One in two Indian Americans say they faced discrimination in the past year, reports new survey

The third edition of the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey analyses the ‘social realities of Indian Americans’.

Priyali Prakash

· Jun 09, 2021 · 11:00 am

Why are academics researching ‘Critical Aunty Studies’? A US professor of Indian origin explains

Kareem Khubchandani, who organised a symposium on the new field, says that aunties are ‘ubiquitous but under-theorised’.

Priyali Prakash

· Jun 03, 2021 · 06:30 pm

The Indian revolutionary who went to jail, taught at Columbia and was accused of being a ladies’ man

As an Indian or American, as an interpreter or publisher, Taraknath Das always fought for India’s freedom.

Anu Kumar

· Jun 02, 2021 · 11:30 am

Global spread of Covid-19 variant first detected in India brings with it fears of anti-Indian racism

From Singapore to the US to Australia, incidents of anti-Indian racism have gone along with news of the B.1.617 variant.

Priyali Prakash

· May 27, 2021 · 06:30 pm

Explained: The Hindu American Foundation’s defamation case against Hindus for Human Rights founders

The suit prompted more than 300 prominent writers, academics, and scholars last week to stand in solidarity with Hindus for Human Rights.

Anisha Sircar

· May 24, 2021 · 07:30 am

Hindutva is the woke culture of India

Denigrating the people who subscribe to it won’t make it go away.

@Kaeshour

· May 14, 2021 · 11:30 am

Santha Rama Rau: The prolific wordsmith who wrote for the ‘New Yorker’ and was wooed by a mafia don

In her peripatetic life, the accomplished writer got many opportunities to observe major events and changemakers from up close.

Anu Kumar

· May 12, 2021 · 11:30 am

Donations, volunteer efforts: Diaspora comes forward to help India tackle the Covid second wave

Individuals, parliamentarians, and organisations run by NRIs are all attempting to help India continues to reel under the unrelenting Covid-19 second wave.

Priyali Prakash

· May 02, 2021 · 06:30 pm

Long before The Great Khali and WWE, there were Basanta Singh and Gobar Goho

American wrestling was a gladiatorial sport in the 1920s and Singh and Goho were its ‘Oriental’ draws.

Anu Kumar

· Apr 21, 2021 · 11:30 am

Remembering the first Indian author who won America’s top children’s literature prize

Dhan Gopal Mukerji was prolific, gifted and popular. He was also constantly in search of ‘spiritual freedom’.

Anu Kumar

· Mar 31, 2021 · 11:30 am

A migrant’s reflection on accents: I hear myself speak in an alien voice – but can’t stop myself

Like all migrants, I want to avoid the duality of Us versus Them.

Somnath Batabyal

· Mar 18, 2021 · 11:30 am

‘Please remove your hat’: Sikh truck drivers in the US face discriminatory drug testing practices

‘You should know the options, rather than being backed into a corner where you have to decide between practicing your faith and having a job.’

Anisha Sircar

· Mar 12, 2021 · 06:30 pm