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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 ...
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 Nimrata Nikki Haley (née Randhawa; born January 20, 1972) is an American diplomat and politician who served as the 116th and first female governor of South Carolina from 2011 to 2017, and as the 29th United States ambassador to the United Na ...
*''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 ; ;Fiction *'' Caste and Outcast'' by Dhan Gopal Mukerji *''
The Tiger's Daughter ''The Tiger's Daughter'' (1971) is the first novel by Indian American author Bharati Mukherjee. Plot summary The story revolves around Tara who was raised in Calcutta, educated at Vassar College in New York and is married to an American man. ...
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Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...
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Wife (novel) ''Wife'' (1975) is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee. Plot summary This is the story of Dimple Dasgupta who has an arranged marriage to Amit Basu, an engineer, instead of marrying a neurosurgeon as she had dreamed about. They move to the United Sta ...
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Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...
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Jasmine (novel) ''Jasmine'' is a novel by Bharati Mukherjee set in the 1980s about a young Indian woman in the United States who, trying to adapt to the American way of life in order to be able to survive, changes identities several times. Mukherjee's own expe ...
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Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...
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Darkness (short stories) ''Darkness'' (1985) is a collection of short stories by Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of Ca ...
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Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...
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The Middleman and Other Stories ''The Middleman and Other Stories'' (1988) is a collection of short stories by Bharati Mukherjee. Stories from this volume are frequently anthologized, particularly ''Orbiting'', ''A Wife's Story'', and ''The Middleman''. The short story ''Jas ...
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Bharati Mukherjee Bharati Mukherjee (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an Indian American-Canadian writer and professor emerita in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was the author of a number of novels and short story ...
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The Inscrutable Americans ''The Inscrutable Americans'' is a 1991 novel by Anurag Mathur. Tri-Color Communications adapted the book The Inscrutable Americans (film), into a film in 2001. Plot Gopal Kumar, the son of a hair oil tycoon in Madhya Pradesh, arrives in Americ ...
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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 fo ...
*'' The Namesake'' by Jhumpa Lahiri *''
Interpreter of Maladies ''Interpreter of Maladies'' is a book collection of nine short stories by American author of Indian origin Jhumpa Lahiri published in 1999. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in the year 2000 and has sold ...
'' by Jhumpa Lahiri (winner of 2000
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 Mistress of Spices'' by Chitra Divakaruni *'' The Tennis Partner'' by Dr. Abraham Verghese *
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*''Bollywood Confidential'' by Sonia Singh *''American Betiya'' by Anuradha D. Rajurkar *''Family Life'' by Akhil Sharma *''Zara Hossain is Here'' by Sabina Khan *''Amina's Song'' by Hena Khan *''Internment'' by Samira Ahmed *''Well-Behaved Indian Women'' by Saumya Dave *''A Place for Us'' by Fatima Farheen Mirza *''The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing'' by Mira Jacob *''Rising Tiger'' by Brad Thor


Magazines and newspapers

* https://www.newsindiatimes.com/ print and online newspaper * https://www.desitalk.com/ print and online newspaper * https://www.desitalkchicago.com/ print and online newspaper * https://www.gujarattimesusa.com/ print and online newspaper *'' Telugu Naadi'' * ''Telugu Patrika'' (monthly cultural magazine) * '' Punjab Mail USA'' (print and online newspaper) * ''
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 P ...
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Little India Little India or India Town (less commonly known as Indian Street or India Bazaar) is an Indian or Desi (South Asian) sociocultural environment outside India or the subcontinent. It especially refers to an area with Indian residences and a dive ...
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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 newspape ...
'' (print & online newspaper) * '' Lok News'' (print & online newspaper) * '' Valley India Times'' (print & online newspaper) * https://www.thejuggernaut.com; The Juggernaut (online publication) * ''
India Currents ''India Currents'' is, according to the ''San Jose Mercury News'', "the oldest and largest Indian-American magazine on the West Coast" of the United States. Fully digital today, it earlier offered Northern California, Southern California, and Wa ...
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India-West Newspaper
' (print & online newspaper) *https://browngirlmagazine.com/ (online publication) *https://atlantadunia.com/Dunia/Default.aspx (online publication) *https://www.usadunia.com/ https://americankahani.com/ News, features, and commentary.


Feature films

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Mississippi Masala ''Mississippi Masala'' is a 1991 romantic drama film directed by Mira Nair, based upon a screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, starring Denzel Washington, Sarita Choudhury, and Roshan Seth. Set primarily in rural Mississippi, the film explores ...
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My Own Country ''My Own Country: A Doctor's Story'' is Abraham Verghese's first book. First published in 1994, it made that year's ''New York Times Notable Book'' list. It is used in colleges and medical schools throughout North America and across the world becau ...
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Chutney Popcorn ''Chutney Popcorn'' is a 1999 comedy-drama film starring, directed and co-written by Nisha Ganatra. Ganatra plays a young lesbian Indian American woman called Reena. Jill Hennessy plays her girlfriend Lisa and Reena's mother and sister are played ...
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Monsoon Wedding ''Monsoon Wedding'' is a 2001 Indian comedy-drama film directed by Mira Nair and written by Sabrina Dhawan. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah and Vasundhara Das. The story depicts romantic entanglements during a tradi ...
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American Chai ''American Chai'' is a 2001 comedy-drama film written and directed by Indian American director Anurag Mehta. His brother, Aalok Mehta, played the starring role opposite Sheetal Sheth, who had previously starred in the similar genre film ''ABCD'' ...
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American Desi ''American Desi'' is a 2001 American comedy film with Indian influence, notable for featuring many prominent South Asian American actors. Also featured is an a cappella version of Nazia Hassan's Urdu classic "Aap Jaisa Koi", sung by Penn Masala ...
'' (2001) *'' Provoked'' *'' The Guru'' (2002) *'' Bend It Like Beckham'' (2002) - covers all the Indian American sentiments even though it is a British film *''
Green Card Fever ''Green Card Fever'' is a 2003 Indian Independent film written and directed by Bala Rajasekharuni. The film starred Deep Katdare and Purva Bedi. The film was distributed by ''Net Effect Media'' and released worldwide following a series of film f ...
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Cosmopolitan Cosmopolitan may refer to: Food and drink * Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo" History * Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953 Hotels and resorts * Cosmopoli ...
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Dude, Where's the Party? ''Dude, Where's the Party?'' aka ''Where's the party yaar?'' is a 2003 film directed by Benny Mathews. It stars Kal Penn and Sunil Malhotra. It is a comedic film that focuses mainly on the Indian American experience. Plot Harishkumar Satishkumar ...
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Flavors (film) ''Flavors'' is a 2003 romantic comedy film written and directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna D.K., concerning Indian immigrants in America. Plot ''Flavors'' tells the stories of 13 different main characters in five parallel story lines. The marr ...
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Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle ''Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle'' (released in some international markets as ''Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies'') is a 2004 American buddy stoner comedy film directed by Danny Leiner, written by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, and starr ...
'' (2004) *'' Bride & Prejudice'' (2004) - A largely British film also. *''
Anokha ''Anokha'' is a 1975 Hindi-language action drama film directed by Jugal Kishore. It is one of the first film where Shatrughan Sinha signed as a hero. Cast * Shatrughan Sinha - Ram/Anokha/Shambu Khanna * Zarina Wahab - Sudha Manchanda * A.K. ...
'' (2004) *'' Mistress of Spices'' (2005) *'' National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj'' (2006) *'' Outsourced'' (2006) *'' The Namesake'' (2007) *'' Americanizing Shelley'' (2007) *''
Indian Cowboy ''Indian Cowboy'' is a 2004 South Asian independent feature film that belongs to a growing list of independently produced films in North America by filmmakers of South Asian descent. Featuring a bevy of South Asian actors including Sheetal Sheth, th ...
'' (2007) *'' Kissing Cousins'' (2007) *'' Marigold'' (2007 film) *''
The Other End of the Line ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...
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1 a Minute ''1 a Minute'' is a 2010 American docudrama film written and directed by Indian American actress Namrata Singh Gujral. It is based on her own life and the lives of other women who suffered from cancer. Synopsis The film is a hybrid between narrat ...
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When Harry Tries to Marry ''When Harry Tries to Marry'' is a 2010 romantic comedy film, co-written, produced and directed by Nayan Padrai and starring Rahul Rai, Stefanie Estes, and Freishia Bomanbehram. Development and release Initially a featured screenplay project at t ...
'' (2011) * '' Life! Camera Action...'' (2012) *''
The Distance Between Us "The Distance Between Us" is a song by Norwegian new wave group Fra Lippo Lippi, released in 1986 as a 12" double A-side single with "Shouldn't Have to Be Like That", which reached No. 4 in Norway and No. 81 on the UK Singles Chart The ...
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Million Dollar Arm ''Million Dollar Arm'' is a 2014 American biographical sports drama film directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures from a screenplay written by Tom McCarthy. The film is based on the true story of baseball pitchers Rinku ...
'' (2014) * Meet the Patels (2014) * The Problem with Apu (2017) * The Big Sick (2017) *''
C/o Kancharapalem ''C/o Kancharapalem'' (spelt as ''Care of Kancharapalem'') is a 2018 Telugu-language slice of life anthology film written and directed by debutant Venkatesh Maha. It is produced by American filmmaker Praveena Paruchuri and distributed by Rana ...
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India Sweets and Spices ''India Sweets and Spices'' is a 2021 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Geeta Malik. The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States on November 19, 2021. The film stars Sophia Ali, Manisha Koirala, Rish Shah, and A ...
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