South Asian Families Ensure Their Children Have Royal Weddings–Even in the U.S.
Hosting weddings fit for kings and queens is a cherished tradition for South Asian immigrants in the U.S. and around the world.
Tag: Asian
Stories about Asian immigrant communities.
Asian Immigrants in the Labor Movement: From Hawaii’s Plantations to Wisconsin’s Public Sector
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are among the fastest growing ethnic groups in organized labor. Their increasing numbers in the labor movement has implications for both workers’ rights and election year politics.
With an Eye on the Sky, Immigrants Revive Practice of Pigeon Tending in New York
Homing pigeons were once a common sight in the skies over many New York neighborhoods. Fi2W’s Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska produced a radio story for WNYC about a handful of immigrants and native New Yorkers, who keep pigeon flocks today.
Hunter for Asian American Immigrant Stories Finds A Home @ the Library of Congress
Remé Grefalda is constantly on the lookout for books, publications, documents and other ephemera that preserve the Asian immigrant experience. She is the driving force behind a new collection at the Library of Congress -the Asian-American Pacific Islander Collection
Asian Immigrants In Queens Prepare For Redistricting Battle
At a redistricting forum in Queens, community leaders gathered to discuss how new districts could present an opportunity for the Asian American community to grow as a political force.
Immigrants Leading in Entrepreneurship
A new report finds that immigrants outpaced native-born Americans in starting new businesses last year.
Protest in NYC Against Congressional Hearings on Threat of Homegrown Islamic Terrorism
Hundreds of demonstrators, including mothers of some 9/11 victims, gathered in Times Square on Sunday to protest Rep. Peter King’s (R-NY) planned congressional hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims. Aswini Anburajan and Mohsin Zaheer report.
Beauty Pageant Puts Transgender Asian Immigrants in the Limelight
The Miss AsiaNYC beauty pageant aims to create awareness and establish a supportive community for transgender Asian women in New York, and to reveal just how profoundly the members of this group are on the margins of society.
After Hard Times, Indian Newspaper Looks to Reach Immigrant Audience with iPad App
News India Times is looking to the web as well as print to attract new readers. Read the third part of our series on ethnic newspapers’ survival strategies.
A Quintessential NY Immigrant Neighborhood Through the Eyes of an Indian Immigrant
Writer Suketu Mehta arrived in Jackson Heights in 1977, having moved with his family from Mumbai. He recently toured the neighborhood with Urban Omnibus, an online publication of the Architectural League of New York focused on new ways of looking at and intervening in the built environment of New York.