‘Desi Rascals’: Gurinder Chadha’s offering to British reality TV
Gurinder Chadha, a widely known British film director of Sikh origin, is upbeat about co-producing "Desi Rascals", a reality show for British television. She...
Indian-Americans pay a price for running convenience stores
Back in 2006, Joe Biden, then a Senate candidate ran into trouble for a remark that "you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a...
Thomas John Colacot wins ACS award
India-born scientist Dr Thomas John Colacot has won the American Chemical Society's ACS Award in Industrial Chemistry, one of the top honours in the...
Indian-origin inventor of ’email’ slams critics
V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, an Indian-origin scientist who received official recognition as the inventor of the computer program for electronic mail system or "email" from...
Malaysian Hindus ask India to address diaspora issues
Hindraf, a coalition of 30 Hindu non-governmental organisations in Malaysia, has asked the Indian government to include human rights issues affecting the Indian diaspora...
Salman Rushdie gets Denmark’s top literature award
Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie received Sunday a literary award named after Denmark's famous poet and fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen.
The HC Andersen...
Bengali diaspora study centre at Kalyani varsity
West Bengal's Kalyani University is starting a Bengali diaspora research centre that will not only shed light on the problems the community faces abroad...
Michael Chopra excited to play in Indian Super League
Indian origin English footballer Michael Chopra Saturday confirmed his participation in the inaugural season of the Hero Indian Super League starting October.
Chopra will feature...
Trump to make ‘substantial’ investment in India
Despite a sluggish realty market due to high interest cost and slow economic growth, US-based real estate major Trump Organisation will invest 'substantially' in...
A campaign in UAE to bring Indians, Pakistanis closer
An entrepreneur in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched a campaign to promote goodwill between expatriates from India and Pakistan, a UAE daily...