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Desi Podcasts Provide Cultural Link in Alienating Times

In an age of social exchanges through multimedia, do desi podcasts speak a common immigrant language?
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Speak Up Telugu Fastest Growing Language In America

One in five Americans speak a foreign language at home. Telugu is growing the fastest.
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Indian American Hotels Scale Up

Over the past three decades, enterprising Indian Americans have come to dominate the low to middle-budget hotel industry...
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The Immigrant Kitchen

Across the United States, immigrant South Asian women are opening a window to their world to discerning diners.
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Diljit Dosanjh The Flying Sikh

The new pride point for Sikh Americans is that Bollywood has found its new Sikh ShahRukh Khan.
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Suhoor Makeup And Other Racial Ignominies

As brands rush to cash in on emerging markets, one would expect that the least they could do...
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Sikh Truckers in America

The new generation is changing the demographics of Sikh truckers in America.
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Desi Updating

Why our love may not always be arranged.
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Tabla Meets Jazz

Classical Indian music sees a contemporary revival.
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The Elusive Indian Aam

India, the world’s largest mango grower, cannot seem to crack the U.S. market.

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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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Desi Podcasts Provide Cultural Link in Alienating Times