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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
The notification introduces a series of restrictions that dramatically curtails the rights and liberties of OCIs in India.
Prashant Reddy T
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At long last, Australian television has begun reflecting some of the country’s ethnic diversity
One soap opera has done more for Asian Australian representation on screens than a lot of high brow TV.
Mridula Nath Chakraborty
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First Brexit made me feel an outsider in Britain. Now Covid-19 has made me feel unwanted in India
Recent events have reminded me that flags and borders are nationalism’s favourite toys.
Somnath Batabyal
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Why the small turnout at Modi’s Kolkata rally should not worry the BJP
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Indian IT companies have found ways to avoid the stress of H-1B visas
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With new OCI notification, India has ended its experiment with dual citizenship
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Air France flight makes emergency landing after Indian passenger’s disruptive behaviour
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How I restored Bapu’s bicycle with the help of local repairmen and ingenuity
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What explains Indian-Americans being anti-Trump but also pro-Modi?
Indian-Americans, or more specifically, upper-caste Hindu Indian-Americans, have managed to have their identity cake and eat it too.
Rohit Chopra
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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 story of the Indian family that built an empire in Hawaii and helped popularise aloha wear
The Watumulls are inextricably linked to the recent history of the Hawaiian Islands.
Anu Kumar
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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.
Vandana Menon
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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.
Vandana Menon
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‘India’s best ambassador’: When an actress forsook Indian films for an uncertain life in the West
Surya Kumari chose stage, TV and hardship over assured fame and stardom.
Anu Kumar
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When an Indian writer’s visit caused a stir in the US
Sarath Ghosh was celebrated in early 20th century as the ‘first Hindu writer in English’. Was this fact, or like so much else in his life, fiction?
Anu Kumar
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‘Existing as a queer South Asian is draining’: How LGBTQ+ groups hope to combat stigma and exclusion
A few activists are attempting to help families overcome the specific challenges of being LGBTQ+ in the South Asian diaspora.
Amanat Khullar
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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.
Vandana Menon