Antara Asthaayi Dance perform at the Peninsula International Dance Festival at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center in San Mateo, Calif. on July 16, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Eddie Madril performs with Sewam American Indian Dance at the Peninsula International Dance Festival at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center in San Mateo, Calif. on July 16, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
A member of Calpulli Tonalehqueh performs at the Peninsula International Dance Festival at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center in San Mateo, Calif. on July 16, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Harshith Sakhamuri, 10, gets a haircut at a local salon in Sunnyvale, Calif. on July 16, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Sunpret Singh and Jasveer Singh wait to serve customers at local halal meat shop in Sunnyvale, Calif. on July 16, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.
Meena Sarvesh watches her son, Vishwa Sarvesh, 5, eat ice cream outside an Indian grocery store in Sunnyvale, Calif. on July 16, 2023. Photo: Sree Sripathy for India Currents/CatchLight Local.

Sree Sripathy joined India Currents as a staff photographer and CatchLight Local Fellow as part of CatchLight's California Local Visual Desk program in June 2022. Reach out with story ideas or comments...