NRI Stories
No jobs, no future: In Canada, drugs are Indian students’ last resort
The grim reality of hefty education loans and joblessness in the land they once hoped would offer prosperity has ensnared numerous Indian students in Canada in a vicious cycle of cocaine, marijuana and liquor as a coping mechanism for unemployment-induced stress
Explained: Why Canada is such a magnet for the Sikhs
As a visible minority, the Sikh community’s presence in foreign countries has often been exaggerated. But it is true that Sikh migrants have sought out better economic opportunities for decades — even if it meant enduring testing conditions
- Chandrima Banerjee
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Who’s afraid of Trump? Not Indian Americans Nikki, Vivek and Hirsh
The world may be wary of Donald Trump but not these three Indian Americans who are competing against the former US president for the Republican Party presidential nomination
- Ishani Duttagupta
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Immigration: Who gets in, who stays out and how that’s decided
Four ways to look at the complex question of immigration
Why 2,500 Indian techies call America's potato belt home
They are not shaving potato wafers, though. Most of them are techies working in Boise’s thriving semiconductor sector, far from Silicon Valley
Hate crimes: Why are Sikhs the most targeted group
FBI finds that Jews and Sikhs have been the two most targeted religious groups in hate-motivated crime in the US in 2021. And this isn’t even the whole picture. A look at how the community is coping
- Sonia Chopra
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
What Indian diaspora's success says about majoritarianism
We all know that Indian diaspora is doing well across the world. So, what are the lessons it has in store for those in India
How Indian Americans are rapidly climbing political ranks
A range of factors, from high education levels to the relative wealth of Indian immigrants, has propelled a rapid political ascent for the second and third generation Indian Americans
- Maggie AstorJill Cowan
- New York Times
The man who taught Americans to cook Indian food
Raghavan Iyer taught Americans to cook Indian food. Now on his final chapter, he is using his last days to promote the importance of feeding comfort foods to patients like himself
- Kim Severson
- New York Times
How studying abroad just got more complex and costly
Universities in Canada and the US are opening up, but high airfares, complicated itineraries, stalled visa applications have made travel for Indian students studying abroad difficult and expensive
- Ishani Duttagupta
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
This is why Indians are so successful in USA
Better educated, higher employability, wealthier — desi immigrants have come to the fore in the US
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM