Sachin Radhakrishnan Tackles Homelessness “In Their Shoes”
Sachin Radhakrishnan, the co-founder of the San Jose non-profit In Their Shoes was recently honored by AACI (Asian Americans for Community Involvement) for his work with the homeless population. “Through his work, Sachin reminds us that our actions speak volumes....
San Mateo – California’s #1 Census Success Story
San Mateo County has achieved the highest census self-response rate in California by working with local organizations that know their communities intimately and by targeting messages to them. Those efforts by trusted, countywide, “on-the-ground” messengers were funded...
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ICE May Deport Indian Students In New F1 Ruling
Thousands of South Asian students at US universities will be forced to return home if their schools and programs go fully online for the fall semester due to COVID-19. In a statement released yesterday (July 6), the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)...
Where Do South Asians Stand on BLM?
Silence is the language of courage that lost its way home to the heart It’s the dialect of the unspoken things that fester between our bones, it’s the dungeons of distraught eyes that have seen enough to stop watching. But my tongue holds gardens that cannot fit ...
Public Charge Is a Public Attack by Trump Administration
International students at risk of being deported, H1-B visa bans, and the pressing change in public charge all have one thing in common - they are targeted towards immigrants. It feels like a car crash caused by a distracted driver, with the wreckage laid bare on the...
Community
The Homeless Count In The Census
Reaching into neighborhoods to count the homeless for the census is a formidable task, given that homeless people are a transitory and transient community with no fixed address. But this year, the 2020 coronavirus pandemic makes that undertaking even more challenging,...
Sachin Radhakrishnan Tackles Homelessness “In Their Shoes”
Sachin Radhakrishnan, the co-founder of the San Jose non-profit In Their Shoes was recently honored by AACI (Asian Americans for Community Involvement) for his work with the homeless population. “Through his work, Sachin reminds us that our actions speak volumes....
San Mateo – California’s #1 Census Success Story
San Mateo County has achieved the highest census self-response rate in California by working with local organizations that know their communities intimately and by targeting messages to them. Those efforts by trusted, countywide, “on-the-ground” messengers were funded...
ICE May Deport Indian Students In New F1 Ruling
Thousands of South Asian students at US universities will be forced to return home if their schools and programs go fully online for the fall semester due to COVID-19. In a statement released yesterday (July 6), the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP)...
Voices
Watching My Daughter Graduate At Home
It was supposed to be a momentous year. I was planning to throw a party. A graduation party. Friends, flowers, photos. Smiles, speeches, tears. A memorable day where I would watch my daughter walk across the stage, surrounded by her peers, basking in the cheers of...
Six Yards of Draped Emotions
Until recently, traveling to India meant carrying a half-empty suitcase, so it could be packed with saris to be brought back to the US. But as the Indian immigrant population began to grow, the second suitcase was no longer necessary. We have gone global and so have...
Why Father’s Day Felt Different
This year father’s day felt different. And I don’t mean in the way we celebrate it, because like others I was guilty of incessantly googling many creative and indoor ideas that were floating on the internet, but in its deep sentiment and what it represented. For me...
Is Dad Doing The Laundry?
As families celebrated Father’s Day in June, I was reminded that a month ago when moms were being feted, some dads were playing true to type - and not the kosher kind. On Mother’s Day my WhatsApp group chats were overflowing with fulsome messages from male high-school...
Culture
The Powerful Dancing Legacy of Saroj Khan
Sarojji, you were a legend and one of a kind. A heartfelt salute for countless moments of cinematic joy and moves, for making a mark as a female choreographer in Hindi cinema – despite the odds stacked against you. Saroj Khan’s life and 60 plus years of career were...
123…The Happiest Man!
The oldest man in the world? The happiest man alive? A yoga genius? Who is Swami Sivananda? Virtual Bharat’s latest in a 1000 film journey of the untold stories of India, takes us to Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, this International Yoga Day. The film tells the story of...
Gulabo Sitabo: So Good, I Watched It Twice
Before the movie was released my friends were curious about the name. But that curiosity is divulged in the opening scene with a street “Kathputli” show or an Indian Punch and Judy performance in the streets of Lucknow. This is a victorious performance by the veteran...
Mahesh Pailoor’s TV Debut on ‘The Blacklist’
Raised in a small town in Maine, born to immigrant parents, it has indeed been a long journey in filmmaking for the Indian American writer and director, Mahesh Pailoor. Having studied filmmaking at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and later honing the skills from...
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Foreign Worker Visas Are the Tech Industry’s Dirty Secret
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Should Social Media Censor Hate Speech In A Free Society?
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Juneteenth: Examining Our Own Bias
This Juneteenth, I reflect on the state of our nation. I’m heartened to see many South Asians protesting in solidarity with the Black community, but saddened that some in our community remain indifferent. I worry about deep-rooted biases that remain unaddressed within...
Tooth and Claw, Knee on Neck
Mesmerized, my son and I watch the television screen. Somewhere in the vast plains of the Savannah, a leopard lies in ambush to capture his prey. In the dimming light of the late evening, his spotted coat blends in with the surroundings. Crouched low, he inches...
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Can COVID Tracing Apps Help Fight The Pandemic?
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Road Warrior
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Just Write, It’s Good for You!
As I push back in my favorite armchair and read, I begin to hear the words rustling across the page in full surround sound: ‘Why does this written doe bound through these written woods? For a drink of written water from a spring whose surface will xerox her soft...
Racism Is The New Public Health Crisis
From Boston to San Bernardino, California, communities across the U.S. are declaring racism a public health crisis. Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic’s disproportionate impact on communities of color, as well as the killing of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis...
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Sanskrit: Dead, Dying, or Dormant?
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Break Out of the Outbreak
Though separated by a malfunctioning Zoom dashboard, I could see the passion radiating from youth nonprofit Break the Outbreak when I met the team for the first time. “How can we contribute to our society? How do we make a difference?”, asked Sky Yang, founder and...
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