Indian-American Ami Bera sworn in as US lawmaker

Ami Bera, a California-based Indian-American physician, was on Friday sworn in as member of the United States House of Representatives, becoming only the third from the community to enter the......

The untold story of Obama's mother

Barack Obama's mother was a truly unusual person, a woman with a curiosity, a keen intellect, and an internationalist orientation much ahead of her times, says B S Prakash after reading A Singular......

2 Indian Americans in Class of White House Fellows

Two Indian Americans, Pat Basu of Naperville, Illinois, and Sunny Ramchandani of Rowland Heights, California, were among the 2010-2011 Class of White House Fellows, announced by the White House on......

'Genius' Award for Indian American

Vamsi Mootha had nothing on his mind but his new job as assistant professor at the Massachusetts General Hospital. And then he got a call on his cell phone in the last week of September, and got a......

9 ways to clean up India's polluted cities

Measures that will make Indian cities more organised and liveable need to be implemented to tackle the menace of pollution, says Govindraj Ethiraj.     Petroleum Minister Dharmendra......

The 10 highest paid Indian-American CEOs

Satya Nadella is the highest-paid CEO in the US. So how do the other Indian-American executives fare? Image: Satya Nadella with Bill Gates. Photograph, courtesy: Microsoft     Rs 525......

A CEO who uses free time to teach IIT students

Kamal Sharma isn't fond of networking dos - he'd rather have roti-sabzi with office colleagues. He prefers to work 16 hours a day, away from the limelight; uses his free time to teach IIT students......

Parliament panel tightens ambit of land takeover Bill

Parliament's standing committee report on the government's land acquisition Bill has sought a thorough tightening of the provisions to ensure involvement of local institutions and an "informed and......

Magic moments on screen

Nisha Varma/Indianapolis: Straight out of a Sooraj Barjatya Film (right) ??? Well the name Prem I mean!! Well let me tell you one thing for all its flaws (Hero not starved to death , not parched to......