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

India’s farmer protests are reminiscent of the US farming crisis of 1970s, plus other diaspora reads

Weekend reads for Indians abroad from Scroll Global.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 14, 2021 · 11:30 am

The struggle to understand – and combat – heart disease among South Asian Americans

South Asians are four times more likely to get heart disease than other ethnic groups in the US. We are only starting to understand why.

Anisha Sircar

· Jan 13, 2021 · 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

Is the term ‘Desi’ offensive? Some South Asian Americans think so

‘Rather than solidarity, Desi feels like an imposition.’

Anisha Sircar

· Dec 08, 2020 · 06:30 pm

Why Indian-Americans could play decisive roles in future US elections plus 7 more diaspora reads

Weekend reads for Indians abroad from Scroll Global.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 05, 2020 · 06:00 pm

‘Indianised’ dishes and difficult conversations: How Indian-Americans are marking Thanksgiving 2020

‘We actually have to acknowledge that as Indian-Americans, we are racialised as people of colour.’

Anisha Sircar

· Nov 26, 2020 · 06:30 pm

Barack Obama was ‘angriest’ when his team leaked a memo titled ‘Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab)’ in 2007

In his new memoir, Obama refers to the memo that attacked Clinton for representing Indian interests, and upset the Indian-American community.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 16, 2020 · 12:18 pm

Barack Obama was ‘angriest’ when his team leaked a memo titled ‘Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab)’ in 2007

In his new memoir, Obama refers to the memo that attacked Clinton for representing Indian interests, and upset the Indian-American community.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 16, 2020 · 12:07 pm

Kamala Harris is not the only one with an ancestral Chennai connection – Joe Biden may have one too

In 2013, Biden claimed he had a ‘great, great, great, great, great grandfather’ who was a captain in the East India Company.

Tim Willasey-Wilsey

· Nov 09, 2020 · 07:30 pm

How IT cell and WhatsApp University reached the US, plus seven more reads for the Indian diaspora

Weekend reads for Indians abroad from Scroll Global.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 24, 2020 · 06:30 pm

The Covid-19 crisis is threatening to push many Indian-American households into poverty

Stories about one of America’s most affluent ethnic communities obscure the grimmer reality of a section below the poverty line.

Anisha Sircar

· Oct 21, 2020 · 06:30 pm