‘Don’t want pandemic to quiet their voices’: This fund is supporting South Asian artists in the US

The South Asian Arts Resilience Fund, run by the India Center Foundation, has raised a total of $60,000 so far.

Anisha Sircar

· Aug 07, 2020 · 08:30 pm

A digital archive is collecting lockdown letters from South Asian Americans to their future selves

‘Being a new parent and being in isolation is very hard. It made me realise that I am able to find solutions during difficult situations.’

Amanat Khullar

· Aug 04, 2020 · 08:30 pm

Despite Trump’s withdrawn order, many first-time international students are barred from going to US

New students whose universities are online-only in the autumn semester will not be permitted to enter the US.

Priyali Prakash

· Aug 03, 2020 · 08:30 pm

California’s landmark lawsuit against Cisco trains the spotlight on casteism in the tech world

The US state has filed a federal lawsuit against the tech company for discriminating against a Dalit engineer.

Anisha Sircar

· Jul 11, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘How does this help anyone?’: Indian students in US fear deportation following Trump’s new rules

Students on F-1 or M-1 visas whose classes in the upcoming semester are fully online will not be allowed to stay in the US.

Priyali Prakash

· Jul 10, 2020 · 06:30 am

‘Has your daughter tried biryani yet?’ Hasan Minhaj answers questions from Indian-American teenagers

Netflix show host Hasan Minhaj revisits the group of disapora teenagers he had first met in 2019.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 07, 2020 · 01:17 pm

Anxious children, helpless parents: What are the human and emotional costs of Trump’s US visa ban?

Donald Trump’s order to suspend foreign work visas, including the H-1B visa, has indefinitely split many US-based Indian families.

Priyali Prakash

· Jul 07, 2020 · 09:00 am

For Indian Americans, Black Lives Matter movement is a chance to discuss casteism and racism

Organisations like Equality Labs and Instagram pages like South Asian Nation and the Woke Desi are driving these conversations among the diaspora.

Anisha Sircar

· Jul 03, 2020 · 06:30 am

Trump’s H-1B suspension will hurt US post-lockdown economy the most, says NASSCOM’s Shivendra Singh

The IT trade body’s vice president and head of global trade development speaks to Scroll.in about the importance of the H-1B to both India and America.

Anisha Sircar

· Jul 02, 2020 · 06:30 am

California sues tech giant Cisco over alleged caste discrimination against Indian-American employee

The company, meanwhile, said it would ‘vigorously defend’ itself in court.

Scroll Staff

· Jul 01, 2020 · 02:41 pm

Donald Trump is attacking the social media giants. Here’s what India should do differently

‘For a robust and rights-respecting public sphere, India needs to ensure that large social media platforms receive adequate protections.’

Anna Liz Thomas

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Gurshabad Grover

· Jun 25, 2020 · 11:30 am

‘So much for Namaste Trump’: Suspension of H-1B visas provokes condemnation in US and India

‘It’s pretty incredible how many of the smartest people in Silicon Valley came here on H1B visas.’

Scroll Staff

· Jun 23, 2020 · 05:11 pm