President's arts council quits over Trump's Charlottesville remarks

The members of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, an advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues, have resigned citing the controversial comments made by......

Judge Sri Srinivasan, best of America and India

The first Indian-origin federal judge in the United States is India Abroad Person of the Year 2013 President Barack Obama calls him one of his “favourite people.” Justice Sandra Day......

Obama nominates Indian-American actor Kal Penn for key post

United States President Barack Obama has nominated popular Indian-American actor and former White House staffer Kal Penn for a key administration post of member of the President's Committee on the......

Will Jhumpa Lahiri bag the Booker?

The £50,000 Man Booker Prize will be announced on Tuesday. The Indian-American author is in the fray for her new book ‘The Lowland’, but what are her chances?   A mere......