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NATIONAL INDO-AMERICAN MUSEUM OPENS AT UMANG AND PARAGI PATEL CENTER IN LOMBARD

By Splash Magazine Thirteen years after its inception in 2008, the National Indo-American Museum (NIAM), which builds bridges across generations and connects cultures through the diverse colorful stories of Indian Americans, marked a landmark moment with the inauguration of its Umang and Paragi Patel Center in Lombard, Illinois on October 15, 2021. Founding members, board members, […]

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Business

Indra Nooyi, Former CEO of PepsiCo, on Nurturing Talent in Turbulent Times

By Adi Ignatius Summary.    For episode 2 of the HBR video series “The New World of Work”, editor in chief Adi Ignatius sits down with former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, Indra Noori, to discuss her ideas for how the corporate world needs to evolve. She pushes for leaders to realize the importance of their […]

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Culture

The Mahatma Gandhi District Is the Epicenter of Indian Culture in Texas

Written by: Clayton Maxwell Photos by:  Tiffany Hofeldt THE MAHATMA GANDHI DISTRICT is like one big food-centric classroom for travelers unfamiliar with the Hindu religion and Indian geography. Just across the street from Udipi I find the wondrous Subhlaxmi grocery store, where 95% of the products are from India. The produce section overflows with fruits like spiky […]

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Tech

Researchers Developing Air Quality Sensors to Detect COVID-19

In the not-so-distant-future, Pratim Biswas envisions a time when people can measure their risk of catching COVID-19 in all sorts of environments—like restaurants, doctor’s offices, and hospitals—by simply wearing a small air quality sensor and connecting it to an application on their phone. Biswas, a veteran aerosol scientist who is dean of the University of […]

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Education

How Hindu Chaplains Went From Anomaly To Necessity

By Kathryn Post (RNS) — When Vineet Chander accepted his job as the Hindu chaplain at Princeton University in 2008, his Hindu community was baffled by his profession. “It was incomprehensible to them,” said Chander. “I’d have people look at me like, what do you do? This is a full-time job?” Their puzzlement was understandable: Chander, […]

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Politics

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Fox News special explores scam of the century: ‘Woke capitalism’

By Brian Flood Ramaswamy sat down with Tucker Carlson, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “Fox & Friends” co-host Brian Kilmeade, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Fox News contributor Lara Trump for the one-hour special that dives into the secrets of corporate America. Ramaswamy’s upcoming book, “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” hits retailers […]

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Advocacy

Hindu American Foundation and StandWithUs Event Brings Together Hindu and Jewish Communities

(Chicago, ILL – April 15, 2021) — The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) and StandWithUs (SWU) held a virtual event “Indo-Judaic Ties: Ancient Cultures, Common Challenges, Modern Miracles” on Monday, April 12. The event brought together nearly 300 members of the Jewish American and Hindu American communities across the country. HAF Co-Founder and Board Member, Mihir […]

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Politics

The rise of the Indian American candidate

How Kamala Harris and a new generation are changing the face of politics By Swetha Kannan, Sandhya Kambhampati and Rahul Mukherjee In a sign of the group’s growing sway, more Indian Americans than ever are running for Congress. In the last six years, nearly 80 candidates made it on the ballot, soaring far beyond numbers seen in past elections. Leading […]

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Advocacy

Indian American doctors raise $5 million for covid relief in India

By AB Wire AAPI provides 2,300 Oxygen concentrators, 100 ventilators and other equipment to 45 hospitals in India. American Association of physicians of Indian origin (AAPI), the largest ethnic medical organization in the US, has raised $5 million for covid relief efforts in India fighting a deadly second wave of Covid-19. “The generosity of the members […]

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Sports

NY Mets draft Indian American pitcher Kumar Rocker

By AB Wire Another Indian American pitcher, Rohan Handa, a junior from Yale, drafted by San Francisco Giants. New York Mets drafted Indian American Kumar Rocker as the 10th overall pick in the first round of the 2021 Major League Baseball Draft on Sunday. The 21-year-old right-hander pitcher from Vanderbilt was one of the most sought-after players […]

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