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Georgia’s Asian American leaders call for community-centered response after six Asian women are dead in spa shootings

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by VeenaMarch 17, 2021March 17, 202102992

NRI Pulse Staff Report Atlanta, GA, March 17, 2021: Eight people were killed at three separate spas in North Georgia on Tuesday evening, sending shockwaves across the world.

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Indian-origin crypto investor buys $69.3 million artwork

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by VeenaMarch 16, 2021March 16, 202103025

Photo credit: Christie’s New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Singapore-based Indian Cryptocurrency investor Metakovan has bought an artwork by digital artist Beeple for $69.3 million. Various media

Bollywood

Oscar nominations out; The White Tiger in race for Adapted Screenplay

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by VeenaMarch 15, 2021March 15, 202102182

Los Angeles, March 15 (IANS) Writer-director Ramin Bahrani has been nominated in the Best Adapted Screenplay category at the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards, for the Adarsh

Books

Artist Raja Ravi Varma’s life comes alive in illustrated biography for kids

VeenaMarch 14, 2021March 14, 2021

by VeenaMarch 14, 2021March 14, 202102654

BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI A prolific artist if there was one, Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), who was closely related to the royal family of Travancore in

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Have you had your congee today?

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by VeenaMarch 13, 2021March 13, 202103745

Cover image credit: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Congee BY SASI KUMAR There is a new restaurant in our neighborhood. Its main entrée is Congee with many nuances. The Chinese

Bollywood

Tasveer becomes first South Asian arts organization in the US to enter distribution space with TasveerTV

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by VeenaMarch 12, 2021March 12, 202102559

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, March 12, 2021: Tasveer launches TasveerTV, the first-of-its-kind virtual cinema platform dedicated to South Asian content and creators. TasveerTV will serve as a

Movie Review

Roohi: This horror-comedy exhausts

VeenaMarch 12, 2021March 12, 2021

by VeenaMarch 12, 2021March 12, 202102896

Roohi; Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Sharma, Alexx O’Nell, Manav Vij; Direction: Hardik Mehta; Rating: * * (two stars) BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY Stree was

NRI News

Kamala Harris to participate in Quad summit with Modi

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by VeenaMarch 12, 2021March 12, 202101996

New York, March 12 (IANS) US Vice President Kamala Harris will also participate in the first Quad summit with President Joe Biden and Prime Ministers Narendra

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How FBI and Twitter thread helped recover a statue stolen 37 years ago

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by VeenaMarch 11, 2021March 11, 202102736

New Delhi , March 11, 2021: Thirty-seven years after it was stolen and subsequently landed in the US, a stone stele of Lakshmi-Narayan, depicting the

Movie Review

Bombay Begums: Defined by its performances

VeenaMarch 9, 2021March 9, 2021

by VeenaMarch 9, 2021March 9, 202102168

Bombay Begums (web series); Cast: Pooja Bhatt, Shahana Goswami, Amruta Subhash, Plabita Borthakur, Aadhya Anand; Direction: Alankrita Shrivastava; Rating: * * * (three stars) BY