Can you think of major experiences of your life and community, whether it is to celebrate birthdays or weddings, or to mourn a loss or even at the rituals around a funeral, without some music and song, be it folk traditions or prayer chants? Poetry is so seamlessly...
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)...
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 ...
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...
Eighth-grader Navneeth Murali was “totally shattered and devastated” when he learned in April that the Scripps National Spelling Bee to be held the following month was canceled. He has aged out of the competition and under current rules cannot participate next year....
To join the poetry reading on Tuesday June 30, 2020 at 6 pm PST and 9 pm EST, click the button below! ZOOM Poetry Reading With America on the precipice of landmark socio-political change, India Currents invites you to celebrate activism through a virtual poetry...
