Niha Masih Archives - Little India: Overseas Indian, NRI, Asian Indian, Indian American

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In India, Female College Students Fight For Their Right To Stay Out After Dark

For years, college campuses in India have regulated the movement of their female students in the name of...
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Tiny Indian State Proposes World’s Biggest Experiment With Guaranteed Income

Elsewhere in the world, there have been several small-scale experiments with implementing a universal basic income, but they...
Niha Masih
A Hindu Nationalist Claimed That Test-tube Babies Were Invented Thousands of Years Ago

India's scientists are not amused.
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In India, 2 Women Defy Protesters And Centuries Of Tradition

The controversy over Sabarimala is not the first time the entry of women in religious spaces has sparked...

Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
The Rise Of The NRI, The Influential Non-voter

In 1936, Radhakamal Mukerjee, a famous Lucknow-based social scientist, wrote a book titled Migrant Asia that contained an...
Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
Love And Marriage: Rebels Against An Indian Tradition That Endures In The U.S.

For years, my mom, Indira Pillay, told her American friends and colleagues that she and my dad had...
Chetna Kapoor | February 27, 2019
Integration Of Indian And African Flavors Accelerates

In the 2006 comedy movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” Mr. Bobby (played by Will Ferrell)...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
Oscars 2019: The Indian Sanitary Pad Makers’ Story Wins Award

Sneh was 15 when she started menstruating. The first time she bled, she had no idea what was...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
India’s Rich Fancy These Foreign Destinations

In India, there is no dearth of wealth and the proof of this is the growing number of...

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In India, Female College Students Fight For Their Right To Stay Out After Dark