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Art
Indian American poet Meena Alexander honored with Google Doodle
Google Doodle honors Meena Alexander as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month kicked off on Wednesday...
Bryan Ke
News
Nikki Haley takes on Trump on electability as his final GOP rival
Nikki Haley is banking on her chances of beating Joe Biden in November as she becomes Donald Trump’s final adversary for the GOP nomination....
Carl Samson
Issues & Racism
Satire website accused of racism for Vivek Ramaswamy ‘7-Eleven’ joke
Conservative satire website Babylon Bee has come under fire after it published a parody article about Vivek Ramaswamy being offered a positi...
Editorial Staff
New Jersey swears in its first Sikh, Indian American woman mayor
New Jersey has sworn in its first Sikh and Indian American woman mayor in Montgomery Township. Election: Neena Singh, a resident of Montgome...
Crime
Teen fatally shot in Bay Area identified as 17-year-old Indian American
Authorities recently arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the fatal shooting of an Indian American teenager in Gilroy, California,...
Entertainment
A math prodigy chases rap superstardom in trailer for Disney+ musical comedy ‘World’s Best’
Walt Disney Studios unveiled the official trailer for its upcoming musical comedy film, “World’s Best,” on Wednesday. The new film follows P...
Isa Peralta
Social Media
Indian American gay couple who went viral for traditional Hindu wedding announces first baby
Before you read: Two Grooms Held The Most Incredible Hindu Wedding and the Photos Will Give You Feelings ...
Manpreet Monica Singh becomes the first female Sikh judge in US
The country has its first-ever female Sikh judge. Manpreet Monica Singh was sworn in as a Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 judge in a ...
‘Inventor of email’ asks Elon Musk how he can apply to be Twitter CEO
Indian American entrepreneur V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai, who claims to have “invented email,” has shown interest in becoming Twitter’...
Michelle De Pacina
Culture
Young Indian Americans experience discrimination as early as preschool, study suggests
Researchers from the Texas A&M University School of Public Health conducted open-ended surveys on nine Indian American adolescents. Th...
Ryan General
Indian American boy, 16, dies after jumping off Golden Gate Bridge
A 16-year-old Indian American male jumped to his death from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge on Tuesday, according to reports. The teen’...
Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for investigation into alleged racist sentencing of Indian American businessman
Rev. Jesse Jackson called on authorities to investigate whether racism played a part in the sentencing of Indian American businessman Nikes...
Indian American lawmaker slams Seattle police for lack of probe on feces attacks
Kshama Sawant, a 49-year-old member of the Socialist Alternative party and Seattle City Council since 2014, called out the Seattle Police D...
Fresno man arrested for murdering his daughter-in-law over her plans to divorce his son
Sital Singh Dosanjh, 74, was arrested in California for murdering his daughter-in-law Gurpreet Kaur Dosanjh on Sept. 30 over her alleged pl...
Indian American filmmaker Sujata Day to write new ‘American Pie’ movie
Indian American filmmaker Sujata Day is set to write and develop a new “American Pie” movie under Universal 1440 Entertainment, the product...
Texas woman sued by Indian American over viral racist meltdown
The incident, which was caught in a now-viral video, occurred in the parking lot of the restaurant Sixty Vines at around 8:15 p.m. on Aug. ...
Health
Indian American student wins Inventor Award for 2nd year in a row for ‘Lungsaver’ system
Indian American middle school student Om Guin won the 2022 Lemelson Early Inventor Award for building Lungsaver, a system that measures ind...
Indian American charged with hate crime over racist attack on fellow Indian in California Taco Bell
On Aug. 21, Krishnan Jayaraman recorded 37-year-old Singh Tejinder subjecting him to a racial tirade at a Taco Bell at Grimmer Boulevard in...
Texas woman arrested after rant toward 4 Indian American women goes viral
The Plano Texas Police Department arrested Esmeralda Upton, the woman who was filmed hurling racial slurs at four Indian American women in ...
Indian American hiker found dead days after she was swept away in a flash flood in Utah
An Indian American hiker who went missing during a flash flood at Zion National Park in Utah last week was found dead. The body of Jetal Agn...
Civil Rights
Urvashi Vaid, influential LGBTQ activist and leader, dies at 63
Loved ones and members of queer activist communities are mourning the sudden passing of pioneering LGBTQ Indian American activist, attorney ...
Food
South Asian Americans are hyped for the return of the Mexican Pizza
Taco Bell recently announced the return of their Mexican Pizza to participating stores across the United States, Aruba, Costa Rica and Domi...
Celine Pun
Indian American astronaut Raja Chari conducts his first spacewalk
NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission commander Raja Chari conducted his first spacewalk on Tuesday. Chari, 44, spent almost seven hours in th...
Former Assistant Coach Makes History as the First Indian American NFL Coordinator
The Chicago Bears made history after promoting its safeties coach, Sean Desai, as the team’s defensive coordinator, making him the first per...
Indian Americans Filled With Pride on Twitter Over Kamala Harris’ VP Win
Indian Americans are celebrating the historic win of Kamala Harris as the first female, first Black and first vice president of South Asian ...
Indian American UIC Student in Chicago Sexually Assaulted, Strangled to Death
A man has been charged for the death of a 19-year-old Indian American student who attended the University of Illinois at Chicago. The suspec...
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Indian American Woman Wins Miss India Worldwide 2018
Indian American Shree Saini was crowned the new Miss India Worldwide, the oldest and largest beauty pageant in the Indian diaspora. Saini, w...
Highway Patrol Officer Risks Life to Save Man From Speeding Car
Florida Highway Patrol trooper Mithil Patel is being hailed as a hero after risking his own life to save a local businessman from getting hi...
Former SNL Writer Kicked Off Stage By Asian American Group After Gay Black Joke
Nimesh Patel, a former writer for “Saturday Night Live,” was booted from a stand-up routine at Columbia University after cracking a joke abo...
‘Simpsons’ Creator Says Apu is Actually a Tribute to the ‘Greatest Films’ Ever
“The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening said that Apu, an Indian character slammed for perpetuating stereotypes, was named after an acclaimed I...
Indian-American Student Wins National Spelling Bee With The Word ‘Koinonia’
Besting 515 competitors from across the United States, a 14-year-old Indian-American student won the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee. Kar...
‘The Simpsons’ Uses Lisa to Throw Shade At ‘Apu Racist Stereotype’ Controversy
Months after the release of the documentary “The Problem With Apu”, “The Simpsons” finally broke its silence via a weak joke that simply dis...
Politics
Conservative Troll Mocks Florida Shooting Victims in Disgusting Tweets
Conservative political commentator and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza apologized on Wednesday after facing backlash from both sides of the aisle f...
Khier Casino
Her Quick Thinking Helped Save Her Students During The Florida School Shooting
Shanthi Viswanathan is an Indian-American math teacher whose quick thinking helped save the lives of her students during the horrific shooti...
Indian American Student Killed After Pick-Up Truck Deliberately Runs Her Over
An Indian American enrolled at Adelphi University as a dental student was mercilessly killed after being run over by a driver who crashed in...
Kyle Encina
Indian-American Man Shocked After Store is Vandalized, Set on Fire Because He is Hindu
An Indian business owner found himself the victim of a hate crime after his store was vandalized with threatening messages in Indianapolis, ...
Heather Johnson Yu
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