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List Of South Asian American–related Publications
The following is a list of books, serials and films with Indian American or South Asian American subject matter. Books ;Non-fiction *'' The Karma of Brown Folk'' by Vijay Prashad *''Uncle Swami'' by Vijay Prashad *''Everybody was Kung-Fu Fighting'' by Vijay Prashad *'' In My Own Country'' by Dr. Abraham Verghese *''Olive Witch'' by Aheer Hoque *''Asian-Indians of Chicago, Illinois (Images of America Series)'' by The Indo-American Center *'' The Truths We Hold: An American Journey'' by Kamala Harris *''Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares (A Memoir)'' by Aarti Namdev Shahani *''Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story'' by Nikki Haley *''The Other One Percent: Indians in America'' by Sanjoy Chakravorty, Devesh Kapur, Nirvikar Singh *''Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion'' by Piyali Bhattacharya *''A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians In Asian America'' by Lavina Shankar, Rajini Srikanth (Editor) ; ; ;Science-fiction ; ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian American
Indian Americans or Indo-Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Native Americans, who have also historically been referred to as "Indians" and are known as "American Indians". With a population of more than four and a half million, Indian Americans make up 1.4% of the U.S. population and are the largest group of South Asian Americans, as well as the second largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. Indian Americans are the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States.Multiple sources: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Terminology In the Americas, the term "Indian" had historically been used to describe indigenous people since European colonization in the 15th century. Qualifying terms such as " American Indian" and " East Indian" were and still are commonly used in order to avoid ambiguity. The U.S. government has since coined the term "Native Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anurag Mathur
Anurag Mathur (अनुराग माथुर) is an Indian author and journalist mainly known for his 1991 novel '' The Inscrutable Americans''. He was educated at the Scindia School The Scindia School is an Indian boarding school for boys, established in year 1897, and situated in the historic Gwalior Fort, in the city of Gwalior. It was originally started exclusively for royals and nobles of Indian princely states, part ... (Gwalior, India). He earned his bachelor's degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and his master's from the University of Tulsa. Bibliography *'' The Inscrutable Americans'' * ''Making the Minister Smile'' *''Are All Women Leg-Spinners asked the Stephanian'', later republished as ''The Department of Denials'' *''Scenes From an Executive Life'' *''22 Days in India'' *''A Life Lived Later - Poems'' *''Popat Lal Bhindi'' *''The country is going to the dogs'' (2014) References Living people University of Tulsa alumni Indian male novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quami Ekta
''Quami Ekta'' ( pa, ਕੌਸੀ ਏਕਤਾ, 'National Unity') is a California-based online newspaper and a Punjabi weekly print newspaper targeting Punjabis throughout the world. The online edition is in both Punjabi and English. The newspaper was launched in 2002 as an online newspaper and in 2004 as a weekly broadsheet print newspaper. Both the online and print edition are available free of cost. In July 2007 ''Quami Ekta'' honored Dharmendra Dharam Singh Deol (born 8 December 1935), also known mononymously as Dharmendra, is an Indian actor, producer and politician who is known for his work in Hindi films. Known as the first " He-Man" of Bollywood, Dharmendra has worked in over 301 ... for his contributions to the Indian cinema. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little India (magazine)
''Little India'' is the largest circulated Indian American publication in the United States. The magazine was established in 1991 by its founding editor and publisher, Achal Mehra, a professor at Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania. It focuses on the Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the United States and features editorials and articles on living in the United States while being of Indian heritage and happenings and people from India. Usually there are several NRIs that are highlighted in each issue as well as articles on politics, problems of acculturation and cultural retention that most American-Born Confused Desi, ABCDs face, news from India, popular culture, students, Bollywood, Indian cuisine and the generation gap. The magazine is published monthly and has a Business of Performing Audits, BPA audited circulation of over 142,000, penetrating almost one in five Indian households in the United States. The magazine is publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Abroad
''India Abroad'' is a weekly newspaper published from New York City, which focuses on Indian news meant for an Indian American, Indian diaspora and expatriate audience. The publication is known for its annual award ceremony for the "India Abroad Person of the Year." ''India Abroad'' was founded by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju in 1970. ''India Abroad'' calls itself "the oldest Indian newspaper published in North America." Under Raju's guidance, ''India Abroad'' quickly gained a reputation as one of the most credible, well-researched voices for the Indian American community. The Economist, a British weekly international affairs magazine, referred to ''India Abroad'' as a daily publication of “unusually high quality”. Since 2002, the publication has been honoring Indian-American achievers at the annual India Abroad Person of the Year award ceremony. The following are the list of winners. Raju sold ''India Abroad'' to Rediff.com in April 2001, which as of 2009 owns and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telugu Naadi (magazine)
''Telugu Naadi'' (తెలుగు నాది) is an American Telugu-language magazine published in the United States for the Telugu-speaking population. ''Telugu Naadi'', is a general-interest monthly magazine and features the latest on Telugu politics, culture, films, and literature both in India and the United States. Publication and circulation ''Telugu Naadi'' is published is published from United States with a circulation across 50 states. The magazine has direct operations in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, California, Texas, Florida and Atlanta. The current operating office is in Cedar Park, Texas while the magazines are shipped from San Jose and Chicago simultaneously. Staff V. Chowdary Jampala was the Chief Editor from 2004 to 2009 and Vasireddy Naveen is the Managing editor. See also * Telugu language policy Telugu language policy is a policy issue in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, with 84 percent of the population reporting Telugu language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Thor
