By Erin Barry Only one in five professional computing occupations are held by women. In 2016, just 19 percent of women graduated with a Computer and Information Science degree. However, women made up 57 percent of bachelor degree recipients. So why are women falling behind in the tech sector? “We need to create new pathways for […]
Read MoreBy Jawahar Malhotra AUSTIN: Just two weeks earlier at the packed Dusserah Mela at Constellation Park in Sugar Land, Gov. Greg Abbott had spoken of the new tradition he had started four-years ago at his official residence in the state capital and the beauty of the Diwali festival. “We have ceremonial lamps in the foyer,” he […]
Read Moreby Hindu American Foundation DescriptionThis is the Hindu American Foundation You Tube channel. This is the place to come to view videos about HAF, issues such as human rights, Hinduism, and HAF’s work for you. We’re actors, teachers, comedians, doctors, athletes, priests, politicians, and even Mayflower descendants… And we’re all Hindu Americans. Visit HAF’s website […]
Read MoreKauai Aadheenam is the spiritual home and theological seminary for a small band of monks, all under vows, from many nations. They are the ministers of Saiva Siddhanta Church, overseeing an international religious mission while living a strict lifestyle of daily religious worship, meditation, yoga and service. Morning worship begins before dawn in the temple […]
Read MoreEleven Indian Americans and two Indo-Canadians are among 125 early-career researchers across seven fields selected to receive a 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship. Awarded annually since 1955, the fellowships honor extraordinary US and Canadian researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders. “Sloan Research Fellows are shining […]
Read MoreBy MARTIN WISCKOL CLEVELAND >> California Trump Delegate Arun Bhumitra believes Indian Americans’ strong preference for the Democratic Party boils down to two issues. Gun control and abortion rights. “Indians are passive, non-violent people from the land of Ghandi — they don’t carry guns and they believe in a woman’s right to choose,” said Bhumitra, a […]
Read MoreBy Naisha Roy and Saahithya Gutta Being the child of immigrants is amazing, until it’s not. We have twice the culture, twice the languages and twice the cuisines. But we also have twice the expectations and twice the gatekeepers. A gatekeeper is someone who takes it upon his or herself to decide which people deserve rights or […]
Read MoreBy Shilpa Rao Background: In March 2018, undergraduate student Shilpa Rao interviewed Anju Bhargava as part of the Doyle Undergraduate Fellows Program. Bhargava is the founder of Hindu American Seva Communities (HASC) and a former member of President Barack Obama’s inaugural Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. In this interview, Bhargava discusses her perspectives on the […]
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Read MoreAsian Americans are being denied admission because there are too many of them and they are ‘too good’ This column has often celebrated the success of the Indian diaspora. In a column in BusinessLinea few weeks ago, I talked about the various ways in which Indians are moving and shaking in America. Even first and second […]
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