THE EDITORIALS
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The Need for Archives
February 2013 - A professionally curated archive is an indispensible tool for any community that takes its roots, history, and journey seriously. What are we doing to archive our history and our stories?
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Gun Fundamentalism Plagues America
January 2013 - The Arab world has jihadi fundamentalists. We, in America, have gun fundamentalists. Let's think about some of the mindless slogans and disingenuous strategies being used to cloud the issue.
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A historic event for the Indian-American community in Atlanta
December 2012 - Prompt and professional service is a two-way street. Even the best staff can be rendered ineffective when dozens of people call daily to ask questions that are answered on the website or forms.
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Seeing Through the Myths
October 2012 - An editorial favoring Barack Obama—followed by a counter opinion column endorsing Mitt Romney by Sadanand Dhume, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Why today’s Republican Party is stacked against Indian-American interests
September 2012 - Why the GOP is as incompatible with the Indian-American community as the Democratic Party is with fundamentalist Christians.
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Celebrating Our Freedoms in America
July 2012 - Activist Harsh Mander opined that a democracy should be judged not just by how much it upholds the will of the majority, but also by how it treats its minorities. The Indian-American community in the U.S. is quite anxiety-free.
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Apu Nahasapeemapetilon Lives On
May 2012 - “Many Americans think of Indians as strange foreigners with an inaccessible culture and horrible accents.” Yet, America was envisioned in a cosmopolitan spirit. Caricatures like Apu will become relics soon...
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Queer about Gays (Dharun Ravi Case)
April 2012 - We live in a society where until recently homophobia was institutionalized in our vaunted military, and where a major political party still continues to engage in anti-gay activism. Then why make the culpability of Dharun Ravi so much bigger than that of the society?
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Welcome to Americana
February 2012 - Many Indian-Americans isolate ourselves from the culture of our adopted homeland. Our new column, Americana, will shed some light on regional American character, translating American culture for Indian sensibilities.
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Mission Impossible in Mumbai? Hope not.
January 2012 - The stench and filth in most parts of Mumbai is overwhelming, but seems blissfully immaterial to the locals, to whom glamour seems more interesting. Can we see that our lifestyle is inextricably linked to the underclass, that we can’t compartmentalize the city?