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Divided Oneness: Mamdani Opposes Bhagwat’s Madison Square Garden Event — But Says the City May Lack Power to Stop It

On Saturday, August 29, 2026, Mohan Bhagwat — the sarsanghchalak, or supreme leader, of the…

Trump’s New $103,265 H-1B Visa Fee Misunderstands How High-Tech and Specialized Labor Markets Operate

When the Department of Homeland Security introduced a proposed rule to slap a staggering $103,265…

‘An Immigrant, Like My Parents’: How Vivek Ramaswamy Built a Voting Policy Argument on a Family Story That Wasn’t True

For more than three years — from his 2023 presidential campaign through the current Ohio…

‘Heartbreak and Loss Threw Me Into Politics’: Sonia Gandhi Breaks a Lifetime of Silence With a 544-Page Memoir

On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, Alfred A. Knopf — one of the most prestigious literary…

Inquilab Zindabad: How Ashik Siddique and Young South Asian Muslims Turned to Democratic Socialism After Their Post-9/11 Struggles

Ashik Siddique has emerged as one of the most visible South Asian Muslim figures in…

‘2000 Mules’ Come Home to Roost: Pardoned Felon Dinesh D’Souza Settles Defamation Case on Eve of Trial

Conservative filmmaker and political commentator Dinesh D’Souza has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a…

Under Scrutiny: The Alzheimer’s Drug That Made Vivek Ramaswamy Rich — And His Mother’s Role in It

Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy built part of his fortune on a failed Alzheimer’s…

Global Opinion of India Is Split — And Americans Are Growing More Skeptical With 50 Percent Viewing It Unfavorably

A new Pew Research Center survey, fielded February 9 through May 13, 2026, across 36…

The Quiet Indian American: Dr. Sarah Jukaku — the Woman Behind Michigan’s Democratic Senate Nominee

On the morning of Wednesday, August 5, 2026, the name “Sarah Jukaku” began appearing in…

Pro-Israel, Pro-Modi Congressman Shri Thanedar Defeated  in Democratic Primary in Michigan’s 13th District

U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, one of the few Indian Americans serving in Congress, was defeated…

Vivek Ramaswamy’s Fourteen-Minute Disaster in Cincinnati — and What It Says About His Ohio Campaign

He was scheduled to speak for thirty minutes. He lasted fourteen. On the evening of…

Insurgent Academic: How Indian American Dartmouth Scholar Roopika Risam Made President Obama’s 2026 Summer Reading List

On Wednesday, July 29, former President Barack Obama did what he has done almost every…