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Grammar snobbery is outdated in the social media revolution
Lavanya Mookerjee The Guardian, Britain’s national newspaper, put up a video, sometime back, suggesting “grammar snobs are patronizing, pretentious and just plain wrong.” It argued that “those who...
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Modi says India shares Myanmar’s concern about ‘extremist violence’
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Myanmar’s State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi talk to reporters during their joint press conference in the Presidential Palace in Naypyitaw, Myanmar September 6,...
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The Trump administration’s claim that DACA ‘helped spur’ the 2014 surge of...
Photograph of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security logo. “The effect of this unilateral executive amnesty, among other things, contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border that yielded...
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Hurricane Irma batters Caribbean islands, poses increasing threat to Florida
Predicted path of Hurricane Irma Credit: Washington Post KEY WEST, Fla. – Hurricane Irma barreled toward the U.S. mainland Wednesday, prompting the southernmost county in Florida to begin evacuations...
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Indian American Actor Karan Soni continues to ‘wow’ audiences
Dopinder, the Indian cab driver who gave bad relationship advice and took high fives as a form of payment in Deadpool, has become a trending sensation overnight after he starred in HBO’s show Room...
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Five Indian-Americans featured in 2017 Politico 50 list
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley speaking at the National Press Club in Washington Five Indian-Americans, including four women, have been featured in the 2017 Politico 50 list for their note-worthy...
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Indian American Councilwoman’s legacy lives on
In 2008, the then Indian American City Councilwoman of Saratoga, Susie Nagpal introduced her city to her heritage and started “Saratoga Dandia” in hopes of bringing a prominent Indian cultural...
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Killing of Indian journalist Gauri Lankesh sparks protests
NEW DELHI – The killing of a prominent journalist and government critic outside her home in Bangalore prompted protests in major Indian cities Wednesday and a national uproar about the shrinking space...
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Sitharaman takes charge, says preparedness of forces, Make in India top priority
NEW DELHI – Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday assumed charge as India’s first full-time woman Defense Minister, and asserted she would be a “round-the-clock” Minister, with focus on preparedness of the...
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Florida nervously tracks Hurricane Irma as Caribbean endures storm’s wrath
Predicted path of Hurricane Irma on Sept. 6 Credit: Washington Post MIAMI – As Caribbean islands pummeled by Hurricane Irma began to grapple with the monster storm’s toll Thursday, nervous residents of...
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Indian American restaurant owner in New Jersey stabbed in robbery
NEW YORK – Sunil Pendse, who owns and operates Shezan Restaurant and Banquet Hall on Oak Tree Road in Edison, New Jersey, was attacked by a pair of armed robbers looking to steal some cash, on...
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Sikh Temple in Hollywood vandalized
The Vermont Gurdwara in Los Angeles, California, also known as Hollywood Sikh Temple, was vandalized last week with hate messages scrawled on its walls, including one calling for “nuking” Sikhs. A...
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Vanita Gupta’s 1999 Texas case to be made into a movie
Baywatch director, Seth Gordon’s upcoming Hollywood movie will be about Indian American lawyer Vanita Gupta’s 1999 case of exposing police corruption and discrimination in Tulia, Texas and released 39...
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Tina Tandon introduces new Fall/Winter line during New York Fashion Week
Indian American Fashion Designer Tina Tandon with her new “Fall and Winter 2017/2018” Fashion Line NEW YORK – Indian American designer Tina Tandon showed off her “Fall and Winter 2017/2018” line on...
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The Illustrated Mahabharata – coffee table book for the ages
NEW YORK – The Illustrated Mahabharata – The Definitive Guide to India’s Greatest Epic (hardcover; 512 pages; $50; DK) is the hefty coffee table book which you’ll really read, and re-read, will be...
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Victoria & Abdul: A Unique Relationship
During the British Raj in India, there lived a clerk in Agra who assisted the Jail Superintendent John Tyler in organizing a trip for 34 prisoners and chose carpets and other artifacts for Queen...
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President Trump nominates Indian-American to top administration position
Manisha Singh, an attorney from Florida, who previously served in the State Department’s Bureau of Economic Affairs, and on Capitol Hill, has been nominated by President Trump as Assistant Secretary of...
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Irma menaces Bahamas and Cuba, on course toward Florida
HAVANA – Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastating winds and torrential rain, killing 19 people and leaving a...
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New Google Feed to personalize Search experience for Indian users
GURUGRAM – In a bid to improve Search experience for the Indian users, Google on Friday announced the launch of a revamped Feed in the Google app for Android and iOS devices. The revamped Feed — now...
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DACA: Deportation or Amnesty? Congress will decide
People hold signs against U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed end of the DACA program that protects immigrant children from deportation at a protest in New York City, U.S., August 30, 2017....
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