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

· Mar 06, 2021 · 06:30 am

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

· Mar 04, 2021 · 06:30 pm

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

· Mar 03, 2021 · 06:30 pm

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

· Mar 02, 2021 · 06:30 pm

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 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

· Feb 18, 2021 · 11:30 am

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

· Feb 10, 2021 · 06:30 pm

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

· Jan 27, 2021 · 06:30 pm

‘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

· Jan 26, 2021 · 11:30 am

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

· Jan 05, 2021 · 11:30 am

‘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

· Dec 23, 2020 · 06:30 pm

‘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

· Dec 14, 2020 · 06:30 pm