by Sandip Roy | Mar 30, 2017 | Politics
For too many Indians racism is a one-way street. We can be its victims but we are never the perpetrators. We are quick to recognize it when it happens to us. For example, when Indian students were attacked in Australia, then prime minister Manmohan Singh said he was...
by Chandra Ganguly | Mar 28, 2017 | Politics, Reflections, Viewpoint
When I was a teenager, I used to get bullied a lot. My bullies were relentless. I could barely be in a class with them or pass them by on my way to get some water and they would seize the opportunity to say something hurtful or make a face, a smirk – hard to catch and...
by Staff Writer | Mar 19, 2017 | Community, Politics
Hindu students from all over the United States have expressed strong disappointment and opposition towards CNN’s Believer episode on Hinduism, which aired on March 5th and showed a heavily derogatory and out-of-context depiction of Hinduism and India. In the episode,...
by Vibeka Sen | Mar 11, 2017 | Articles, Politics
The killing of Srinivas Kuchibhotla in Olathe, Kansas hit close to home for many of us. It’s tempting to assuage our concerns by labeling the shooting as an outlier incident in a conservative “red” state. But I keep coming back to two questions posed by Srinivas’s...
by Staff Writer | Feb 23, 2017 | Politics
Rep. Ro Khanna released the following statement in response to the flooding in San Jose and mandatory evacuation orders. “I am concerned by the dislocation of so many residents by the flooding, and my heart goes out to them. We will work with the local, state and...
by Nirupama V. | Feb 2, 2017 | Politics
Last night, the proposed speech by provocative alt-right speaker Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled two hours before it began because the peaceful protests turned violent. Chancellor Dirks’s message reaffirmed the University’s adherence to free speech...
