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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Are we Indians or South Asians? American desis are confused (again!)

The identity of Indian Americans in the United States has been evolving for decades. Many Desis feel their distinct cultural background and struggles as immigrants are blurred when the Democratic Party combines them with broader “South Asian” or “Asian American” communities. He expressed his frustration with the Democrats’ tendency to group Indian Americans with other South Asian countries. A New …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

How will Asians vote in Orange County? These ‘ballot parties’ might offer clues

LA Times

When the first generation of Vietnamese refugees began arriving in Orange County decades ago, many of them harbored a longing to participate in the political process. “No one can outdo that.” UC Berkeley demographics and policy researcher Karthick Ramakrishnan noted that similar gatherings have been held in Washington and Oregon, and not just for people of Vietnamese descent, explaining that …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian-American entrepreneur releases song to mobilise South Asians to vote for Kamala Harris

The Hindu

To harness the power of Bollywood music, an Indian-American entrepreneur and a major fundraiser for the Democratic party has released a music video to mobilise South Asians in key battleground states to vote for presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris in the November 5 election. The song, "Nacho Nacho", has been performed by Bollywood singer Shibani Kashyap and produced …

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4 months ago

Kamala Harris true to her identities: South Asians for Harris chief Harini Krishnan

Hindustan Times

Chicago: Harini Krishnan is the national organising director of the South Asians for Harris and an elected member of the Democratic National Committee from California. In 2016, when Donald Trump became president, Krishnan decided to become a political organiser, joined Harvard to attend a course on political organising, and went to Harris’s Senate office to offer her support. Krishnan led …

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4 months ago

‘Desis’ take Chicago: Kamala Harris’ Indian American political family is thrilled

LA Times

To Sumathi Madhure, feeling different just came with the territory in her new country. “That’s just, it’s … well, it’s just beyond imagination.” Madhure and hundreds of other “Desis,” as South Asians living abroad often refer to themselves, came together at a community center before Monday’s main convention session — responding with enthusiasm as politicos with similar roots described how …

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4 months, 1 week ago

World Risk Poll indicates South-East Asians feel more prepared than most to face disaster

ABC

South-East Asia is one of the most disaster-prone areas in the world, but a new study shows people living there feel more prepared than most in the face of disaster. "Broadly speaking, the wealthier the country, the higher it scores on the World Risk Poll Resilience Index," said Gallup research consultant Benedict Vigers, who worked on the survey. "South-East Asia …

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5 months ago

'Incredible People': Republican US VP Nominee JD Vance Lauds South Asians For 'Enriching US'

ABP News

Republican US vice-presidential nominee and Senator J.D. Vance applauded the contributions of South Asian immigrants on Wednesday, highlighting the role they have played in enriching their adopted country. “I am married to the daughter of South Asian immigrants to this country, incredible people, people who genuinely have enriched the country in so many ways,” Vance, 39, said in his acceptance …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: The shifting sands of UK politics for Indians

Hindustan Times

It has been a strange feeling observing last week’s UK elections and UK politics in general. When global pressure caused the UK’s Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath to finally let brown holders of British passports in, this was seen as a great humanitarian gesture and the Conservatives patted themselves on the back. In today’s UK, many middle to upper class …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bing Chen: Hype man for Asian Hollywood

LA Times

Inside the gold-dragon-adorned walls of Chef Chu’s restaurant in the heart of Silicon Valley, a group of prominent Asian venture capitalists and tech executives gathered over Peking duck and garlic noodles. “He’s literally like your camp counselor,” Chu said, “with all these big people and he doesn’t talk to them like they’re big people.” By the end of the night, …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Crazy Rich Asians director shares plans to film in Australia and reveals Ariana Grande's Wicked was almost shot Down Under

Daily Mail

American filmmaker Jon M Chu has shared his plans to shoot in Australia and revealed that the new adaptation of Wicked was almost filmed Down Under. The Crazy Rich Asians director, 44, is gearing up for the release of his film adaptation of theatre show Wicked, starring Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo, in November. American filmmaker Jon M Chu has …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

South Asian diaspora group starts mobilizing for Biden-Harris 2024

The Hindu

With just over six months left for the American general elections, some South Asian election activists are mobilizing to re-elect U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to the White House. During the virtual event, titled, ‘Mobilizing the South Asian Community to be the Margin of Victory’, Ms Dewan highlighted the work of the Biden administration in areas …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lights, Camera, Broadway: Hollywood hits hit Broadway as musicals

Hindustan Times

In recent years, there has been a captivating trend in Hollywood where popular films are being reimagined and brought to life on Broadway stages in the form of vibrant and enchanting musical productions. A Broadway musical based on Kevin Kwan’s acclaimed worldwide bestselling trilogy of books and its beloved 2018 film adaptation is underway. Casting, a full creative team and …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Broadway makes way for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu

LA Times

“Crazy Rich Asians” will get the Broadway musical treatment soon under director Jon M. Chu, who helmed the hit movie starring, from left, Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding and Constance Wu. Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures revealed on Wednesday that director Jon M. Chu will helm a stage musical based on Kwan’s “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy. While the “Crazy Rich Asians” musical …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Indian Americans are the least poor among Asians in the United States | Data

The Hindu

April 12, 2024 06:00 am | Updated 10:51 am IST Only 6% of Indian Americans lived along or below the poverty line as of 2022 in the United States. Chart 1 shows origin-wise share of Asian Americans who lived along or below the poverty line as of 2022. Chart 2 shows the share of Asian Americans living along or below …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are South Asians going to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war?

