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Charting India’s Path to Space

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Crossing Borders in Business

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Taking the Haldiram’s Legacy Global from the UK

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 Top reads curated from the internet 

#1The Biden administration’s National Artificial Intelligence Initiative office prioritizes working with US allies and partners.
AI is becoming the ‘magic fix’ as America places ‘one big bet’ on it not being a bubble, market veteran warns
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#2Australian anthropolist couple Christopher and Elizabeth
An enduring legacy of empowerment and change
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#3How Indians settled abroad
From Promise to Peril: The Reality of Indian Lives in the U.S.
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#4
Bundle of contradictions
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#5Kerala's Jewish Apartheid
The Untold Story of Kerala’s Jewish “Apartheid”: When Synagogues Drew Caste Lines
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#6Zoho's Ulaa
After Arattai, Zoho’s Google Chrome killer tops App Store charts. Here’s what makes Ulaa browser special
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Indian AI Model

AI is becoming the ‘magic fix’ as America places ‘one big bet’ on it not being a bubble, market veteran warns

The article first appeared on Fortune on October 6, 2025.

A lot is riding on the AI boom, and it isn’t just the stock market surge. AI is being touted as an elixir for a number of serious economic challenges, according to Ruchir Sharma, chair of Rockefeller International.

In Financial Times column on Sunday, the market veteran pointed out that the “immigration boom-bust cycle” that the U.S. is experiencing now is unprecedented in scale, swinging from a net gain of more than 3 million in 2023 to an expected trickle of just 400,000 this year. The drastic throttling in the labor force could slash U.S. growth potential by more than 20%. “Yet increasingly the response to this risk, too, is a shrug. AI is going to make human labor less necessary anyway,” Sharma quipped...
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Australian anthropolist couple Christopher and Elizabeth

An enduring legacy of empowerment and change

The article first appeared on the Hindu on January 10, 2025.

An Austrian anthropologist couple’s deep bond with the Adivasis of a remote tribal village of Telangana, and their groundbreaking work in anthropology catalysed transformative changes, from literacy programmes to land rights advocacy. Their immersive work not only preserved the Raj Gond community’s heritage but also sparked progress that continues to uplift future generations...

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Indians Living Abroad

From Promise to Peril: The Reality of Indian Lives in the U.S.

The article first appeared on the Sunday Guardian on October 12, 2025.

In recent months, the Indian diaspora in the United States has been shaken by a troubling surge in violent incidents, many of them fatal. These cases ranging from the shooting of Chandrashekar Pole, a student working at a Dallas gas station, to the brutal beheading of motel manager Chandra Mouli Nagamallaiah have sparked widespread concern across both Indian and American communities. According to the Ministry of External Affairs, over 842 Indian students died abroad between 2018 and 2024, with the United States accounting for 141 of those deaths. While many were attributed to accidents or health issues, the recent escalation in violent deaths, particularly in 2025, demands a deeper understanding. These incidents are not isolated; they are symptomatic of broader structural vulnerabilities, racial tensions, and institutional gaps that shape the immigrant experience in America.

Indian nationals in the US often occupy labour-intensive roles in sectors such as hospitality, retail, and fuel services and industries that are frequently underregulated and prone to risk. These jobs, typically involving night shifts, solitary work environments, and minimal security, expose workers to unpredictable and sometimes dangerous interactions. Loïc Wacquant suggests that immigrant labour is often relegated to “zones of relegation” social and spatial margins where protections are weak and exposure to violence is high. The murder of Nagamallaiah, who was killed by a Cuban immigrant with a criminal record recently released from ICE custody, underscores how systemic failures in immigration enforcement can have fatal consequences. Similarly, the killing of Rakesh Patel, a motel owner shot while investigating a disturbance outside his business, illustrates how routine responsibilities can become life-threatening in volatile environments....

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Ghazala Wahab

Bundle of contradictions

The article first appeared on The Hindu on October 3, 2025.

