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Vegetable Or Chicken Curry In The White House?

While Kamala Harris’s mother emigrated to the U.S. from Tamil Nadu, Usha Vance’s parents are immigrants from Andhra Pradesh.

▶17-Sep-2024

Ignatius Chithelen

Jammu and Kashmir Enters a New Electoral Phase

Voters see the Jammu and Kashmir elections as a significant political development towards resolving local governance issues, rather than as an instrument for…

▶10-Sep-2024

Aijaz Ashraf Wani

Community Involvement Vital to Humane Policing on Substance Abuse

To tackle youth substance abuse, police departments in many states are launching prevention campaigns with local communities. Implementing these programmes at…

▶01-Aug-2024

Ajazuddin Shaikh

Fluidity and Flow of Water

‘If water is ‘unruly’, to what extent does it need to be ruled, if at all? What are the ecological and human costs of taming it to an extent that we either…

▶17-Aug-2024

Sreedeep Bhattacharya

How Good was Defence of Constitution as a Campaign Issue?

Reservations and voting rights are crucial gains that need to be protected and used to fight social inequality in India. While people are aware of their…

▶05-Aug-2024

Kesava Menon

Why Indians In The U.S. Should Not Qualify For Minority Jobs And Contracts

Indian-Americans say they do not enjoy any privileges, but since 1976 Indian businesses have availed of US government benefits to minorities, which they should…

▶29-Jul-2024