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Video Bite: Cardamom Masala Chai

Trina Sargalski | Posted 04.22.2012

Read More: Indian, Miami, Food, Recipes, Miami Around Town, Chai Tea, Ayesha D'mello, Chai Recipe, Video, Miami News

Ayesha D'Mello demonstrates how to make Indian tea (masala chai) at home. Enjoy chai with your breakfast in the morning, after lunch when you need a pick-me-up or on a rainy day.

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Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Rebecca Jumper (aka Coleman)

Megan Smolenyak | Posted 04.22.2012

Michelle's maternal grandmother, Rebecca Jumper, did an admirable job of keeping her past a secret, but that's probably because she didn't know much about it herself. That's unfortunate, because hers is an intriguing history.

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Haute Indian: Why Here? Why Now?

Rozanne Gold | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Indian, Michelin, Restaurant News, Food News, Guide, Restaurants, Danny Meyer, New York Restaurants, Indian Food, Food News

For decades in New York, Indian food traditionally has been burdened with a reputation for being "cheap and cheery," and its restaurants are largely confined to pockets of "curry ghettos" around the city.

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Banned: Indian Actress Caught in Sex Scandal

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: India, Banned, Shooting, Gun, Darshan, Bollywood, Nikita Thukral, Karnataka, Indian, Kollywood, Vijayalakshmi, Film, Scandal, Shot, Cinema, Infidelity, Wife, Ban, Sex, Actor, Affair, Actress, Kannada, World News

It would be a hoot and a half if anyone in Hollywood lost their job over allegations of infidelity. By most estimates, Tinseltown would become a ghost town. Too bad thirty year old Nikita Thukral is based in India, then.

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Getting Buzzed: Cooking with Pot

Saveur | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Indonesia, Morocco, Marijuana, Cooking, Indian, Food, Drugs, Pot, Global Recipes, Weed, Saveur, Food News

By Jen Polachek Do you remember (perhaps it was a blur) those Alice B. Toklas brownies that were passed to you at a party in college? The recipe--for ...

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Huma Abedin: Weiner's Good South Asian Wife?

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Anthony Weiner, India, Congress, Photo, Twitter, Tweet, Divorce, Pakistan, Abedin, Indian, #Weinergate, Saudi Arabia, Scandal, Huma Abedin, Sex, Stay, Separate, Muslim, Pakistani, Hillary Clinton, Leave, Divorce News

As his enemies on both sides of the aisle of American politics continue to revel in New York Congressman Anthony Weiner's admitted misbehavior, the real world is left to wonder about his young Pakistani-Indian Muslim bride.

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The Tough Transition From Indian Reservation To City

Tim Giago | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Racial Tensions Between Indians and Whites, Native American Reservation, Indian, Discrimination, Indian Reservation, Rapid City, Prejudice, Race, Native American, South Dakota, Healthy Living News

America has always looked at racial injustice as a black-and-white issue, but here is South Dakota, it has always been a red-and-white issue.

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Indian Humor During Thanksgiving Week? Ha Ha!

Alison Owings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indian, Thanksgiving, Native American, Humor, Politics News

According to the Lakota/Navajo cultural coordinator at the American Indian Center of Chicago, this is not only American Indian ...

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South Asian Cinema Spotlighted in Fall Festivals

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, South Asia, Bollywood, Pakistan, Indian, Mumbai, Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire, Mira Nair, New York News

Four festivals have taken place -- or will -- this Fall in New York City that showcase South Asian cinema or those from the South Asian diaspora. Of the four, I View Film Festival 2010, was the eye-opener -- no pun intended.

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Friday Talking Points [144] -- Midterm Home Stretch

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party, Pentagon, Marijuana, Indian, Eric Holder, Clarence Thomas, Nevada, Military, Letter, Latino, Midotw, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Christine Odonnell, Voting, Ginni Thomas, Rand Paul, Native American, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Attack Ad, Conway, Democrat, Paul, Democrats, Election, Holder, Constitution, Mddotw, Defense Secretary, Hypocrisy, Dont Vote, Gates, Justice, Midterm Election, Gross, Dea, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Republican, California, Dadt, Clinton, 2010, Robert Gates, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Jack Conway, Thomas, Bill Clinton, Anita Hill, Attorney General, Kentucky, Bubba, Virginia Thomas, Aqua Buddha, Gay, Odonnell, Too Extreme, Swing Voter, Prop 19, Hill, Vote, Chris Weigant, Midterm, Corporations, Proposition 19, Farmers, Politics News

Many Democrats in this election cycle seem to be getting much better at the tactic known as "the attack ad."

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Tabla Restaurant in Madison Square Park Set to Close

Michelle Won | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Restaurants, Business, Indian, New York Restaurants, New York News

After 12 years of giving diners a taste of elevated New Indian Cuisine, Tabla is set to close its doors on December 30th of this year.

