Diaspora
The American Dream Hits a Wall
For generations of Indian families, an American college admission was more than an acceptance letter. It was a ticket to opportunity, a gateway to the world's largest economy and, potentially,…
R. Suryamurthy
R. Suryamurthy is a Contributing Editor at South Asian Herald. He has worked for The Telegraph, The Tribune, and Press Trust of India.
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BRICS
BRICS Challenges U.S.-Led Economic Order, but Stops Short of Building a Rival System
BRICS leaders on Saturday adopted a broad economic and political declaration challenging unilateral tariffs, sanctions and the governance structure of the global financial system, while stopping short of endorsing a…
Diaspora
U.S. Immigration Rule Changes Raise New Risks
A rapid succession of U.S. immigration and visa policy changes is reshaping the landscape for Indian professionals, students and their families, raising the prospect of higher costs, tighter scrutiny and…
Diaspora
USCIS H-2B Cap Signals Tighter Race for Temporary Work Visas
The rapid exhaustion of the first-half H-2B visa quota for fiscal year 2027 is more than another routine immigration deadline. For foreign workers seeking one of the relatively few legal…
Diaspora
Modi-Pezeshkian Meeting Raises Stakes for BRICS Declaration
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, coming barely a day before BRICS leaders are expected to negotiate a final summit declaration, has sharpened the central diplomatic…
BRICS
Modi, Putin Pair Trade Diplomacy with Peace Push
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewed the expanding economic and strategic relationship between their countries on Friday, while also discussing conflicts in West Asia and the…
BRICS
BRICS Pushes Financial Alternatives as Trade Fragmentation Deepens
BRICS finance ministers and central bank governors have stepped up efforts to reduce the vulnerability of emerging economies to trade protectionism and dollar-centered financial systems, backing measures to expand local-currency…
Central Asia
India, Russia Move to Fast-Track Investment Treaty
India and Russia are moving to fast-track negotiations on a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), signaling an effort to give their expanding economic relationship a more durable investment architecture even as…
Economy
From Maruti to Microchips: Japan’s India Investment Story Enters a New Era
Japanese companies are preparing to deepen their presence in India, but the next wave of investment is likely to look markedly different from the one that brought automobiles, industrial plants…
Diaspora
9/11: Twenty-Five Years On, the Wounds Have Learned to Live With Us
They never came home. Twenty-five years later, that remains the simplest and most devastating truth of September 11, 2001. They left for work on an ordinary Tuesday morning — kissing…
Diaspora
Nepal Flood Exposes a New Himalayan Risk
A major flash flood that tore through Nepal’s Rasuwa district on August 26 has exposed a rapidly evolving Himalayan risk: disasters originating high above the river valleys can now cascade…
Diaspora
USCIS Form Changes Raise New Risks for Green Card Applicants
For immigrants waiting years for a U.S. green card, the latest obstacle may not be a visa backlog or an employer change. It may be using the wrong government form.…
Diaspora
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam Blasts FBI Surveillance
U.S. Rep. Suhas Subramanyam has accused the Trump administration of politically weaponizing the Justice Department after the FBI and DOJ told him that his phone conversations with Virginia Senate President…
Diaspora
US Birthright Citizenship Shift Puts South Asian Diplomatic Families on Alert
A child born in America may no longer automatically become an American citizen if a parent is a foreign government employee under a sweeping new U.S. immigration rule that could…
Africa
BRICS in New Delhi: Can Expansion Deliver Power?
When India hosts the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12–13, it will preside over a grouping that is simultaneously larger, more ambitious and, paradoxically, more difficult to…
Diaspora
Trump Tests a New Path After H-1B Court Defeat
The Trump administration’s proposed $103, 265 fee on new H-1B petitions is not simply another increase in immigration costs. It is, more fundamentally, an attempt to recover through regulation what…