Deepen Your Roots: ASAWA Models Community Outreach
I remember my first day at my Americorps program, Public Allies Silicon Valley - a program which recruits young people to engage in grassroots activism. I stood
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New Leadership at SAALT
SAALT recently announced the appointment of new Executive Director Lakshmi Sridaran who previously led SAALT’s policy and legislative agenda for four years. S
Sundown or Sunrise, Climate Change Waits for No One
As we look back on this past decade of rapid and polarizing social change in the USA, its end has been defined by political upheaval, the #MeToo reckoning, and
Australia Fires Impact the Indian-Australian Community
The numbers are staggering, the pictures downright terrifying. More than two dozen lives have been lost, hundreds of properties destroyed, half a billion animal
Meeting the Woman Who Gave Me My Daughter
I was 38 when I adopted my daughter Richa in 1997. Richa’s birth mother was 18 when she gave her up in 1996. I have often thought about the loss this woman (c
India Currents #GivingTuesday Fundraiser
India Currents readership keeps increasing but advertising revenues are falling fast. Unlike many news organizations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want
Dancing Feet Ready for Dandia with Sankara?
Sankara Eye Foundation has a message for you: SEF Dandia is here! SEF’s mission to eradicate curable blindness is funded by various fundraisers organized thro
San Jose Shows Up for Shreya Ghoshal
It was another crowd-pleasing musical extravaganza by Sankara Eye Foundation (SEF). Singing queen Shreya Ghoshal performed at the San Jose State University Even
Educating India’s Children: Conversation with Dr. Rukmini Banerji, Pratham CEO
Dr. Rukmini Banerji, CEO of Pratham, is in the San Francisco Bay Area for a conference at Stanford on global poverty. I met Dr. Banerji in San Jose during her v
How a San Jose family Got Over its Fear of Dogs
SANTA CLARA COUNTY –- Sometimes fear disappears when you bravely take it for a walk. That is what an Indian family discovered as team participants of Santa Cl
OVBI Raises $250K at Fundraiser
May 19, 2018, Milpitas, CA: Overseas Volunteers for a Better India (OVBI), a 501 3(c) organization held its first annual fundraiser gala for India Water Project
One Million Smiles Served
A man says to a young boy, “What do you see in the mirror?” The boy’s eyes fill with tears and he says he does not look at himself. Ever. Another child li
