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From shorts to pants: India’s 91-year old Hindu nationalist group is changing
It is the most talked about dress code in India this weekend. India’s largest and most strident Hindu nationalist organization, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is changing. No, not its core beliefs of...
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Dalit who married upper caste girl killed in Tamil Nadu
A 23-year-old Dalit man who married into the politically influential Thevar community was hacked to death in front of a large number of people in a Tamil Nadu town, police said on Monday. CCTV visuals...
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Indian-American Hindu netizens favor Trump as president
Indian-Americans’ political preferences seem to be shifting in favour of the Republican Party, particularly Donald Trump, its front runner for the White House. According to social media trends, the...
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My Family Fearful Of A Trump Presidency: Ohio Poet Laureate
The Indian-American Poet Laureate of Ohio said he is afraid of what a Trump presidency portends for Indian-Americans and other minorities of different faiths. Amit Majmudar, one of the attendees at...
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Mysterious Shooting Death Of Newark Man On Way To Work
Police are investigating the shooting death of an Indian-origin man from Newark, N.J., the morning of March 13. Brunton Bissesar Singh, 55, was on his way to work around 6 a.m. when he was killed in a...
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Two Queens Men Arrested In Death Of South Ozone Park Bouncer
Two men of Indian origin, were arrested in relation to the violent death of a bouncer in Queens when he interfered to end a brawl only to be beaten brutally and suffering a heart attack. Deonarine...
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A Staten Island woman Charged With Murder In Newborn’s Death
A Staten Island woman of South Asian origin has been charged with murder in the death of her newborn baby who was found by police in a trash bag outside her front door March 12. Twenty eight year old...
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Two parties, two radically different visions on immigration
Viewers watching the presidential debates this month have been treated to two radically different prognoses and prescriptions for the U.S. immigration system. In Democratic forums, Hillary Clinton and...
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What would a Hindu justice mean for the Supreme Court?
President Obama has narrowed his list of potential Supreme Court nominees to about six names, our colleagues on The Post politics staff report. One jurist in the running, whose name has been floated...
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Rousing Reception Held For New Consul General Riva Ganguly Das
Riva Ganguly Das, a career diplomat who took over as the new Consul General of India in New York last week, was given a rousing reception in both New York and New Jersey as the Indian-American...
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Stolen Ancient Jain, Hindu Statues Recovered From Christie’s Auction House
Four days before two ancient Jain and Hindu statues estimated to be worth $450,000 were to be auctioned off, US officials swooped on the international art auction house Christie’s here and seized...
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Rich Tributes Paid To Journalist Arthur Pais At Memorial Service
Friends and colleagues of journalist Arthur J. Pais, who died in January this year in New Jersey at the age of 66, fondly remembered the legendary Indian-American scribe during a memorial service at...
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Environment Considred Ripe For New Immigrants To Run For Office
The founder of a New York-based national non-profit that trains new immigrants for political leadership says the current public ambivalence toward inside-the-beltway politicians provides a window of...
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Padma Lakshmi: ‘I Finally Don’t Care What People Think of Me’
I’m 45 years old and I finally don’t care what people think of me. And it feels really, really good.” So said the model, actress, and television host Padma Lakshmi during a funny and irreverent...
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Life Comes Full Circle With ‘Jungle Book’: Freida Pinto
With her childhood memories attached to Rudyard Kipling’s timeless classic, actress Freida Pinto, who found popularity in the West post “Slumdog Millionaire”, is excited to be a part of “Jungle Book:...
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I’ve Got Used To People Knowing Me Outside India: Priyanka
Actress Priyanka Chopra, whose international debut TV show “Quantico” has got a renewal and whose Hollywood debut “Baywatch” is already under production, says Indian movies have a “global demographic”...
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Farha Sayeed’s Artistic Work On View At Chicago Symphony Center
Artist and philanthropist Farha Sayeed, whose artistic work had been displayed in solo exhibitions across the world, including in Copenhagen, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, New Delhi and Sana’a, Yemen, will...
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Ahead Of Primary Raja Krishnamoorthi Holds Pre-election Meeting
Ahead of the March 15 primary Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Democratic front-runner for the 8th Congressional District race hosted a pre-election meet to pep up what seems to a surging wave of support for...
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Mother Teresa to be canonized on September 4
The Pope during consistory of cardinals on Tuesday announced September 4 as the date for Mother Teresa’s canonisation, the media reported. After months of anticipation, the date for Mother Teresa’s...
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Several Indian-Americans Among Top Winners Of Intel Science Contest
Two Indian-American students were among the top 3 winners of the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search contest announced March 15. They also scored big in the 2nd and 3rd place categories for their...
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