India Currents Wins NAM award for Outstanding Coverage of Education

New America Media presented the award for Outstanding Coverage for Education to India Currents for an in-depth article by Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan titled, “How Much Is Too Much? The Price of Pushing Kids to Attain Elite Status.” The event was held on September 19th in San Francisco.

The article examined the incredible pressure faced by Indian-American teenagers to excel academically because of the unreasonable expectations of the adults in their lives.

Read about the entire event here.

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