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Vandana Menon
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Indian Americans are divided about India’s future, but still broadly support Modi, finds survey
On issues like religious freedoms and immigration, the diaspora takes a more liberal view in the US and a more conservative view in India.
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Green card reform, no more Muslim ban: What Biden’s immigration proposals promise
Some Indians face up to 150 years of wait-time in the green card backlog per the current system, an issue Biden’s proposal promises to address.
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‘Children of kisaans’: The global Punjabi diaspora speaks up for the farmers protesting in India
One car rally in California saw 10,000 cars drive across the Bay Bridge on December 5 between San Francisco and Oakland, according to toll plaza estimates.
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Trending
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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‘Rahul Gandhi has power of truth’: Opposition alleges vendetta after conviction in defamation case
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China’s dam-building spree on Mekong River has turned Thai fishing villages into ‘ghost towns’
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Neera Tanden: Why the Indian-American picked to run Joe Biden’s budget office is controversial
Tanden has provoked pushback from Republicans for her partisan tweets and from progressive Democrats for positions she has held in the past.
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‘For Indian-Americans, Diwali came early’: Celebrations erupt as Biden-Harris win 2020 US election
Though Donald Trump has refused to concede, Americans took to the streets to celebrate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory.
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2020 US Election: In New Jersey’s ‘Little India’, vocal Biden supporters and ‘shy’ Trump voters
Indian-American turnout has hit record highs already, in an election that features a member of the community on the ticket, Kamala Harris.
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Video
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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WhatsApp forwards and phone calls: How South Asian groups have been mobilising voters in the US
‘At the end of the day, we’re not doing this work around a particular election cycle...we’re trying to create systemic change.’
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‘Very excited’: Immigrants in New York brave rain, long lines to vote early in US elections
Voters of the predominantly immigrant Jackson Heights had access to interpreters in five languages — Spanish, Hindi, Bengali, Chinese, and Korean.
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‘US-India ties aren’t as important’: Milan Vaishnav on new 2020 election survey of Indian-Americans
The 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey suggests that, despite headlines about a shift to the Republicans, the community heavily favours the Democrats.
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The Reel
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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Do Indian-Americans really believe that the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket is ‘anti-India’?
Despite the AAPI survey showing a shift to the Republicans, 66% of Indian-Americans still plan to vote for the Democrats.
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Roti, roses, and ‘Mr Cardamom’: How Zohran Mamdani won a seat in NY’s state legislature
The son of filmmaker Mira Nair and academic Mahmood Mamdani will make history in 2021 as one of two South Asians in the New York Assembly for the first time.
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South Asian history is hidden around Berkeley. Two Indian Americans are bringing it into the light
Barnali Ghosh and Anirvan Chatterjee’s walking tour calls attention to the legacy of South Asian activism in the university town.
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The Field
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships: Nitu, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety reach finals
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IND v AUS: Rohit Sharma on workload management for World Cup – ‘Up to IPL franchises and players’
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ISSF World Cup Bhopal: Rhythm-Varun win mixed pistol silver; Rudrankksh-Narmada claim rifle bronze
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Watch: When Mesut Ozil produced 19 assists for Arsenal in the 2015-’16 Premier League season
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Football: India earns narrow win over Myanmar in tri-nation opener; Women’s team draw against Jordan