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24 more writers, filmmakers return national awards over ‘intolerance’
In a collective move to draw the government’s attention to their fears that the country’s “robust democracy might be coming apart”, 24 filmmakers and writers, including Arundhati Roy, Saeed Mirza and...
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The Day My Daughter Realized She Isn’t White
“Mama,” my 4-year-old daughter said. “Did you know that darks and lights didn’t used to be able to go to the same places?” “What?” I asked. It was bedtime, and I was tired. I wondered vaguely how Zara...
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Ex-Goldman Sachs Banker Bansal Pleads Guilty Over Fed Leak
A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker admitted violating one of the golden rules meant to protect the confidentiality of the Federal Reserve’s supervisory work from prying eyes at Wall Street...
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Run For Fun As Indian-Americans Take Part In N.Y.C Marathon
Rohi Mirza Pandya, a Brooklyn-based mother of two, ran nine races last year and trained herself under experts despite occasional dizziness and dehydration, just to be prepared and in shape for 2015...
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In Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None,’ a new definition of Netflix-and-chill
“Master of None,” Aziz Ansari’s refreshingly optimistic Netflix comedy about yet another emotionally tentative, occasionally lovelorn New Yorker, bears at least a passing resemblance to FX’s “Louie,”...
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What Secularism Is And Is Not In The Indian Context
Excepts from historian Romila Thapar’s Ali Asghar Engineer Memorial Lecture at Jamia Millia Islamia in August. In speaking about Indian society and the secular, let me say at the outset, that...
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Second Mistrial Declared In Alabama Cop’s Assault On Indian Grandfather
For the second time in less than two months, a US judge declared a mistrial in the case against an Alabama police officer charged with slamming an Indian grandfather to the ground last February and...
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Nurse Sues After Being Allegedly Fired For Taking A Break
An Indian-American nurse has filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against her employer, because she was fired for taking a break as she was suffering from nausea, a media report said. Saijal Sara...
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Alleged Killer Of Brooklyn Father Released For Psychiatric Evaluation
Hassan Razzaq, 19, who was arrested in July this year on charges of alleged stabbing to death of his “abusive” father in New York, was treated in a psychiatric ward at Weill Cornell’s Payne Whitney...
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India orders Greenpeace to shut down over fraud
India has cancelled Greenpeace International’s license to operate and gave the group 30 days to close down, citing financial fraud and falsification of data, the environment watchdog said on Friday....
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Condom shortage hampers India’s AIDS fight
Sex worker Shaalu is using fewer condoms when she meets her clients in New Delhi — not out of choice, but because a funding crunch and procurement delays in the state-run HIV/AIDS programme have...
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Bollywood finds political voice in intolerance debate
The Indian film industry finds itself unexpectedly swept up in a debate over growing religious intolerance that critics say Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration has failed to contain....
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Diwali Across America: Fervor And Firecrackers
Diwali, one of the most popular festivals of India, was celebrated by the Indian-American community with a lot of verve and enthusiasm in various towns and cities across the United States in the past...
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Lawmakers Join Diwali Celebrations
More than 30 members of US Congress joined about 1,000 people at the annual Diwali event on Capitol Hill, the seat of US legislature, to celebrate the accomplishments of the Indian American diaspora....
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Modi heads for defeat in Bihar election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his supporters during a rally in Mathura, India, May 25, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/Files Prime Minister Narendra Modi was heading for defeat on Sunday in a key...
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Soul searching for Modi after crushing Bihar defeat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met leaders of his party on Monday to discuss whether to overhaul policies and priorities in the wake of a humiliating defeat in elections in Bihar. Modi and a dozen...
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After Bihar defeat, investors tell Modi to speed up reform
Foreign investors shook off turbulence in Indian financial markets on Monday after a weekend defeat for the government in a key regional election, but they pressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do...
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Illinois Doctor Sentenced For Illegally Selling Drugs
A South Asian-American doctor from Effingham, Illinois, has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling controlled substances illegally. Naeem Mahmood Kohli, 61, was sentenced to 24 months in...
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FBI Zeroes In On Alleged Wife Murderer in New York City
Federal authorities believe an Indian man suspected of killing his wife in the back of a Dunkin’ Donuts in Hanovar, Maryland this April, is holed up in New York City. Last week the FBI ratcheted up...
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BCCI chief Manohar to replace Srinivasan as ICC chairman
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday appointed its president Shashank Manohar as the new chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) removing incumbent N. Srinivasan for...
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