Desi World
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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CEOs who are Child Executive Officers
August 2012 -
When U.K.-based Harli Jordean, dubbed the Marble King because of his obsession with marbles, became a CEO this year, he was just shy of his 9th birthday.
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Attitudes on Religion
August 2012 -
Following the Pew survey of Asian Americans (the “Rise of Asian Americans” study), another Pew survey (“Asian Americans: A Mosaic of Faiths”) considers religion. Will it also generate debate?
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Indians as Immigrant Business Owners
August 2012 -
Only Mexican-Americans form a greater share of immigrant business owners than Indian-Americans, as per a new report put out by the Fiscal Policy Institute.
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Book Matters
August 2012 -
Anuradha Roy’s The Folded Earth (Free Press), Akash Kapoor’s India Becoming
(Riverhead Books), Thrity Umrigar's The World We Found (Harper Perennial), and Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Random House).
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Family is first for Indian-Americans
July 2012 -
Family is first for Indian-Americans. A Pew Research Center survey of Asian Americans looks at marriage, parenting, values, and whether immigrants strengthen the U.S.
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New exhibit showcases Punjabi pioneers
July 2012 -
An exhibit on the legacy of Punjabi and other immigrant pioneers was unveiled in Yuba City, California (known for its annual Sikh parade). And "Homespun" will be a Smithsonian exhibit on migrants from India.
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How do you spell Humuhumunukunukuapuaa?
July 2012 -
Clean sweeps for Indian-Americans: the top three places at the 2012 National Spelling Bee championship AND the National Geographic Bee were Indian-American--and there were seven Indian-Americans in the top 10 of the latter!
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WHO’S WHO IN INDIA INC.
July 2012 -
The Economic Times and IMRB International have again done their surveys to determine the top 10 Global Indian Thought Leaders, Global Business Leaders, CEOs in India, and Women CEOs in India.
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Passion and tragedy in Rajasthan
July 2012 -
Here's another British movie set in India featuring Rajasthan’s hospitality industry. Trishna features Freida Pinto (not Dev Patel), fancy palaces, an antihero, a gory climax, and an R rating.
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Preet Bharara: Man of the Moment
July 2012 - Preet Bharara is on the cover of Time magazine and is one of its 100 most influential people this year. He's a U.S. attorney prosecuting cybercrimes and financial crimes associated with Wall Street.
