Diaspora
Indian-Origin UK Couple Missing in Nepal Disaster
Amid the disastrous flash floods that struck Nepal on August 26, a British couple with Bengali roots is among the over 2,400 people missing, while their children continue to wait…
South Asia
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Diaspora
US Announces $3.6 Million Aid for Flood-Hit Nepal as Nearly 3,000 Remain Missing
The United States has announced more than $3.6 million in humanitarian assistance for Nepal following devastating floods triggered by a glacier collapse along the Nepal-Tibet border, as rescue teams continued…
South Asia
Book Review: Calicut and the Making of An Empire
Oliver Noone’s book is an ambitious and engaging study of Calicut’s place in the longer history of colonial expansion in South Asia. Its central claim is that two relatively neglected…
Diaspora
The Two-Minute Mental Detox
We live in an always-on world. Notifications, deadlines, side hustles, an endless scroll. Sometimes it feels impossible to just breathe. Most Gen Z and millennial professionals are building careers thousands…
Culture & Heritage
Jyotirgamaya: Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas
The Vedas are a large body of Sanskrit texts that constitute the oldest layer of “Shruthi” literature that were not composed by anyone but heard by ancient sages as revelations…
Books
Turning Pages: The Physician’s Dilemma: Privacy or Public Interest?
Last time I had concluded by saying I would write about books by a much taken-for-granted group in our lives, namely, doctors. A huge dilemma arises for some doctors when…
Diaspora
South Asia Notes: The US-India-Pakistan Triangle
US Ambassador to India, Serio Gor, was on a two-day trip to Kashmir starting August 19. The visit was important as it was the first standalone one since India revoked…
Diaspora
Beauty Basics with Shahnaz Husain: Sun Tan During Monsoon
With a sky filled with dark clouds and the sun hardly visible in the monsoon season, you may just skip sunscreen from your daily beauty routine, right? However, sun tanning…
Diaspora
Patton Wins Eaton Global Supplier Award
Patton International Ltd has won Eaton’s Global Supplier Excellence Award 2026, becoming the only Indian company to receive the recognition, the Kolkata-based engineering manufacturer said. The award recognizes suppliers for…
Diaspora
Nepal floods: Five Indians Among Those Rescued from Trishuli III Hydropower Project
The Nepal Army on Saturday rescued alive 208 persons including 43 foreigners who were trapped inside the tunnel of the Trishuli-III Hydropower project since the catastrophic flash floods that ripped…
Culture & Heritage
World Gatka Federation Marks Miri-Piri Day in Norwich, CT
The World Gatka Federation, in collaboration with the Norwich Mayor’s Office, commemorated Miri-Piri Day and Sikh Veterans Day 2026 at Norwich City Hall in Connecticut. The event brought together Sikh…
Diaspora
Dhanayoga: Beyond SIPs – Building Wealth Faster
Imagine not merely investing in mutual funds, but actively shaping your path towards financial freedom. The objective, however, is not to accumulate a predetermined number of mutual fund units. For…
Diaspora
Soul Talk: Happiness Is Not a Location
You have been told, perhaps many times and by many people, that happiness is within. On certain days — the still ones, the clear ones, the ones where life feels…
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
The Clause That Shook the Campus
The University Grants Commission's (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2026, were meant to be a landmark step toward addressing caste-based discrimination on India's campuses. Instead, they ignited…
Climate Change
A Global Crisis Beyond National Borders
The recent devastating flash floods in Nepal show, once again, that climate change is a global crisis that extends far beyond national borders, a powerful reminder of a reality the…