(June 10, 2025) On a chilly fall morning in Queens, Zohran Mamdani stood before a modest crowd in Astoria, the neighborhood he’s called home for years. The 33-year-old state assembly member had just announced he was running for mayor of New York City. Instead of...
(May 19, 2025) In the gilded halls of Rideau Hall this spring, Anita Anand placed her right hand on a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and swore an oath to serve as Canada’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs. With that simple yet profound gesture, Anand made history – becoming...
(January 28, 2024) A Canadian lawyer and politician, Ujjal Dosanjh is a man of many firsts. He served as the 33rd premier of British Columbia from 2000 to 2001 and as a Liberal Party of Canada member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011. One of the first people of Indian...
(March 28, 2023) Just a few months into her third term as the only Indian American politician on the Seattle city council, Pune-born Kshama Sawant proposed a new tax regime against the corporate giants in the area. She knew that the fight would be long, with most...
(November 27, 2022) He might have been born and brought up in Lavik, Norway, but he is still connected to his roots in New Delhi. Norwegian politician Himanshu Gulati has time and again spoken fondly about how his Indian heritage has influenced his life choices and...