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[...] did after the Boston Bombings, or after an Indian American won Miss America, or after two Indian Americans tied for the National Spelling Bee last week, racists on Twitter began offering their $0.02. [...]

[...] Asians, they were dubbed South Asians (as opposed to North Asians?). In 1930 and 1940, Indian Americans were identified as a separate race, Hindu, and in 1950 and 1960 they were racially [...]

[...] these United States as well. When I first moved to Southern California some 30 years ago, as Indian Americans (whether Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, or Christian), we were commonly teased  for our brown skins [...]

[...] [This post is the last in a three-part series entitled "The Annals of the Indian Ostrich"] Part 3: The Politics of Paranoia In Part One and Part Two, I discussed the Indian [...]

[...] are always in a rush to get their kids married and pushing them to have children. Think of Indian relationships like a Bingo game.  In Bingo, the first one to get all of their numbers called wins. [...]

[...] as Ajay immediately signals to the chai wala using only his eyebrows.  It is an impressive nonverbal skill to say the least, and Ajay has [...]

[...] too deformed to walk. With the help of organizations like the Gandhi Leprosy Seva Sangh and Manav Sadhna, and thanks to people like Chris who devotes his time to serving others, Ahmedabad became a [...]

[...] those interested in learning more about the NGO I worked at, I would encourage you to visit Manav Sadhna.  If you are logged into Facebook, I have also made available publicly an album of photographs [...]

[...] from a Hindu temple.  In its history, neither has ever been vandalized. It was here that Manav Sadhna built a community center, after receiving the blessings of the community’s elders. [...]

Are you kidding me, FIBA? In a week where the world already has seen Israeli and Palestinian children being butchered in a senseless tit-for-tat, whe [...]

I have spent the past few months traveling in India and volunteering with an NGO.  Hundreds of stories later, I am trying to find the right words to [...]

India’s Bollywood, the largest film industry in the world, has long awaited a crime film that could proudly join the ranks of international crime ci [...]

[This post is the last in a three-part series entitled "The Annals of the Indian Ostrich"] Part 3: The Politics of Paranoia In Part One and Part Two [...]