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Anisha Sircar
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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
Trending
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Real-life ‘Terminal’: How people manage to live at airports for months and years
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In Kashmir, a woman is on a mission to rescue wildlife – and break stereotypes
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All your questions about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine answered
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How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen and ingenuity
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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
Video
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Watch: Ex-Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat pulls autorickshaw with rope to protest against fuel prices
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Watch: Hit government officials with sticks if they don’t listen, says Union Minister Giriraj Singh
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Caught on Nandan Nilekani’s camera: Black panther and leopard on the verge of an encounter
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Watch: Mumbai woman celebrates 100th birthday after being vaccinated against Covid-19
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Watch: Big dog interrupts woman every time she wants to practise yoga
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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 Reel
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‘Thunder Force’ trailer: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer play unlikely superheroes
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Jean-Luc Godard: ‘Today’s cinema only thinks action and not silence’
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Sahir Ludhianvi at 100: Why the poet and film lyricist was the original ‘Angry Young Man’
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Five animated films that ‘Bombay Rose’ director Gitanjali Rao wants you to watch
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‘7 Kadam’ trailer: Ronit Roy and Amit Sadh play father and son in football-themed show
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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
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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
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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
The Field
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Premier League: Liverpool slip to sixth straight defeat at Anfield as Fulham boost survival hopes
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Swiss Open Super 300 badminton: PV Sindhu outplayed by relentless Carolina Marin in final
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Football: Steven Gerrard guides Rangers to first Scottish League title in ten years
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Watch: Ravi Shastri on ICC’s WTC qualification criteria, trolls and importance of man-management
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PV Sindhu vs Carolina Marin, Swiss Open Super 300 final as it happened: Marin races to the title