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

· Mar 01, 2021 · 11:30 am

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

· Jan 13, 2021 · 06:30 pm

Is the term ‘Desi’ offensive? Some South Asian Americans think so

‘Rather than solidarity, Desi feels like an imposition.’

Anisha Sircar

· Dec 08, 2020 · 06:30 pm

‘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

· Nov 26, 2020 · 06:30 pm

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

· Nov 01, 2020 · 06:30 pm

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

· Oct 21, 2020 · 06:30 pm

‘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

· Oct 16, 2020 · 07:30 pm

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

· Sep 26, 2020 · 06:30 pm

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

· Sep 21, 2020 · 06:30 pm

What Joe Biden’s presidency might mean for H-1B visas and Indian immigration to the US

The Democratic presidential nominee has laid out his policies. But will he implement them? Immigration lawyers aren’t so sure.

Anisha Sircar

· Sep 07, 2020 · 07:30 am

After seven decades, the children of Partition are going back home through virtual reality

A non-profit in the UK is using technology to help South Asians revisit fading memories.

Anisha Sircar

· Aug 27, 2020 · 03:30 pm

In India, coronavirus has created a ‘crisis within a crisis’ by bringing migration abroad to a halt

International migration brings India billions of dollars and gives millions of its citizens jobs. Not this year.

Anisha Sircar

· Aug 25, 2020 · 06:30 am