It’s that time of the year when pravasis, or nonresident Indians, get pride of place in this country. At the annual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an event that has come to stay regardless of what critics have said, they are given a voice they didn’t always have, or most certainly a voice they... [More]

Nearly a decade ago, a loose group of mostly Indian Americans calling themselves ‘Friends of IIT’, and led by Silicon Valley entrepreneur Kanwal Rekhi, sought to raise an endowment to win for the nation’s prestigious IITs ‘functional autonomy’ from the government. Rekhi... [More]