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Dragon by the Tail: India Must Rethink its Strategic Policy to Counter China’s Push for Regional Influence

China and India have been at odds. Last year, skirmishes broke out between Indian and…

Be Brave, Little State: My Surreal Multicultural Life, Love and Marriage

This past August, I married the love of my life on the shores of Lake…

The Talibanization of Hindutva is Complete. Just Look at the Extremists’ Response to Academic Conference Participants

What was billed as one of the largest virtual conferences — cosponsored by the South…

Dismantling Global Hindutva Conference Proved That Intellectual Incompetence Begets Intellectual Violence

On September 11, 2021, the United States mourned and remembered victims of 9/11 on its…

Seeking Begumpura: The Life and Legacy of American Anti-Caste Icon Gail Omvedt

Can scholarship be an act of love? This is the question I and many others…

Accidental Capitalists? Role of Mentoring in the Rise of Indian Americans in Silicon Valley

The election of Kamala Harris as the first woman and first Asian American as Vice…

9/11 is a Date Which Will Live in Infamy. So Does Any Day That My Dad Faces Extra Scrutiny From the TSA

September 11, 2001, 9:00 AM. Sitting in Ms. Reed’s fifth-grade classroom, about 25 miles west…

9/11, 1893: When Swami Vivekananda Spoke of a Tolerant Hinduism at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago

“I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance…

A 9/11 Survivor’s Story: Reflections On Lives Lost and a Life Reimagined 20 Years On

September 8th and 22nd are the birthdates of my late parents. It is a mere…

Attention Aspiring Doctors: How to Choose the Right Major for Medical School

Aspiring pre-med students who are just entering college might be wondering: what is the best…

Dismantling Hindutva or Denying Hinduphobia: What Prompted the Largest Grassroots Mobilization of Hindu Americans in History

On the same day that the Taliban overran Kabul, a website appeared announcing that South…

Love in the Time of Pandemic: Visiting My 86-year-old Mother in India Amid Surging Covid and Dengue Virus

In the last few years, I have been visiting my mother in Odisha every year.…