by Madhumitha Krishnan | Jul 9, 2021 | Diaspora
The Sleeping Giant? Indians are Not New to Revolutionary Activism in North America Labeled America’s great “sleeping giant,” the Asian American community has undoubtedly been a significant focus of post-2016 politics. AAPI (Asian-American Pacific Islanders)...
by Darshan Singh | Jun 25, 2021 | Diaspora
Doctors in America but Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani When India was facing a deadly second wave of COVID-19, numbers of reported Covid positive cases were on the rise, thousands reportedly died daily, and hospitals and medical facilities were running out of oxygen and...
by Bhargavi Kulkarni | Jun 12, 2021 | Diaspora
Mumbai-Born Arabic Literature Professor at University of Chicago Wins Sheikh Zyed Book Award Dr. Tahera Qutbuddin, a professor of Arabic Literature at the University of Chicago, recently became the first person of Indian-origin to win the 15th Sheikh Zyed Book Award....
by Anu Ghosh | May 28, 2021 | Diaspora
From Shantytown to Space: Jaykumar Vaidya’s Unlikely Journey From Mumbai Slum to NASA This is no Bollywood masala film story. Twenty-four-year-old Jaykumar Vaidya’s journey from a slum in Mumbai to the University of Virginia in the United States to pursue his Ph.D, is...
by Annalisa Merelli | May 13, 2021 | Diaspora
Overseas Indian doctors using technology to fight Covid in their mother country As India is ravaged by a crippling Covid-19 wave, members of the Indian diaspora are struggling to find ways to help. One group among them is especially distressed: doctors. Physicians are...
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