- January 27, 2018
- Editor
Culture and arts from India infuse the Bay Area
By Sandip Roy My friend Sanjay Patel’s family ran a motel in South San Francisco. Sometimes Sanjay worked the front desk. But on stage he had another avatar — with…
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- January 3, 2018
- Editor
Vaishnava Theology and Sustainability | Interreligious, Interdisciplinary Responses Conference I
by Graduate Theological Union Streamed live on Apr 30, 2017 Caitanya Vaiṣṇava theology provides a grounding framework for deep ecological consciousness and action rooted in the ethos of devotional love…
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- January 3, 2018
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Natvar Bhavsar presents his first retrospective in India, titled “HOMECOMING”
By OpenArt DAG Modern is pleased to present New York based artist Natvar Bhavsar’s first retrospective in India, aptly titled ‘Homecoming’ at its Mumbai Gallery. His art sails past all limitations…
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- December 2, 2017
- Editor
Adobe CEO says holiday season to hit $100 billion in online sales, mostly via mobile
By Lizzy Gurdus Retailers’ days could be especially bright this holiday season, as online sales are expected to hit $100 billion for the first time ever, Adobe Chairman, President and CEO…
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- November 29, 2017
- Editor
The remarkable story of how an immigrant’s hunger created the US’s biggest Indian grocery chain
By Mayukh Sen When he was 23, Mafat Patel headed for America. It was 1968, and he had just received a visa to get his MBA at Indiana University. This…
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- November 9, 2017
- Editor
Bee-Brained
Inside the competitive Indian-American spelling community by Vauhini Vara The final two contestants of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held just outside Washington last May, had gone head-to-head for ten rounds.…
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- October 25, 2017
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2017 National Young Women of Distinction – Rajvi Ranka
Girl Scouts of the USA For her Gold Award, Rajvi, 18, from Girl Scouts of Northern California, developed soil moisture sensors and readers to help farmers conserve water and…
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- October 3, 2017
- Editor
Remembering the First Indian-American Children’s Book to Win a Newbery
By Lakshmi Gandhi It may be the first children’s book by an Indian-American author to win the John Newbery Medal for American children’s literature, but Dhan Gopal Mukerji’s “Gay-Neck: The Story…
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- October 3, 2017
- Editor
Breaking Into One of Los Angeles’ Toughest Boys’ Clubs
By Monica Luhar Nisha Sembi captures the sights, sounds, and memories from her Motherland through a can of spray paint and the pages of her tattered black book. For Sembi, the…
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- October 3, 2017
- Editor
Dancing into their heritage
Classical Indian dances connect American-born generation to their roots By Carrie Seidman When Sarina Sallapudi was assigned to dance the role of a young Krishna in an upcoming performance of…
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