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Astoria Characters: The Man to the Mansion Born

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lion, Astoria, Indian, Pub Booth, Billiards Table, Rooster, Newport, Warehouse, Babe Ruth, H.A. McNeil, Michael Halberian, Armenia, Pool Table, Yacht, Hurricane of 1938, Treasure Island, Chandelier, J.P. Morgan, Telescope, Renaissance Revival, Steinway Mansion, Jack's Pants Shop, New York News, Turkey, Chess, Library, Home Theater, Knickers, Stone Mason, Airplane Propeller, Beethoven, Armor, Samovar, Sauna, Backgammon, Versailles, Slot Machine, Piano, Jacques-Michael, Mason, Whirlpool, New York News

Michael Halberian wanders through the central hall of the fabled Steinway Mansion and flips the switch that turns on the 1,000-pound crystal chandelier, big and round as the sun. It's motorized.

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'Raghead': State Senator Uses Slur Against S.C. Candidate, Obama

AP | PAGE IVEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Governor's Race, Nikki Haley, Raghead, Pub Politics, Indian, Mark Sanford, South Carolina, Jake Knotts, Racism, Obama, Andre Bauer, Governor, Politics News

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina lawmaker on Thursday called a Republican gubernatorial candidate of Indian descent a "raghead," saying we have...

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Finally, a YA Novel About the American Muslim Experience

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigrant, Islam, American Muslims, Muslims, Chicago, Young Adult, Fiction, Indian, South Asian, Books News

Neither This Nor That enters the young adult literature market, bringing to light difficulties that American Muslim youth and children of immigrants face acclimating to life in the U.S.

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Scores Dead In Indian Temple Stampede

Al Jazeera English | Al-Jazeera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hinduism, Religion, Indian-Temple-Stampede, Temple Stampede, Indian, Stampede, Temple, India, Uttar Pradesh, Religion News

At least 63 people, including women and children, have been killed in a stampede after the gate of a Hindu temple collapsed in the northern Indian sta...

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Will U B My Good Enough Valentine?

Melanie Chartoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unavailable Parent, Arranged Marriage, Indian, U.S.A., Lori Gottlieb, Marry, Anima, Valentine's Day, Cougar, Matchmakers, Rabbi, Books News

Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, impeccably researched tome, is mandatory reading for girls who've not yet grasped the "unavailable parent" part of their inability to let someone love them.

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India Flooding Kills "At Least 125"

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indian-Floods, India Floods, Indian, Floods, Flooding, India, Karnataka, World News

At least 125 people have been killed after three days of torrential rains battered the Indian states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, officials say. ...

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Health Care Through the Eyes of an Independent

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Native American Rights, Native Americans, Health Reform, Health Care, Canada, Indian, Politics News

I watch the shouting matches, the misinformation, and the outright lies passing across the health care argument scene. It has brought out the meanness in too many otherwise good Americans and it must stop.

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Curry is Thicker Than Water Says Canadian-Indian Author, Jasmine D'Costa

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Indian, Fiction, Jasmine D'Costa, Canada, Books, Summer Reads, Author, Healthy Living News

A book of short stories allows for variety, completion in short bursts of creativity and also captures thoughts between times of writing a novel.

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It's Time for Native Americans to Start Thinking Independent

Tim Giago | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Native Americans, Indian Reservations, Independents, Democrats, Indians, 2010 Elections, Republicans, Indian, Elections 2010, Politics News

The advantages of becoming an Independent are many and the detractions few. It is something I encourage all Native American voters to look into, to thoroughly research, and to openly consider.

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Kevin Willmott's The Only Good Indian Premieres Today at Sundance

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Indian, Wes Studi, Kevin Willmott, Native American, Sundance Film Festival, Winter Fox Frank, Park City Utah, J. Kenneth Campbell, Indian, Salt Lake City Utah, Sundance, Kenneth Campbell, Thomas L. Carmody, Entertainment News

Filmed in various Kansas locations, The Only Good Indian is a revisionist historical drama that covers a period of American history that sadly, over the years, conveniently has been ignored by our culture.

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Op-Ed: Indian Democracy Needs Its Next Freedom Struggle

GroundReport | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, India, Democracy, Terrorism, Indian, World News

Originally published on GroundReport.com, the citizen journalism platform that covers world news at the local level. By Syed Ali Mujtaba Syed Despi...

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Hit the Cosmic Pause Button and Take Stock

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pilgrim Hall Museum, 1621, Plymouth, Pumpkin Pie, Turkey, Wampanog, Edward Winslow, Indian, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Spirituality, William Bradford, Thanksgiving Commentary, Healthy Living News

Look at the people at the table, whether it's one or 100. Ask them what they're thankful for and listen, patiently. Listen with your heart, if you can locate it under all the mashed potatoes.

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How to Look, Sound and Act Just Like A Real Live Yogi

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: India, Yoga, Yoga Sutra, Indian, Ayurveda, Kapha, The Inner Life, Chai, Teacher, Indian Food, Mindful, Dosha, My Teacher, Yogi, Living, Patanjali, Yoga Journal, Healthy Living News

Forget brushing up on politics, if you want to make a hit at a cocktail party these days, you need to get with the yogi program. By "cocktail party," I mean an early-evening gathering of slender, well-muscled women.

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