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From Raja Sweets to Mahatma Gandhi District: Yogi Bhai’s vision for Houston’s Little India

From Raja Sweets to Mahatma Gandhi District: Yogi Bhai’s vision for Houston’s Little India

by Amrita Priya | Sep 11, 2024

(September 11, 2024) Had Joginder Singh Gahunia been alive, he would have turned 80 this year. Though he passed away in 2002, he left behind a sweet legacy — Raja Sweets, the oldest North Indian fast-food restaurant and sweet shop in Houston. Almost every Houstonian...
Yogendra Puranik became Japan’s first Indian-origin politician. Here’s how

Yogendra Puranik became Japan’s first Indian-origin politician. Here’s how

by Global Indian | Jul 21, 2021

(July 21, 2021; 5.30 pm) Back in 2016, Tokyo’s Edogawa ward was contemplating the creation of a Singapore-like Little India in Nishikasai, an area that boasts a sizeable Indian population. A banker, Yogendra Puranik was the only Indian from a professional background...

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Global Indian – a Hero’s Journey is an online publication which showcases the journeys of Indians who went abroad and have had an impact on India. 

These journeys are meant to inspire and motivate the youth to aspire to go beyond where they were born in a spirit of adventure and discovery and return home with news ideas, capital or network that has an impact in some way for India.

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