A Conversation with Anju Bhargava, Founder, Hindu American Seva Communities, Washington, D.C.
By Shilpa Rao Background: In March 2018, undergraduate student Shilpa Rao interviewed Anju Bhargava as part of the Doyle Undergraduate Fellows Program.…
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…
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’…
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…
Bee-Brained
Inside the competitive Indian-American spelling community by Vauhini Vara The final two contestants of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, held just…
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…
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…
Improving Economic Opportunity in America: A Discussion with Raj Chetty
With Robert Doar AEI, Auditorium1789 Massachusetts Avenue NWWashington, DC 20036 Contact Information For more information, please contact Andrew Smith at Andrew.smith@aei.org,…
Indian Modernist, Artist of Mystery
By Arthur Lubow When Sandhini Poddar first saw the paintings of V. S. Gaitonde, their silence spoke loudly. Displayed in a…
Interviews with Americans of Indian Ethnicity: Anjali
BY AMBAA CHOATE Here is another interview with a young American Hindu about religion, culture, and identity from my friend Anjali……