Ikigai: A Roadmap for Sukham
Sukham Blog – A monthly column focused on South Asian health and wellbeing. All of us want fulfillment, joy, and contentment – Sukham – in our lives. Who...
Why Is Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Worried?
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is worried that the pandemic is getting worse in the US. At a White House briefing on July 15 to announce a new campaign against CO...
Unfair Medi-Cal Test Removed!
No more asset test for Medi-Cal. Seniors and people with disabilities can get and keep free health coverage! A provision in California’s newly approved state ...
Bay Area Teen is Recognized For Her Work With Seniors
HappyArt was founded in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, when Bay Area seniors were most vulnerable. High schooler Aditi Balakrishna set forth to empower th...
At Bay, In a Sea of Poetry
Poetry As Sanctuary – A monthly column where poets from the Poetry of Diaspora of Silicon Valley pen their South Asian experiences. I grew up surrounded by po...
To Mask Or Not to Mask: With the Delta Variant, Why is That Still a Question?
COVID-19 manifested itself in a new variant this year: The Delta Variant. The beginning of the variant was found in India, where the original strain has already...
I Am A Born-Again Vegetarian!
Desi Roots, Global Wings – a monthly column focused on the Indian immigrant experience. About a decade ago, I chose vegetarianism again, because vegetarianis...
India Currents Foundation Wins Local Journalism Grant
India Currents Foundation was awarded a $30,000 grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in May. The grant will fund India Currents’ general opera...
Desis Not Getting Vaccinated is Borderline Sociopathic Behavior
With Irreverence Towards All – A monthly column on the musings and rants from a Bay Area Indian American about all that ails, affects, or matters to desis her...
Musical Desi Teen Is Awarded Volunteer Of The Year By The City Of Elk Grove
Fifteen-year-old Neil Nayyar is on a mission of helping others through music. Selected by the Assist Foundation as a World Record Holder for playing a whopping ...
Bereaved Mother of Bay Area Resident Unable to Visit the US
A longtime resident of the Bay Area, Abha Sharma suffered devastating losses from the Delta variant in India over the past two months. Sharma’s father and 40-...
Rahima Begum Wins AALDEF Lawsuit To Vote In Bengali
When the city of Hamtramck in Michigan goes to the polls on August 3, Bangladeshi-American Rahima Begum will cast her vote for the first time in Bengali. Rahi...
In Search of the Modern Indian Train Travel: Road Tripping America’s Wild West
Indians fondly remember their train travels during childhood. Summer was the time when schools would be closed, and every kid would dream of going to a distant ...
Trailblazer Chef Manish Tyagi Shares His Signature Recipes with IC
Dig-In Meals – A column highlighting Indian spices in recipes that take traditional Indian food and add a western twist! Check this space every so often as I ...
7 Unexpected Places to Hike in India
For those familiar with the Indian terrain and are searching for unique trails, this article showcases seven unexpected places to hike in India. Sometimes, the ...
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A Modern Day Satyagrahi Finds Justice In California’s Mount Shasta Vista
Zurg Xiong, a 33-year-old Hmong American satyagrahi, ended his 19-day hunger strike on the afternoon of July 23 2021, when California State Attorney General Rob...
Bowled, But Not Out: Woman of the Match
Let’s open with full disclosure: Over thirty years of reviewing books, I have pretentiously emphasized high-brow literature. My one snobbish review that stray...
The Significance of Pew’s ‘Religions of India’ Survey
This article is part of the opinion column – Beyond Occident – where we explore a native perspective on the Indian diaspora. When the US-based Pew Researc...
IC Talks With Manu Bhaker: India’s Pistol Power at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
When a dynamic teenage pistol shooter is targeting not one but multiple Golds at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2020, the entire nation has to be rooting for her. ...
Zoonotic Infectious Diseases: Local Origins, Global consequences
Engage! – Discussions on active involvement in personal health and global wellness On December 31, 2019, twenty-seven cases of pneumonia of unknown origin w...
Manika Kaur is the Culture Bearer of Kirtan Music
Manika Kaur is a singer, songwriter, and philanthropist, currently taking the world by storm as the leading contemporary performer of ‘Kirtan’ music. Kirtan...
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Mythologies of the World In the Secret of the Zipacna Dragons
The Secret of the Zipacna Dragons is my first novel set in the fiction world, Adijari. I reworked it countless times to make it a seamless and enjoyable read. I...
Grow, Eat, Share and Sell – Local Families Get New Resource for Heritage Seedlings
Valley Verde to sell culturally-meaningful and hard-to-find seedlings for families to ensure food security and comfort during pandemic and economic uncertainty...
India Has So Few Medals at the Olympics
This article is a two-part series on India’s participation in the previous Olympic games and the upcoming Olympic games. Find part 1 here! The previous articl...
Never Have I Ever’s Second Season Had a Few Redeeming Moments
The controversial Netflix series Never Have I Ever, produced by comedian and actress Mindy Kaling, released Season 2 on July 15, 2020. The series is based on a ...
The Indian Umami
Whenever you chomp, slurp, chew, and munch food, around 10,000 taste buds on your tongue and palate help you boldly go where you've never gone before on your mo...
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Why Is Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy Worried?
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is worried that the pandemic is getting worse in the US. At a White House briefing on July 15 to announce a new campaign against CO...
Kalaripayattu: Indian Martial Arts Harnessing Female Power
Shakthi! Power! Feminine Energy! In today's world women have broken the frontiers of space, air, and water. There is no mountain that they have not climbed, no ...
A Sherni Herself, Vidya Balan Tells IC of Muted Feminism in Her Newest Release
After watching the movie, when I come across overt/surreptitious sexist remarks in my interactions, Vidya Vincent’s face flashes upon my mind’s eye. Vidya B...
