From H-1B to Human Rights: Trump’s policies and Indian workers in the U.S.

by Amrita Priya | Nov 8, 2024

(November 8, 2024) As the dust settles following Donald Trump’s re-election as President, Indian workers in the United States and aspiring immigrants back home in India are considering what this means for their future. To understand the potential impact of...

Reviving the American dream: Economist Raj Chetty’s research is shaping the global future

by Namrata Srivastava | Aug 17, 2023

(August 17, 2023) Nadarajan Chetty had his luckiest moment before he even came into the world. His mother, Anbu, secured a spot in the first group of 30 young women to attend a medical college. Her journey later brought her and her family to the USA, where her...

‘Samosa caucus’: Republican Hirsh Vardhan Singh launches US Presidential bid

by Darshana Ramdev | Aug 19, 2023

(August 19, 2023) “Samosa caucus is the flavour of the House,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked recently, as he addressed the US Congress in June this year. And sure enough, Hirsh Vardhan Singh, the third Indian-American to join the growing list of...

Sanjena Sathian: The Indian-American author redefining the idea of belonging

by Charu Thakur | Apr 19, 2023

(April 19, 2023) What it means to be both Indian and American? An unnerving question that has kept a generation of Indian-American kids grappling with a feeling of otherness in a country they find at times hard to call home. Being divided between the expectation of...

Sanjena Sathian: The Indian-American novelist redefining identity through her work

by Global Indian | Oct 8, 2021

(October 8, 2021) What it means to be both Indian and American? An unnerving question that has kept a generation of Indian-American kids grappling with a feeling of otherness in a country they find at times hard to call home. Being divided between the expectation of...