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Tariffs? What Tariffs?: Second Lady Usha Vance Highlights Personal Ties at U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum

Second Lady Usha Vance emphasized the deeply personal nature of India-U.S. relations during her appearance…

No Irony Here: Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant Announces Run for U.S. Congress Challenging Incumbent Democrat Adam Smith

Former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant announced Monday her independent candidacy for Washington’s 9th Congressional…

Midas Touch?: Trump’s Gold Card Visa Initiative is An Affront to Skill and Merit Based Immigration

On February 25, 2025, President Trump talked about a plan to end the EB-5 program…

Another Profile in Courage: MIT’s Megha Vemuri Banned From Commencement Ceremony for Advocating Free Palestine

As graduation season swept across American universities in 2024 and 2025, a new generation of…

The Real Comeback Kid: Last Year’s Runner-Up Faizan Zaki Wins 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship

Faizan Zaki, a 13-year-old seventh-grader from Dallas, Texas, won the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee…

Indian ‘Immigrant’ Delivers Harvard Commencement Speech Attacking Trump’s ‘Cascade of Draconian Measures’

At Harvard’s 2025 commencement ceremony, the choice of speaker carried profound symbolic weight. Abraham Verghese,…

Indian American Spellers Standout as The Scripps National Spelling Bee Celebrates its Centennial

On June 17, 1925, eleven-year-old Frank Neuhauser stood before a modest audience and spelled out…

Baraat of Megabucks: Indian Couple’s Extravagant Celebration Reflects Growing Trend of Luxury South Asian Weddings

Manhattan’s Financial District came to a standstill Saturday as an Indian couple’s elaborate wedding parade…

How Usha Vance Finds Her Fashion Voice: The Emerging Public Profile of the Second Lady

Since becoming Second Lady of the United States in January 2025, Usha Vance has navigated…

The MAGA Makeover of Vani Hari: From ‘One of the Sexiest Democrats in Charlotte, N.C., Into the Taylor Swift of the MAHA Moms’

In the grand hall of the Department of Health and Human Services last month, Vani…

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar (1938-2025): Visionary Astrophysicist, Science Communicator, and Institution Builder

Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, one of India’s most distinguished astrophysicists whose groundbreaking theoretical work and institutional…

Breaking Barriers: Kannada Writer Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp’ Makes History Winning International Booker Prize

In a groundbreaking literary achievement, 77-year-old Kannada writer Banu Mushtaq’s “Heart Lamp” has become the…

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