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Reporting a hate crime is notoriously hard. Can this digital tool change that?
For victims of hate crimes, the struggle for justice is often a long one. Many victims never find that justice, experts say, because they don’t know where — or how — to seek it out. A substantial...
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Typical Bollywood depiction ‘Bhoomi’ more about parent-turned-vigilante, not...
(Photo: Reuters) This is the year of the rape-revenge drama. After Raveena Tandon’s “Maatr” and Sridevi’s “Mom”, it is now the turn of the father to exact vengeance. In his first film after spending...
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‘Newton’: Welcome peek into grassroots of Indian general elections
(Photo: Reuters) In a scene in Amit Masurkar’s “Newton”, the eponymous protagonist is at his desk with a neck brace, thanks to an injury. It might be a brace, but in the way it prevents Newton from...
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Garba reminded me of beauty of diversity and inclusion
As the Navratri festival is currently underway, tens of thousands of Indian-Americans across New Jersey are coming together at garbas to celebrate. I recently had the privilege of attending a garba in...
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In India, farmers’ protests shake Modi’s 2019 bid as economy slows
A farmer from Tamil Nadu displays skulls, which he claims are the remains of Tamil farmers who have committed suicide, during a protest demanding a drought-relief package from the government, in New...
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Slaughtered Hindus a testament to brutality of Myanmar’s conflict
Hindu villagers react as they identify the bodies of their relatives found by government forces, that authorities suspected were killed by insurgents last month, in a mass grave near Maungdaw in the...
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Muslim Day Parade In NYC Led By Rabbi
People participate in the annual Muslim Day Parade in the Manhattan borough of New York City, September 25, 2016. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith Scores of Muslims gathered for a parade along Madison Avenue in...
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Saturday Night Live hires Indian-American writer, comedian
Comedian and writer Nimesh Patel was just hired by Saturday Night Live as a writer. (Photo: Phil Provencio at Findingnimesh.com) Nimesh Patel, one of several Indian-American comedians and writers who...
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Indian American doctor gets bail in female circumcision case
Indian American doctor, Jumana Nagarwala, 44, was granted bail after spending five months in jail for performing female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM). According to...
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Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois celebrates 7th Annual Hindi Day
Winning Group Dance Teams. (Photo: Jayanti Oza) NAPERVILLE, IL The Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois in collaboration with Consulate General of India-Chicago celebrated the 7th Annual Hindi Day and...
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Juhi Chawla star attraction at SKN Hope Gala in New Jersey
Show Stopper Juhi Chawla walks for international fashion designer Joy Mitra Photo Credit: Andy Chang HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – More than 500 supporters in the fields of business, arts, philanthropy and...
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Pratham raises $3.8 million at gala in New York
Writer, comedian and Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj NEW YORK – Pratham, one of the largest educational nonprofits in India that provides quality education to underprivileged children, hosted its...
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K.S Aura LLC launches ‘Khandaan’, their first and finest premium quality...
From left to right: Najam Iqbal (sales manager, Khandaan), Kulraaj Anand (radio guru and emcee of the evening), Tanvi Prenita Chandra (the organizer, President, Renascent Media), Rana (owner of Subzi...
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Indian American makes the Next Avenue’s Influencers in Aging for 2017 list
Vasundhara Kalasapudi An Indian American doctor, Vasundhara Kalasapudi’s aging facility India Home; a non-profit serving the elderly Indian American population in New York has been named as one of Next...
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IBM has 130,000 employees in India, 1/3rd of its total workforce
NEW YORK – IBM, the tech company that dominated the United States in the early years of the digital age, before Google and Microsoft, has about 130,000 employees in India which is about one-third of...
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Indian American CEO of Hired finds freelance engineers in Denver paid among...
NEW YORK – The job site Hired recently conducted a study that found that freelance technology workers in Denver, Colorado earn less than the other similar contract workers in major cities, though they...
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More than 60 Rohingya feared drowned as U.S. steps up pressure on Myanmar
People gather under heavy rain around bodies of Rohingya refugees after their boat with passengers fleeing from Myanmar capsized off the Inani beach near Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj...
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Two Indian Americans named as winners of the 2017 Gloria Barron Prize for...
Two Indian Americans, Aryaman Khandelwal and Nitish Sood, were named among the winners of the 2017 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes on Sept. 25. The award, founded by author T.A. Barron in 2001...
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Indian American to receive $10,000 scholarship
Jessica Bachansingh Indian American Jessica Bachan Singh, a retail merchandising and product development major at Florida State University who has been volunteering in Ethiopia over the summer;...
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Three Indian American entrepreneurs agree to $2.72 million settlement with...
NEW YORK – Edison Adult Medical Daycare (Edison), its former owner, Dinesh Patel, and current owners, Daxa Patel and Satish Mehtani, have agreed to pay the United States and the State of New Jersey...
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