Noted author Ghazala Wahab’s The Hindi Heartland: A Study has a lot going for it. Her previous book, Born a Muslim, was a runaway hit. Consequently, she can be sure that a section of her readers will pick up this book too. If we take the region — the proverbial cow belt — she puts in the spotlight, it’s a sizeable population we are talking about. The Hindi heartland spreads across the States of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar and accounts for 42.2% of India’s population...
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The Untold Story of Kerala’s Jewish “Apartheid”: When Synagogues Drew Caste Lines

The article first appeared on brownhistory.substack.com on September 9, 2025.

Visitors to the coastal city of Kochi (formerly Cochin) in Kerala often make their way to the picture-perfect neighborhoods of Mattancherry and Fort Kochi. They step into the four-hundred-year-old Paradesi Synagogue, stroll through the narrow, colorful lanes of Jew Town, and peep into old Jewish houses now transformed into shops selling clothes and trinkets. Leaving Synagogue Lane, they feel they’ve seen all there is to know about Kerala’s Jewish past. They couldn’t be more wrong...
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After Arattai, Zoho’s Google Chrome killer tops App Store charts. Here’s what makes Ulaa browser special

The article first appeared in Mint on October 2, 2025.

Zoho's Ulaa browser is challenging global competitors like Google Chrome and Safari, focusing on user privacy and data protection. Available on multiple platforms, it includes features like ad blockers, profile modes, and integration with Zoho's SSO authentication.

Homegrown software maker Zoho is on a rampage with its set of India-made software that is taking on the global giants. Recently, Zoho's Arattai app had witnessed a reckoning of sorts as it topped the App Store charts on Apple App Store and Play Store, while also receiving many positive recommendations from its initial set of users.
​In a matter of days, we have a new Zoho app called Ulaa browser, which has taken over the App Store rankings. While Arattai was meant as a WhatsApp alternative for the masses, the Ulaa browser is aimed at taking a similar sort of competition to Google Chrome on Android and iOS...
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Global Indian | World in Numbers

Statistically speaking

85th Rank

India has fallen down five spots from 80th in the 2025 Henley Passport Index. Singapore tops the list of the world’s most powerful passports, followed by South Korea and Japan.

67 Percent

Surge in international travel interest to India during Diwali week, reports digital travel platform Agoda. With festive demand from South Korea, Southeast Asia, the US, and the Middle East, India has emerged as a high-growth global destination.

$727 Billion

The predicted value of India’s merchandise exports by 2030, covering around 73 percent of the government’s $1 trillion target and leaving a shortfall of nearly $300 billion according to a White Paper released by consulting firm Forvis Mazars.

$50 Billion

The projected value of Indian MedTech market by 2030, up from $12 billion in 2023-24. India's global market share is set to grow from 1.65 percent to 10 -12 percent over the next 25 years.

$10 Billion

The amount of investment that Google is set to make for establishing a 1-gigawatt (GW) data centre cluster in Visakhapatnam, marking the global technology giant’s first such investment in India.

$13 Billion

The estimated revenue that India’s medical tourism industry is projected to generate by 2026.

Global Indian | Did You Know? 

Fun facts about India and Global Indians

The U.S. passport has fallen to its lowest ranking ever, dropping out of the world’s top 10 for the first time since the Henley Passport Index began 20 years back. Once ranked No. 1 in 2014, it now stands at 12th place, tied with Malaysia.

Adani Enterprises, via its joint venture AdaniConneX, has announced partnership with Google to build India’s largest AI data centre campus and new green energy infrastructure in Visakhapatnam.

California has officially recognised the Diwali festival as a state holiday. It has now become the third state in the United States of America, after Pennsylvania and Connecticut to declare Diwali as a state holiday.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed the nomination of Sergio Gor as the next Ambassador of the United States to India. At 38, the businessman and political strategist becomes the youngest U.S. ambassador ever to serve in India.

Former chairman of ISRO, S. Somanath, has been elected as international member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Class of 2025, earning one of the highest global recognitions in the field of engineering.

Between January and April 2025, India welcomed 1,31,856 foreign visitors seeking medical treatment, representing 4.1% of all foreign tourist arrivals in this time frame. 

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