Al Jazeera

Young men from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka are on the front lines of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Several Sri Lankans living in Russia told Al Jazeera that hundreds of their compatriots were now serving Russia’s military. A retired Sri Lankan soldier, now a recruit for Russia, told Al Jazeera on the condition of anonymity that he was less worried …

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10 months ago

Mainstreaming informal health practitioners: Improving the health of South Asians

Hindustan Times

The recent decision by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service allowing community pharmacies to prescribe medicines for seven common medical conditions is a welcome move to decentralise public health care. There are several examples of education and upskilling initiatives that help informal providers improve case management, provide more effective primary care and increase utilisation of government health care facilities and …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Why I Began Throwing Kink Parties That Center Asians

Huff Post

My coming out as a kink enthusiast began with an Instagram post: a video of me, tied shibari style, struggling with my constraints. It was my “fuck you” to the unspoken rules imposed on Asian American women — to conform and remain palatable, especially to the white gaze. The first event I threw, in the fall of last year, was …

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1 year ago

US Asians and Pacific Islanders view democracy with concern, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — About 7 in 10 Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the United States believe the country is headed in the wrong direction and only about 1 in 10 believe democracy is working “extremely” or “very” well, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Just 12% of Asian American …

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1 year, 1 month ago

1 in 3 US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows

Associated Press

Despite ongoing advocacy and legislation to combat anti-Asian racism that arose after the pandemic, about a third of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders say they have experienced an act of abuse based on their race or ethnicity in the last year, including being on the receiving end of verbal harassment, slurs, physical threats or cyberbullying. “We know that Asian Americans …

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1 year, 1 month ago

1 in 3 U.S. Asians and Pacific Islanders have faced racial abuse this year, poll shows

LA Times

A third of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S. say they have experienced an act of abuse based on their race or ethnicity in the last year. Despite ongoing advocacy and legislation to combat anti-Asian racism that arose after the pandemic, about one-third of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders say they have experienced an act of abuse based …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Central Asia Comes Out of the Russian Shadow

The Diplomat

In Central Asia, speaking the Russian language used to be a sign of education, high culture, and a marker of the upper class. The region’s search for language, historic memory, cultural heritage and – above all – dignity outside of Soviet propaganda started two decades ago, but until recently lived mostly among Central Asian scholars and civil society. Except for …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Sundeep Morrison on their short film ‘Your Love’, a love letter to queer South Asians

The Hindu

An awkward Sikh kid born and brought up in Calgary is making waves in Los Angeles with their solo show, and a feminist guidebook and memoir. Their latest is a short film titled Your Love that chronicles the love story of two South Asian women who are pulled apart only to be reunited years later with the help of an …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Russian Asians Are Not Here For Your Cultural Erasure

Huff Post

“Where are you really from?” is a microaggression that has harassed people of color for decades. Petrova didn’t take her sudden fame for granted; she began expanding her content to explain Russian colonization, her Yakut culture and to air out her funny and insightful opinions on American culture. “The way people in the West perceive the term ‘Asian’ is also …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The diverse world of Asian-Americans

Hindustan Times

There are now over 23 million Asian Americans, constituting seven per cent of the population of the United States. Among the six largest groups are Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese, who together constitute close to 80% of the country’s Asian population. From ramping up celebrations during Asian-American Pacific-Islander Native Hawaiian heritage month every May to the anti hate-crime …

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Are we Indians or South Asians? American desis are confused (again!)

How will Asians vote in Orange County? These ‘ballot parties’ might offer clues

Indian-American entrepreneur releases song to mobilise South Asians to vote for Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris true to her identities: South Asians for Harris chief Harini Krishnan

‘Desis’ take Chicago: Kamala Harris’ Indian American political family is thrilled

World Risk Poll indicates South-East Asians feel more prepared than most to face disaster

'Incredible People': Republican US VP Nominee JD Vance Lauds South Asians For 'Enriching US'

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: The shifting sands of UK politics for Indians

Bing Chen: Hype man for Asian Hollywood

Crazy Rich Asians director shares plans to film in Australia and reveals Ariana Grande's Wicked was almost shot Down Under

South Asian diaspora group starts mobilizing for Biden-Harris 2024

Lights, Camera, Broadway: Hollywood hits hit Broadway as musicals

Broadway makes way for ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ with new musical directed by Jon M. Chu

Indian Americans are the least poor among Asians in the United States | Data

Why are South Asians going to fight in the Russia-Ukraine war?

Mainstreaming informal health practitioners: Improving the health of South Asians

Why I Began Throwing Kink Parties That Center Asians

US Asians and Pacific Islanders view democracy with concern, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows

1 in 3 US Asians and Pacific Islanders faced racial abuse this year, AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll shows

1 in 3 U.S. Asians and Pacific Islanders have faced racial abuse this year, poll shows

Central Asia Comes Out of the Russian Shadow

Sundeep Morrison on their short film ‘Your Love’, a love letter to queer South Asians

Russian Asians Are Not Here For Your Cultural Erasure

The diverse world of Asian-Americans