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Who I Was and Who I Want to Be -- Indian Americans in Media

Pari Mathur | Posted 04.14.2013 | Media
Read More: Indian American Stereotypes, Indian-American Culture, Indian-Americans, Indian American Comedy, Video, Media News
Pari Mathur

In media, we are portrayed as the self conscious and awkward best friend, tech-support, or the group of people with accents. The reality is, we're not. Growing up and living here in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Indian-Americans run the show

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Rajat Gupta and Dharun Ravi: Two Trials, One Lesson

Sandip Roy | Posted 08.21.2012 | Crime
Read More: Rajat Gupta, Goldman Sachs, Dharun Ravi, Indian-American Culture, Indian Americans, Snigdha Nandipati, Indian, Crime News
Sandip Roy

Gupta's supporters will say he took on the government because he was convinced of his own innocence. As was Ravi. But was it a conviction born out of a sense of his own innocence or a hubris born out of wealth and privilege?

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NYC Finance, Fashion Merge at Amrita Singh Penthouse

Jim Luce | Posted 10.11.2012 | HuffPost Home
Read More: Jitin Hingorani, Christian Lacroix, Indian Jewelry, Wells Fargo, Reema Rasool, Alpa Yagnik, Rahul Baig, Jingo Media, Jim Luce, South Asian Young Women Entrepreneurs, Nan Melville, Indian-American Culture, Bali, UB Group USA, Amrita Singh, Fashion Week, New York City, Robert Rodriguez, Fgi, Finance, James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation, Fashion Group International, Tony Bedi, SAY WE, John Lee, Fashion, Bangle Bangle Collection, Oscar De La Renta, Nyfw, Indian Art, New York Fashion Week, HuffPost Home News
Jim Luce

As a woman and a jewelry designer, I understand what it means to adorn a woman's body with my pieces," Amrita told me. "Now, I'm working with a larger canvas -- a woman's home -- and there is no better way to engage a woman's soul than to help her adorn her home."

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Goddess, Lion, Peasant, Priest: Modern and Contemporary Indian Art -- in Atlanta

Jim Luce | Posted 06.04.2011 | Arts
Read More: Rebecca M. Brown, Modern and Contemporary Indian Art, Mirabai Films, South Asian Art, Atlanta, Melanie Einzig, Sundaram Tagore, Mira Nair, Susan S. Bean, Don Rubin, Nalini Malani, Seema Kohli, Rubin Museum of Art, Aroon Shivdasani, Lawrence M. Schall, Kamal Mitra, Cuban Art, Indian-American Culture, Indo-American Arts Council, Edward Wilkinson, Shelley Rubin, Chelsea, Human Rights, Himalayan Art, Goddess, Oglethorpe University, Sakti Burman, Francis Newton Souza, Krishna Shamrao Kulkarni, Art, Lion, Arpita Singh, Arts News
Jim Luce

Don Rubin and his wife Shelley have introduced an exceptional, personal collection of modern and contemporary South Asian art at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta.

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For Indian Americans, Honoring Veteran's Day Signifies Service, Patriotism

Ravi Chaudhary | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Military, Veterans Day Service, US Air Force, Indian American, Hindu American Patriotism, US Military, Hindu Americans, Hindu American Military, Pentagon Veterans Day, Veterans Day, US Army, Indian American Culture, Religion News
Ravi Chaudhary

As I sit down with my family this Veteran's Day, I'll think of patriots who take time each week to pledge their support to raise awareness for veterans in their communities through their own cultural lens.

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