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From Students to Philanthropists: Indian Americans’ $3 Billion Investment in American Universities

VeenaOctober 3, 2025October 3, 2025

by VeenaOctober 3, 2025October 3, 202502761

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT San Francisco, CA, October 3, 2025: October 2, 2025 | For years, Indiaspora has examined the far-reaching impact of Indian Americans

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22 Years in Prison For a Crime He Did Not Commit: The Nightmare of Sonny Bharadia

VeenaSeptember 15, 2025October 7, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 15, 2025October 7, 202505931

BY VEENA RAO Atlanta, GA, September 15, 2025: It began like any other day in late November 2001. Sonny Bharadia was 27, working steady hours

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Be Political: The Grounded Voice of B. Suresha

VeenaSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 12, 2025September 13, 202506270

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE When you sit across from B. Suresha, you quickly realize that his presence is not dominated by loud declarations or flamboyant anecdotes.

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Dilip Tunki Reflects on 4 Years as Mayor Pro Tem of Johns Creek

VeenaSeptember 5, 2025September 5, 2025

by VeenaSeptember 5, 2025September 5, 202507085

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Johns Creek, GA, September 5, 2025: “Johns Creek has come a long way in the last four years, and I’m proud to

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Has Distance Become the Greatest Divide Between Diaspora Children and their Parents?

VeenaAugust 23, 2025August 23, 2025

by VeenaAugust 23, 2025August 23, 202507648

BY MANVI PANT A frantic phone call at 4 A.M. informed Rajiv of his father’s passing. “We spoke yesterday. He was alright,” the thought lingered

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Falsely Branded a Kidnapper, Mahendra Patel Demands Justice—and a Public Apology

VeenaAugust 19, 2025August 19, 2025

by VeenaAugust 19, 2025August 19, 2025113346

BY VEENA RAO* Kennesaw, GA, August 19, 2025: For Mahendra “Mick” Patel, a 57-year-old Kennesaw resident and longtime community volunteer, a routine trip to Walmart

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Adil Premji’s Badminton Story: From Atlanta Courts to World Stage

VeenaAugust 13, 2025August 13, 2025

by VeenaAugust 13, 2025August 13, 202505111

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Atlanta, GA, August 13, 2025: Adil Premji’s love affair with badminton began at the tender age of five, with a tiny

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KindKart: Silicon Valley Technologist Reimagines Charity with Radical Transparency and Seva

VeenaAugust 6, 2025August 6, 2025

by VeenaAugust 6, 2025August 6, 202507575

BY VEENA RAO Meet Sri Gopalakrishnan, a Silicon Valley technologist whose pandemic-born initiative is transforming how philanthropy works in India. His platform, KindKart, merges the

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Rise in ‘Indianness’ Among US-Born Indian Americans, Says Carnegie Report

VeenaJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

by VeenaJuly 14, 2025July 14, 202503444

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Washington, D.C., July 14, 2025: A new report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace reveals that Indian Americans, especially those

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Rizwan Adatia: From Modest Beginnings to Global Impact

VeenaJuly 11, 2025July 13, 2025

by VeenaJuly 11, 2025July 13, 202508068

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE From the serene, coastal city of Porbandar—best known as the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi—Rizwan Adatia embarked on a journey that would touch