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Telangana Art And Artists Celebrated At Rubin Museum
Historically, art has been a positive medium for establishing ethnic and cultural identity. What better way there is for the newly created Telangana state to carve out a separate identity than to...
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Bollywood Movies Are Fabulous, says OO7 Daniel Craig
– Los Angeles Actor Daniel Craig, who reprised his role as the iconic super spy James Bond in “Spectre”, is in love with the merriment, music and thrill of Bollywood. He says the Hindi film industry...
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‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ Is Hollow, Over-the-top
– MUMBAI In the 10 years or so since we last saw a Sooraj Barjatya film, the world according to Rajshri (his production house) seems to have changed, albeit superficially. The women are still coy and...
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Aziz Ansari Passed On Auditioning For ‘The Martian’
Aziz Ansari could have been in the hit movie of the fall, but he passed on it because, he said, he thought the movie would be “boring.” “I was also asked to audition for a part in ‘The Martian’ (not...
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Socialist Scores Resounding Re-election Win After Tough Fight
Socialists and their supporters feel rejuvenated with the re-election of an Indian-American councilmember on the Seattle City Council Nov. 3. Kshama Sawant, leader in the Socialist Alternative Party,...
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10 Lawmakers Wish Happy Diwali And Saal Mubarak
U.S. lawmakers including the lone Indian-American Congressman Ami Bera and the only Hindu-American lawmaker Tulsi Gabbard joined “Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Buddhists across the world” in celebrating...
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Crowley Attends Diwali Celebrations In New York City
With U.S. Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus and co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans at hand, the Indian...
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Sushma Swaraj To Address Diaspora In Los Angeles
Overseas Indian Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will brief Indian Diaspora in the United States about opportunities for it in India in business, investments and partnerships, an official said here on...
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BJP Just Lost An Important Election.So What?
On Sunday, the Election Commission of India announced the results of elections in Bihar — a state in eastern India with about 100 million people. Americans don’t often hear about state elections in...
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Big Deals And Protests Mark Modi’s Visit To Britain
Britain and India welcomed more than 9 billion pounds ($13.7 billion) in commercial deals during a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but his arrival was overshadowed by protests over a...
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For $2, This Sixth-grader Can Make Your Computer Hacker-Safe
For the price of a cup of coffee from a sidewalk vendor in New York City you can protect your computer passwords, including your mail and your financial transaction passwords, from potential hackers...
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Colorful Guru Nanak Jayanti Parade Held In Richmond Hill
Chanting Satnam Wahe-guru hundreds of men and women took part in a procession last week as Baba Makhan Shah Lubana Gurdwara in Richmond Hill, Queens, organized a Nagar Kirtan Nov. 14 to celebrate Guru...
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The Spectacle Of The World’s Largest Human Gathering Discussed
Every 12 years, tens of millions of Indian Hindus descend on the northern city of Allahabad to bathe in the spot where the Ganga and Yamuna rivers converge. This sacred ritual, known as Kumbh Mela,...
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Furore Over Non-Indians In Indian Roles Leads To Play Cancellation
An off-broad production that was to feature two white and a mixed-race student playing three Indian characters in “Jesus in India” at Clarion University in Clarion, Pennsylvania was canceled last week...
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Asia Society Hosts ‘Daughters of Mother India’
n December 16, 2012, a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi, India was brutally gang raped by a group of men in the back of a bus and then thrown out on the street to die. Though the young woman...
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‘Fabulous, Versatile Talent, Which Will Always Be Remembered’
Multifaceted India-born British actor Saeed Jaffrey’s love for cinema can be judged through his inspirational journey from a theatre proprietor here to becoming one of the most versatile and...
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Woman mayor of Andhra’s Chittoor town murdered in office
Chittoor Mayor Katari Anuradha was brutally murdered and her husband Katari Mohan was critically injured in an attack on Tuesday by three men allegedly wearing burqas, police said. The three men...
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Ashok Singhal, man behind Babri Masjid Demolition, is dead
VHP leader Ashok Singhal, who was one of the key architects of the mass campaign that led to the razing of the Babri mosque in 1992, died here on Tuesday. He was 89. In an acknowledgement of his...
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133,000 Indian students contribute $3.6 billion to U..S economy
With a whopping 29.4 percent increase, a record high of 132,888 Indian students studying in the US in 2014/15 academic year contributed $3.6 billion to the US economy, according to a new report. India...
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Facebook blocks ‘Sikhs for Justice’ page in India
The organization Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) has a Facebook page. Facebook allegedly blocked the page in India, and SFJ claims that it did so “on its own or on the behest of the Government of India,”...
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