Jan 7th, 2009 · The Indian government has compiled a dossier of evidence on last November's attacks in Mumbai that it presented to Pakistan and to countries that lost citizens in the attacks. Siddharth Varadarajan of the Hindu newspaper offers his insight.
Jan 1st, 2009 · Bolstered by gatherings such as the Smithsonian Institution's "Classical Native" series, American Indian composers are searching for a sound. The result is music in the spirit of their ancestors mixed with techniques from Western classical music.
Dec 30th, 2008 · Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, son of Indian immigrants, didn't think about his ethnic identity growing up. But with his latest album Kinsmen, Mahanthappa, and other like-minded South Asian American jazz musicians, fuses American jazz with a global sound that embraces the music of India.
Dec 24th, 2008 · Fritz Scholder was only part Native American so when he created his "Indian" series in the 1960s, he made a lot of people mad. Now, Scholder is the subject of three exhibitions across the country — including "Fritz Scholder: Indian / Not Indian," at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
Dec 24th, 2008 · The scandal surrounding Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevitch has exposed Chicago's tangled and complex political scene. Caught in the spotlight is a group of prominent Indian businessmen who wield significant political influence. University of Illinois at Chicago Professor Dick Simpson and Ashok Easwaran, editor for the weekly Indian newspaper Desi Talk, discuss the role of Indians and other minority groups in Chicago politics.
Dec 17th, 2008 · Carla Kesterman of Fairland, Ind., has been an autoworker since April, when she went to work for Honda's new Indiana plant. She makes about $34,000 a year as an assembly worker. She has not been following the bailout deliberations and is only vaguely interested in the problems of the Big Three automakers.
Dec 17th, 2008 · A new generation of Indians and Pakistanis are now dealing with their countries' fragile relationship. Indian writer Sonia Faleiro and Pakistani filmmaker Mehreen Jabbar say they understand why mistrust persists.
Dec 17th, 2008 · Over the past several weeks, we've been bringing you a series of "kitchen table" conversations with American families trying to steer their way through the economic turmoil. Today, we focus on autoworkers. And we start with a family in Kokomo, Ind., that's trying to maintain a normal home life, despite financial uncertainty.