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Have you noticed similarities and differences between Desi Americans and Desi immigrants? We’re excited to present a podswap with Pallavi Janiani from the ! Highlights include: Pallavi’s experience growing up in a joint family in Jaipur, India and…

Twelve member team of Chinese ""hose"" runners posed in uniform.

Immigration and Nationality Act with Amendments and notes on related laws. Included: summaries of pertinent judicial decisions.

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This is an image depicting Indian H1B workers, located in the tech capital of America, silicon valley.

"Immigrants from India first arrived in the United States in small numbers during the early 19th century, primarily as low-skilled farm laborers. In recent decades the population has grown substantially, with 2.4 million Indian immigrants resident in…

Interview with two people sharing their experiences on assimilation in America. They also talk about how their identity and struggles with it coming to America.

Kavita Daswani discusses her book, “The Village Bride of Beverly Hills.” She begins by describing her protagonist, Priya, who is a newly married Hindu bride who is faced with very traditional in-laws, a husband who is controlled by his mother, and…

Medha Karve was born in Mumbai, India in 1957 to parents of first-generation Indian-Americans. When she was 9 years old, her father immigrated to the US as a scientist at Yale University with his family and was one of the first scientists to study…