
The editors of ‘untold: defining moments of the uprooted’ explain how they put together the collection of deeply personal essays.
Anisha Sircar
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The struggle to understand – and combat – heart disease among South Asian Americans
South Asians are four times more likely to get heart disease than other ethnic groups in the US. We are only starting to understand why.
Anisha Sircar
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Is the term ‘Desi’ offensive? Some South Asian Americans think so
‘Rather than solidarity, Desi feels like an imposition.’
Anisha Sircar
Video
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‘My biggest strength is my love’: Muslim man’s house, shops razed after marriage to Hindu woman
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Watch: Bengaluru torrential rains on Tuesday leave two dead
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‘If you don’t want to follow rules, get out’: Actor Patti LuPone calls out maskless audience members
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Watch: Karine Jean-Pierre makes history as the first Black, openly gay, White House press secretary
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Watch: How the music video of Ukraine’s Eurovision winning entry ‘Stefania’ was filmed
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‘Indianised’ dishes and difficult conversations: How Indian-Americans are marking Thanksgiving 2020
‘We actually have to acknowledge that as Indian-Americans, we are racialised as people of colour.’
Anisha Sircar
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Beyond Kamala: Indian-Americans are also putting more money into US politics than ever before
‘In America, money ends up being the mother’s milk of politics.’
Anisha Sircar
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The Covid-19 crisis is threatening to push many Indian-American households into poverty
Stories about one of America’s most affluent ethnic communities obscure the grimmer reality of a section below the poverty line.
Anisha Sircar
The Reel
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Fatima Sana Shaikh: ‘Films have helped me cross an emotional barrier’
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‘Spiderhead’ trailer: Chris Hemsworth watches over prisoners controlled by mind-altering drugs
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Watch: ‘Nikamma’ stars Abhimanyu Dassani, Shirley Setia and Shilpa Shetty
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How Ashok Kumar learned to ‘open his heart through his eyes’
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Watch: In ‘777 Charlie’, meet Rakshit Shetty’s Dharma and his four-legged saviour
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‘Family values and right stance on India’: Meet the Indian-Americans campaigning for Donald Trump
‘Almost every Indian American has already been reached by the Trump campaign, and will be reached again multiple times.’
Anisha Sircar
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How a secret wave of early South Asians found a home in America long before the H-1B immigrants
Scroll.in speaks to Vivek Bald, author of ‘Bengali Harlem’ which tells the stories of South Asians who migrated to the states between the 1880s and the 1950s.
Anisha Sircar
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Long-distance relationships are hard at the best of times. Covid-19 has made them harder for Indians
With India’s case load rising to record numbers, Indians in long-distance relationships are unsure when they will be able to travel to meet their partners.
Anisha Sircar
The Field
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Archery World Cup: Verma, Saini, Chauhan stun Korea to reach men's team final, women clinch bronze
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Premier League: Second-string Liverpool beat Southampton 2-1 to take title race to final day
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Geneva Open: Daniil Medvedev returns to tour after surgery, loses first match to Richard Gasquet
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Watch: The incident that sparked a fight at the Commonwealth Games 2022 wrestling team trials
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IPL 2022: Tripathi’s 76, Umran’s three-for ensure SRH stay alive in playoff race with win against MI