Bradley George Thor Jr. (born August 21, 1969) is an American thriller novelist. He is the author of '' The Lions of Lucerne'', '' The First Commandment'', '' The Last Patriot'', and other novels. His latest novel in the Harvath series, ''Rising Tiger'', was released in July 2022. Thor's novels have been published in countries around the world. He also contributed a short story entitled "The Athens Solution" to the James Patterson-edited anthology, '' Thriller''. Thor also makes frequent appearances on Fox News and The Blaze. ''The Last Patriot'' was nominated for "Best Thriller of the Year" by the International Thriller Writers Association. His novel ''Blowback'' was voted by National Public Radio listeners as one of the "100 Best Ever" Killer Thrillers. Early life Thor was born and raised in Chicago, and lived in Park City, Utah for eight years. Thor is a graduate of the Sacred Heart Schools, the Francis W. Parker School (Chicago), and the University of Southern Californ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akhil Sharma
Akhil Sharma (born July 22, 1971) is an Indian-American author and professor of creative writing. His first published novel '' An Obedient Father'' won the 2001 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. His second, ''Family Life'', won the 2015 Folio Prize and 2016 International Dublin Literary Award. Early life Born in Delhi, India, he immigrated to the United States when he was eight, and grew up in Edison, New Jersey, where he graduated from J.P. Stevens High School. Sharma described experiencing racism in school and in the city: "people cursing at us in the street, and being spat at at school." Sharma's teenage brother was in a pool accident that left him in a thirty-year coma, an incident that forms the basis of Sharma's semi-autobiographical novel, ''Family Life.'' Sharma studied at Princeton University, where he earned his B.A. in public policy at the Woodrow Wilson School. While there, he also studied under a succession of notable writers, including Russell Banks, Toni Morrison, Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tennis Partner
''The Tennis Partner'' is the second of Abraham Verghese's books. Published in 1999, when he was a physician practicing internal medicine in El Paso, Texas, this is an autobiography, autobiographical memoir, and Abraham Verghese writes of his experience moving to El Paso in the midst of an unraveling marriage. Once there, he meets and eventually becomes a mentor to David Smith, a medical resident at the hospital where Verghese worked and a brilliant tennis player recovering from drug addiction. Because of his own love for the game and as part of his effort to reach out to the troubled resident, Verghese begins to play singles tennis regularly during their free time outside the hospital. What starts as a casual game between the two men eventually develops into a complex ritual that allows them to develop a deep friendship and understanding of the pressures they each face. In the hospital, Verghese is the teacher and Smith the student. On the court, however, Smith, the one-time profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chitra Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born Chitralekha Banerjee, 1956) is an Indian-born American author, poet, and the Betty and Gene McDavid Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. Her short story collection, ''Arranged Marriage'', won an American Book Award in 1996. Two of her novels (''The Mistress of Spices'' and '' Sister of My Heart''), as well as a short story (''The Word Love)'' were adapted into films. Divakaruni's works are largely set in India and the United States, and often focus on the experiences of South Asian immigrants. She writes for children as well as adults, and has published novels in multiple genres, including realistic fiction, historical fiction, magical realism, myth and fantasy. Early life and education Divakaruni was born in Calcutta, India. She received her B.A. from the University of Calcutta in 1976. In the same year, she went to the United States to attend Wright State University, where she received a master's degree. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mistress Of Spices
''The Mistress of Spices'' is a 2005 American romantic drama film by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a screenplay by Gurinder Chadha and Berges. It is based upon the 1997 novel '' Mistress of Spices'' by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The film stars Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott. The soundtrack was created by Craig Pruess, who also contributed to the ''Bend It Like Beckham'' soundtrack. Plot Tilo, an immigrant from India, is a shopkeeper, an unusually strong clairvoyant, and a chosen Mistress of Spices. The Spices she gives to her customers help them to satisfy their certain needs and desires, such as "sandalwood to dispel painful memories; black cumin seed to protect against evil eye." As a young girl, Tilo was initiated as one of several young Mistresses of Spices by the First Mother, who warns the girls about certain rules they must follow, or face dire consequences. They are instructed never to leave their respective stores all around the world, physically touch the skin of the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulitzer Prize For Fiction
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction is one of the seven American Pulitzer Prizes that are annually awarded for Letters, Drama, and Music. It recognizes distinguished fiction by an American author, preferably dealing with American life, published during the preceding calendar year. As the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel (awarded 1918–1947), it was one of the original Pulitzers; the program was Inauguration, inaugurated in 1917 with seven prizes, four of which were awarded that year (no Novel prize was awarded in 1917, the first one having been granted in 1918). The name was changed to the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1948, and eligibility was expanded to also includes Short story, short stories, Novella, novellas, Novella, novelettes, and poetry, as well as novels. Finalists have been announced since 1980, usually a total of three. Definition As defined in the original Plan of Award, the prize was given "Annually, for the American novel published during the year which shall best pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
