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Indian-American Akhil Sharma wins Folio literary prize
Indian-American writer Akhil Sharma has won the second annual Folio prize for fiction for a novel which charts an emigrant family’s heart-wrenching search for the “American dream”, said a media...
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Preview – Superpowers collide in Sydney semi-final blockbuster
Sparks can be expected to fly when confident, well-balanced teams from cricketing superpowers Australia and India clash in a mouthwatering World Cup semi-final at the Sydney Cricket Ground on...
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India raises record $17.6 billion from telecom airwaves auction
(Reuters) – India raised a record $17.6 billion from the sale of mobile phone airwaves in its latest telecom spectrum auction after 19 days of fierce bidding, telecoms minister Ravi Shankar Prasad...
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Modi travels to France, Germany, Canada to boost ‘Link West’ policy
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Giving a fillip to India’s ‘Link West’ foreign policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will go on an eight-day official visit to France, Germany and Canada from April 9 to...
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Kipling’s birthplace to become tourist attraction
The heritage bungalow in south Mumbai where author and Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling was born will be converted into a tourist attraction by the Maharashtra government, a minister has said.The...
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Modi’s defining trait is determination, says British author
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s defining trait is determination and an absolute commitment to success, says British author Lance Price, noting that the Bharatiya Janata Party...
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Wedding card collection reflect changing profile of Tamil weddings
Chennai, March 13 (IANS) A unique collection of invitation cards for mostly Hindu weddings from the early 1940s unveils a fascinating story of how Tamil society evolved over six long decades.The cards...
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A Bakery Worker’s Daughter Gets her Wings
Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) Unlike girls of her age who dream of becoming doctors or engineers, she wanted to be something different. Many laughed at her dream, but today she is one among the few...
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Malik quits ‘One Direction’, says wants normal life
(Reuters) – Singer Zayn Malik said on Wednesday he was quitting the best-selling pop band One Direction because he wanted to live a normal life and apologised to fans of the hugely popular...
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India’s reign as world champions ends in Australia
(Reuters) – India’s reign as cricket’s world champions is over. Four years after they won the World Cup at home, they bowed out in the semi-finals, beaten by Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on...
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Courtroom drama gets top prize at National Film Awards
A multi-lingual film that chronicles the flaws in India’s notoriously slow judicial system and its effect on ordinary citizens won the top prize at the 62ndNational Film Awards. “Court” follows the...
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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ author to be India’s new spokesman
Vikas Swarup, the author of the book that became the Oscar-winning movie “Slumdog Millionaire,” will become India’s principal spokesman, India’s Ministry of External Affairs said Thursday. Swarup has...
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Pakistani Women: A Vow to Marry on Their Own Terms
Mariam was a sixth-grader in Toronto when her family started pressuring her to get engaged. They sent her on a summer trip to their native Pakistan, ostensibly to study but actually to meet a fiance...
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India moves to improve ‘shameful’ record on orphan adoptions
NEW DELHI — When Shreya Roy applied to adopt an orphan in New Delhi in 2012, she was told the wait could be at least three years — if she was lucky. “We called about 25 children’s adoption homes in...
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Varun Ram’s unlikely stardom is a moment to remember for Indian Americans
The celebration Friday night was like a movie scene to Varun Ram, teammates mobbing him in the middle of the court, cameras surrounding him, media members asking the former walk-on about his...
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Students embrace in front of the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium high school in Haltern am See, March, 25,.
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Will return to India to film ‘Kungfu Yoga’: Jackie Chan
Asian cinematic icon Jackie Chan, whose latest actioner “Dragon Blade” hits Indian screens on Friday, says he may come down to the country to shoot his new film “Kungfu Yoga”, the first project under...
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Anoopam Mission Leader’s 75th Birthday Celebrated in Pennsylvania
Devotees from North America, U.K. and the Caribbean gathered at Anoopam Mission’s U.S. headquarters at the Shree Swaminarayan Spiritual and Cultural Center in Coplay, near Allentown, Pennsylvania,...
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U.S. to Oppose Plea to Declare RSS a Terror Group
Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York is seeking more time for the U.S. government to respond to a lawsuit filed against Secretary of State John Kerry by a Sikh rights...
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Lawmakers, Activists Celebrate Victory in New FBI Hate Crime Reporting
After years of lobbying the Indian-American community achieved its objective of getting the FBI and the Justice Department to include Hindus and Sikhs in hate crime data collection. Sikhs, who bore...
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