Manjari Makijany:

Emmy-nominated director striking it big in Hollywood

Dr Kiran Narayan and Ankita Sree:

Transforming veg food at Moglu

Curl trouble?

Anshita Mehtrota has the answer

How Ujjal Dosanjh made it to the upper echelons of Canadian politics

Munaf Kapadia:

The ex-Googler bringing Bohri cuisine to the world

Putting the world in her lens:

Shweta Gulati

Preet Chandi:

Antarctic triple trekker

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Manjari Makijany:

Emmy-nominated director striking it big in Hollywood

Dr Kiran Narayan and Ankita Sree:

Transforming veg food at Moglu

Curl trouble?

Anshita Mehtrota has the answer

How Ujjal Dosanjh made it to the upper echelons of Canadian politics

Former Google analyst:

Now CEO of The Bohri Kitchen

Putting the world in her lens:

Shweta Gulati

Preet Chandi:

Antarctic triple trekker

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Global Indian | Good Reads

 Top reads curated from the internet 

#1Zohran Mamdani | Global Indian
US: Left, right & ‘Indians’
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#2UPI
UPI debuts in Qatar, boosts remittances for expats
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#3The Biden administration’s National Artificial Intelligence Initiative office prioritizes working with US allies and partners.
Trump card: Why India must woo AI superstars like Meta does
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#4GI Tags
Inside India’s race for the GI tag
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#5Traditional Indian towels
From Thorthu to Gamcha: How desi towels are weaving their way back into modern homes
#6UPI
Travelling to Japan? Indian tourists will soon be able to pay via UPI — Here’s what we know
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Zohran Mamdani | Global Indian

US: Left, right & ‘Indians’

The article first appeared in The Times of India on November 3, 2025. If running New York City were only as simple as making a TikTok video! Zohran Mamdani excels in one, and if he wins the crown, he will realise that sweet dreams are ‘not’ made of this. Cue the music since we are in the zone and he is a lapsed rapper....

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UPI

UPI debuts in Qatar, boosts remittances for expats

The article first appeared in The Economic Times on October 8, 2025. India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has officially launched in Qatar, expanding beyond select airport duty-free shops to all retail outlets. This move significantly benefits the 830,000 Indian expatriates in Qatar, facilitating faster remittances and reduced transaction costs. The new payment option aims to connect the diaspora more closely with India...

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Indian AI Model

Trump card: Why India must woo AI superstars like Meta does

The article first appeared in The Times of India on October 26, 2025.

India has a rare chance to lure top talent. But to attract them, it needs more than policies — it needs freedom, ambition, and world-class ecosystems
Human ingenuity has always driven great leaps in progress. The energy revolution following the discovery of oil was inconceivable without scientific insight, just as the industrial revolution depended on breakthroughs that culminated in the steam engine. Today, with the rise of AI and automation, the returns to human intellect have only intensified.
Historically, regions that clustered hard-working, creative, and ambitious individuals have achieved sustained high growth: Western Europe during the Enlightenment, the US through much of the 20th and 21st centuries, and more recently, parts of China. Today, India has a rare opening created by the Trump administration’s curbs on high-skilled immigration....
Read more on The Times of India 

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GI Tags

Inside India’s race for the GI tag

The article first appeared in The Hindu on October 29, 2025.

Krishan Kumar’s day starts early. At 5 a.m., the block printer from Kaladera in Rajasthan is up washing yards of cotton fabric to remove impurities. He then mixes dabu, a paste made from black clay, lime and acacia gum, to use in the ancient mud-resist printing technique that five generations of his family have been following.
As the sun moves across the sky, he sets up his printing table and proceeds to dip hand-carved wooden blocks featuring local flora and fauna into the paste to print patterns on the cloth. Hours later, after a quick stop for lunch, he dyes the fabric in large vats; the natural dyes used include the popular indigo with its deep blue colour. Depending on the complexity of the print, he goes over it several times with paste and dye...
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Traditional Indian towels

From Thorthu to Gamcha: How desi towels are weaving their way back into modern homes

The article first appeared in The Economic Times on October 25, 2025.

Traditional Indian towels, like Kerala's thorthu and Bihar's gamcha, are experiencing a resurgence. These utilitarian textiles, rich in cultural significance and local materiality, are being embraced for their practicality and sustainability. A design rethink and better storytelling are helping these 'desi' towels reclaim their space in the modern market...
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Indian immigrants Japan dilemma

Travelling to Japan? Indian tourists will soon be able to pay via UPI — Here’s what we know

The article first appeared in Mint on October 19, 2025.

Indian tourists who are planning to visit Japan will soon be able to make digital payments in the foreign country using their Unified Payments Interface (UPI) systems, as the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has signed an MoU with NTT DATA, a digital business and technology services firm. NPCI's subsidiary, NPCI International Payments Ltd., signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with NTT DATA's Japanese counterpart on 7 October 2025, as the initiative aims to facilitate merchant transactions nationwide.
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Global Indian | World in Numbers

Statistically speaking

3 Indian hotels

Have made it to The World’s 50 Best Hotels extended list (51–100). Suján Jawai in Jawai ranks 91, The Johri in Jaipur is 93, and Amanbagh in Ajabgarh secures the 100th spot — all from Rajasthan.

$3 Billion

The amount that Indian Americans donated to the U.S. universities since 2008.

₹3,000 Crore

The value of the deal signed between India and Africa, under which Indian Railways will be exporting 150 Bihar-made locomotives to Africa.

10,000 GI Tags

By 2030 is the target set by India's commerce minister to boost economic prosperity for local producers by enhancing the products' reputation and demand.

33 Percent

Of employees at top tech companies like Apple, Nvidia and Zoho are graduates from India’s Tier 3 colleges as per a new study.

44.5 Percent

Decrease in student visas issued to Indians by the United States in August 2025 — a sharp fall from last year, when India led as the top source of international students in the U.S.

Global Indian | Did You Know? 

Fun facts about India and Global Indians

Zohran Mamdani wins the closely-watched mayoral election in New York City. He is the youngest, the first Indian-American, and the first Muslim elected as the Mayor of New York City, the world’s financial capital. 

Canada’s Province of British Columbia proclaimed November as Hindu Heritage Month, recognizing the long-standing presence and contributions of Hindu communities to the province’s social, cultural, and economic life.

India has overtaken the United States to become the world's second-largest market for 5G smartphones, following China.

To deepen international and diaspora ties, the Maharashtra government has established a new Department of Protocol, Foreign Direct Investment, Diaspora Affairs, and Outreach becoming the first state in India to do so. 

Nearly half of the world's real time digital transactions happen in India. In FY 2025, over 18,580 crore UPI payments worth ₹261 trillion were processed. 

USCIS has clarified that the $100,000 payment announced under President Trump’s Sept. 19 proclamation will apply only to new H-1B petitions filed on or after Sept. 21, 2025, and not to existing visa holders or pending applications.

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