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Acid Victim From India To Walk The Ramp In N.Y. Fashion Week
In the midst glamorous models at the New York Fashion Week beginning Sept. 8., one Indian woman is expected to stand apart, not so much for her physical attributes but for her indefatigable spirit...
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Indian American Teens Shine At 2016 U.S. Open
Two teens of Indian origin shone at the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows, N.Y., defeating their opponents and moving forward in the rankings. Natasha Subhash, 15, won an exciting match in the US Open...
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‘Island City’ An Intimate And Wonderfully Observed Film
In Ruchika Oberoi’s anthology, three strangers and their fates interconnect in unexpected ways, giving us an intimate and wonderfully observed film about people who are, in some form or the other,...
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Now, I’m Selective About Films: Pankaj Tripathi
Actor Pankaj Tripathi, who has bid goodbye to the small screen as he finds it a “9 to 5” job, says now he is more selective than in the past about the films he does. The actor was here for the...
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Modi to visit Pakistan? No decision yet, says India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking forward to visit Pakistan in November to attend the Saarc Summit, according to India’s High Commissioner in Islamabad. But New Delhi said on Tuesday that no...
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Indian origin British MP steps down from chair over male prostitute claims
Indian origin British Labour MP Keith Vaz stepped down as chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee following allegations he paid two male prostitutes for sex and offered to cover the cost of Class A...
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India to replace some pellet guns with chilli-filled shells in Kashmir
Indian security forces will use shells full of a chilli compound as an alternative to shotgun pellets, to control crowds in Kashmir, the interior minister said on Monday, after widespread use of the...
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Indo American Fair Attracts Big Crowds, Bollywood Greats
Thousands of visitors made their way to Mercer County Park in West Windsor, New Jersey, over the Sept. 3-4 weekend to enjoy performances by top Bollywood singers and actors, and savor Indian culture...
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A Horsetown In California Debates A Hindu Temple Proposal
Norco, a rural Californian town known as “traditional, rustic, and equestrian-oriented” and featuring in dozens of American films has been embroiled in a controversy after a small group representing...
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A Muslim Marine Recruit’s Death Exposes A Culture Of Hazing
Raheel Siddiqui, 20, died at the Marine Corps recruit depot at Parris Island, S.C., while in initial training. Minutes before Raheel Siddiqui, a Muslim Marine recruit, jumped to his death during the...
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Indian Acid Victim Walks The Ramp At N.Y. Fashion Show
In the midst glamorous models, including Bollywood actress Sunny Leone, at the New York Fashion Week that began Sept. 8, a not-so-charismatic woman on the ramp seemed to draw a whole lot of attention...
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Jain Spiritual Motivator Visits New York
The 2004 Tsunami in Indonesia killed more than 200,000 people, and changed the lives of its survivors forever, with their worst nightmare haunting them for the rest of their lives. It changed the life...
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CEO Charged With Abuse Of Domestic Worker From India
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against the CEO of a national staffing and consulting firm for “severely...
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Mission 2020: India Readies For Tokyo Olympics And Beyond
As the dust settles over the Rio Games, it’s time for India to get down to brass tacks and start preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Athletes from Stanford University won 14 gold medals at the Rio...
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Japan’s Half-Indian Miss World Contestant A Challenge To Its Self-image
Priyanka Yoshikawa says she hopes that being crowned Miss World Japan will spur greater acceptance in her homeland of people with parents from different ethnic backgrounds, such as herself. With a...
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President Nominates Pakistani-American For U.S. Judgeship
President Obama nominated Abid Riaz Qureshi of Maryland to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Sept. 6. Qureshi is a partner in the law firm Latham & Watkins’...
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Dharun Ravi Gets New Trial In Clementi Cyberbullying Case
A New Jersey appeals court on Friday threw out the conviction of a former Rutgers University student who used a webcam to record his roommate kissing another man, leading the roommate to commit...
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Still Don’t Think I Completely Fit In Bollywood, Sunny Leone
She ventured into Bollywood in 2012 with the erotic “Jism 2” thriller and has been on a roll since then. Indo-Canadian actress Sunny Leone says she felt like an outsider when she initially ventured...
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Maharashtra Chief Minister’s Wife Walks The Ramp In New York Fashion Week
Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, walked the ramp at the New York Fashion Week alongside other models last week for the cause of ‘Educate Girl Child’ and promotion...
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Queens ‘Evil Stepmother’ Gets 15 Years In Prison For Starving Daughter
Sheetal Ranot, an Ozone Park, Queens, stepmother convicted beating and starving her young stepdaughter, was last week sentenced to 15 years in prison by Queens Supreme Court Judge Richard L. Buchter....
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