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Indian engineers spent years chasing Silicon Valley. Now some say, ‘I would not come to the U.S.’
Their meteoric rise reshaped the Bay Area and powered Silicon Valley. Is it at an end?
How Indian-origin mother, son from Haryana became mayors in Britain
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Indian engineers spent years chasing Silicon Valley. Now some say, ‘I would not come to the U.S.’
This article first appeared in San Francisco Chronicle on May 29, 2026
In the heart of Silicon Valley, for a sunny week in April, Indian tech workers, founders and executives from some of the hottest Bay Area startups gathered around pitch decks and crowded into lecture halls for keynote speeches on AI and data centers. Ammineni had arrived in the Bay Area a few weeks before, carrying with him the same aspirations as many of the C-suite types who were onstage at The Indus Entrepreneurs conference, or TiEcon, an annual gathering that serves as a reminder of how deeply embedded Indian Americans are in Silicon Valley’s power structure. Once a small group of engineers arriving on student visas and work permits, Indians now occupy key roles across the startup ecosystem, from founders to funders, and are among the most visible and influential groups in the tech industry, rising to top leadership at the likes of Google, Microsoft, IBM and Adobe. A Chronicle analysis also shows that they constitute about 15% of executives at the largest companies and nearly a third of all founders in the prestigious startup accelerator Y Combinator...
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Their meteoric rise reshaped the Bay Area and powered Silicon Valley. Is it at an end?
No region of the country is as Indian as the Bay Area, and no city in the Bay Area is as Indian as Fremont.
Here, visitors crowd into Hindu temples to pray to Ganesha and other gods. Some public schools teach Hindi and the thwacks of cricket bats on balls ricochet across the biggest park. Inside the city’s many strip malls, Hyderabadi and Maharashtrian food are devoured by homesick immigrants. Women in saris pop in and out of groceries that sell spices and samosas, dal and ghee.
The mayor of this Silicon Valley bedroom community of 227,000 is himself an immigrant from Punjab. Its voters helped send an Indian American — Rep. Ro Khanna — to Congress...
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How Indian-origin mother, son from Haryana became mayors in Britain
This article first appeared in ThePrint on May 25, 2026
It is a proud and historic week for an Indian-origin family in Britain. This May, 23-year-old Tushar Kumar was sworn in as mayor of Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council, and just days later, his mother, councillor Praveen Rani, became the first Indian-origin mayor of Hertsmere Borough Council.
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Parle Melody: The ₹1 soft power twist Modi served to Meloni and the world
This article first appeared in The Economic Times on May 21, 2026
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US Drops Charges Against Adani, Settlement Clears Path for Stronger India-US Investment Ties
This article first appeared in International Business Times on May 19, 2026
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Here’s what Indians spend when they travel abroad
This article first appeared in Condé Nast Traveller on May 11, 2026
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