New York City Hall welcomes Nisha and Udai

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the appointment of Nisha Agarwal, one of the leading advocates in the city for the immigrant communities, as commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of......

The poor, young and the desi in New York

A report on South Asian youth demolishes model minority myth, says George Joseph South Asians below 20 in New York City are more likely to live in poverty than their peers, a report by the Queens......

Teens shine at SAYA! annual do

"I'm not perfect," cried a diminutive girl in a hijab, one of a group of teens performing in Minds of the Misunderstood, a skit about love and expectations performed at the South Asian Youth......

New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

As a Cornell University undergraduate majoring in chemistry and Asian studies, Udai Tambar spent many weeks studying ethnic identity issues among Indians in New York City. "I also studied how......