By Jeffery D. Long During his state visit to the United States in late June 2023, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented several gifts to U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden. Among those were the “10 danas,” items with symbolic importance in Indian traditions. I study these traditions in my work as […]
Read MoreBy COREY ATAD The Toronto Blue Jays have recruited a historic new player. During the 2023 MLB Draft, the team brought aboard 17-year-old Arjun Nimmala from Tampa, Fla., who is also the first ever first-generation Indian American drafted. Who Is Arjun Nimmala? Nimmala was born on October 25, 2005 to parents Balu and Neeru, who moved […]
Read MoreBy India New England News New York– Indian-American Geeta Rao Gupta has been sworn-in as the Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Women’s Issues in the US State Department, becoming the first woman of colour to hold the position. Gupta, who was administered the oath of office by Vice-President Kamala Harris on Monday, was confirmed […]
Read MoreThe dream is in place, the field has been built. Major League Cricket finally launches on Thursday outside Dallas. But will the people come? For decades, cricket’s powers have dreamed of making it big in America. Starting on Thursday the grandest, richest attempt yet to get Americans hooked on cricket will begin in a converted […]
Read MoreIndians for Collective Action (ICA) provides seed funding for Narika’s first transitional home in the San Francisco Bay Area Narika will build first transitional home Indians for Collective Action (ICA), a non-profit organization committed to empowering communities, is thrilled to announce its partnership with Narika of the Bay Area to provide seed funding for their first […]
Read MoreBy Sohan Adi This week, we are celebrating 9th International Day of Yoga since its inception in 2015. Swami Vivekananda, stands tall in among those who contributed in bringing the oriental Dharma to West. Narendra Nath Datta famously known as Swami Vivekananda, was born on January 12, 1863. He was an exceptional Indian monk who […]
Read MoreBy Zofeen Maqsood Puri recounts how a hate crime during his childhood shaped his ambition to bring in positive changes to America Indian American Michigan State Representative Ranjeev Puri, now serving as Michigan House Majority Whip, has been taking up social issues vociferously in his second term in the state legislature. In February this year, Puri released a strongly […]
Read Moreby Vijay Pallod for Indo American News HOUSTON: Houston has been celebrating International Day of Yoga for 9th year. This year, the participation extended to more than 25 organizations, including several that joined for the first time. Five of the events took place in open grounds. Even though weather was very hot, large number of […]
Read MoreBy Anjali Kashalkar The Americans for Hindus (A4H) group recently organized the first-ever Hindu-American political engagement summit at Capitol Hill on June 14, 2023. The summit focused on American Hindu issues and brought together 20 Hindu organizations. Dr. Romesh Japra Chairman of Americans for Hindus inaugurated the Summit. In the History of United States, The […]
Read MorePRESIDENT BIDEN: Welcome, Mr. Prime Minister. Welcome back to the White House. I’ve long believed that the relationship between the United States and India is one of the — will be one of the defining relationships of the 21st century. Two proud nations — two proud nations whose love of freedom secured our independence, bound […]
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