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This year’s fest is May 21 and 22 — By Laura DeMarco The Cleveland Asian Festival is back — in person, this weekend. After two years of COVID protocols, the festival celebrating one of Northeast Ohio’s fastest growing populations has returned with a weekend of food, fun and cultural heritage. Taking place around Asia Plaza at East 27th Street…

I have a weird relationship with the English language. I’m Indian, born in Bangalore, raised in Hyderabad, and my native language is Telugu. I can’t read or write Telugu, in fact I can barely speak it but my English is pretty great! I speak English fluently, I consider it my…

I borrowed my wife’s signed copy of Dr Naushad Forbes’ new book, The Struggle and the Promise: Restoring India’s Potential, since the subject matter seemed relevant to my own experience of working as an innovator in an Indian company. I have, by now, experienced the flipside of that situation, working…

an apology to myself I’m sorry it took so long For me to love you For me to see you For me to be you I spent so long hiding Under layers of sunscreen As if it would protect me (But not from the sun.) I loved the flat iron …

India imposed a wheat export ban on Saturday. Although India has previously said that this year’s goal is to break wheat shipments, a heatwave in the country will reduce wheat production. Domestic wheat prices in India hit a record high. The Indian government will still allow wheat exports for letters…

A story of best friends and their organized hobby My dad, Dhamu, has been going speed walking every morning from 6–7AM with his four friends: Ishu, Chuni, Manoj, and Kishan, altogether known as “The Walking Group,” hereafter referred to as TWG. The route they take is simple. They start in…

One might settle at the thought that Indians find other Indians abroad with such ease because they are all related through complex family trees and house each other simply because they have one common dadi. In my opinion, we find each other because we tend to drift toward each other. …