Arul Louis- More Indians are getting fatter but fewer are undernourished as the nation goes from lessening the impact of hunger to developing the new health issue of obesity, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation. The number of obese adults has gone up in India from 24.1 million in 2012 to 32.8 million […]
Arul Louis (IANS)- An Indian national has been sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison for participating in an India-based call centre fraud in which operators impersonated US tax officials to extort money from Americans. Federal Judge Virginia Hernandez Covington, who sentenced Nishitkumar Patel on Monday in Tampa, Florida, also fined him $200,000 […]
Ritu Jha- The condition of the detainees of Indian origin on hunger strike at El Paso Service Processing Center in Texas are becoming dire, according to civil rights groups. According to the Sikh Coalition, its team, which visited the center last month, found that most of the detainees, who are from the state of […]
In its 15th year, the groundbreaking event showcases cinema on or about South Asians, the films covering everything from the personal to the political Ritu Jha Yes, Bollywood has pep and vigor, but there is more to South Asian cinema than that – as can be seen at the upcoming 3rd i San Francisco International […]
Descriptions of some of the films to be screened at the 3rd i South Asian Film Festival this year. The material has been lightly edited for brevity. Abu November 9, 7: 15 pm, New People Cinema A immigrant story that captures the tumultuous journey of Arshad Khan’s family’s move to Canada, from Pakistan, in the […]
