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The Sporting Singhs: Jeev, Vijay and Milkha

Move over, Vijay Singh – or at least, make room for another golfing Singh in the upper echelon of the game. Jeev Milkha Singh,...

Jhumpa Lahiri, Philip Glass, 2006 MacArthur fellows

Jhumpa Lahiri needs no introduction, largely because of the Pulitzer Prize she won in 2000 for The Interpreter of Maladies, her debut collection of...

Defining and Describing Desis

A colloquial name for South Asians, people who trace their ancestry to South Asia, especially India, Bangladesh, Pakistan. Pronounced "THEY-see," it is the Hindi...

Independent India At 60: The View From Britain

The mayor's office in London has put together some impressive facts about the city's deepening connection to India. With more Indian companies listed on...

The Return Of Nalanda In The 21st Century

It's not just cutting-edge American universities that are making headway in India these days. Plans are also afoot to revive an ancient university, long...

2007 Guggenheim Fellows And Abel Prize Winner

The five Indian American Guuggenheim Fellows this year include a jazz musician (Rudresh Mahanthappa), two computer scientists (Sanjeev Kumar and Salil Vadhan), an author...

Prosperity and poverty found among Indian-Americans

Meanwhile, while Indian-Americans do enjoy high levels of prosperity, there has been rising poverty even among them. The scale is entirely different, of course....

Sculptor Anish Kapoor carves out wide reputation

After Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate" was installed in Chicago's Millennium Park last year, the futuristic sculpture – dubbed the Bean – quickly became a...

Film buffs star in Bollywood games

Desi fans who aren't satiated by the films they watch on the big screen or the TV screen have been turning, in rising numbers,...

Cookbook Authors Mix Cuisine With Charm On Tv

Madhur Jaffrey was one of the earliest Indian cookbook authors to do her own culinary show on television. And this was before the era...
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