A decade ago, on March 12, 2015, while commissioning in Mauritius the gleaming Offshore Patrol Vessel Barracuda, built in Garden Reach, Kolkata, to Mauritian specifications, Prime Minister Modi outlined India’s …
Opinion
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Guest Column: Looking Beyond Tariffs and Oil
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThere are some folks who have started believing that the downside in United States-India relations has begun and worse days are ahead. Others still are of the view that the …
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India’s Journey Towards Viksit Bharat: 11 years of Development, Progress & Nation Building
by Ambassador Anil Trigunayat 6 minutes readAs India embarked on its fast-paced, human-centric developmental journey to become a developed country, “Viksit Bharat @2047,” by the time it completes a century of independence, the past decade has …
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A Decade of the International Day of Yoga (IDY): Yoga for One Earth, One Health
by Raghavendra Rao, Ph.D. 6 minutes readTen years ago, the idea of a global day dedicated to “yoga” might have seemed far-fetched. But here we are—yoga mats unrolled across the globe, from bustling urban parks to …
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Digital from India: Leapfrogging Development Through Text-Enabled Citizen-Centric Governance
by Ambassador Debnath Shaw 6 minutes readAt the 2nd Voice of the Global South Summit hosted virtually by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 17, 2023, one key focus area was on, “Sustain the momentum of exchange …
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From Invisible to Unstoppable: Owning My Color, Owning My Power
by Shikha Bajaj, Special to South Asian Herald 8 minutes readTwo suitcases. Two hundred dollars. Two million dreams. That’s how my immigrant journey began—arriving in a new country with hope and determination, but also with an invisible weight: the need …
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Redefining Tradition: How Second-Generation South Asians Are Navigating Identity, Love, and Stigma
by Bhavna Bhatia Roszel, Special to South Asian Herald 5 minutes readWhen you grow up as the child of immigrants, life often feels like a tightrope walk between two worlds. For second-generation South Asians in the U.S., this balancing act is …
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Guest Column: A Long Way to Go for Japan
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 4 minutes readIt is not as if the last word has been said on Japan and the United States in the aftermath of the recent trade deal of July 22, 2025. If …
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A Dazzling Celebration of Joy: “Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams” at Chicago Shakespeare Theater
by Lina Shahby Lina Shah 2 minutes readThis summer, I took my family to Navy-Pier Chicago Shakespeare Theater and enjoyed color, rhythm, and breathtaking acrobatics as theater welcomes the world-renowned Circus Abyssinia for a limited engagement ofEthiopian Dreams. This …
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My Plea as a Teen: Fix Suicide Prevention in Our Schools Today
by Nived Lakshman, Special to South Asian Herald 5 minutes read“Dear cruel world, I’m sorry. For everything.” Many people don’t leave a note at all. Maybe it’s because they want to hurry so they don’t change their minds. Others scrawl …