The report, titled ‘A Portrait of Modern Britain’, said that British Indians are the least likely to live in social rented housing. It found that 71 percent of the people have ownership of their homes, and the community is the most socially integrated. British Indian people also have more friends from outside their community than other minority group.
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Indian-origin historian Shailaja Paik secures USD 800,000 MacArthur grant to advance Dalit studies
Paik was announced as one of the 22 MacArthur Fellows. The fellowship, as per the official website, is a USD 800,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.
Indian-Americans Padmini Pillai, Nalini Tata named White House Fellows
In all, 15 exceptionally-talented individuals from across the United States have been named to this prestigious programme.
UK selects PIO Sandhya Suri’s Santosh as official entry for Oscars 2025
The investigative crime thriller is directed by British-Indian film director Sandhya Suri.
Harried To Be Married: Pushpendra Sharma’s debut novel is a culmination of his longstanding curiosity about arranged marriages
Set in the mid 1990s, the story follows Nikhil Jha — a Wall Street investment banker — and the emotional blackmail he faces from his mother, who wants nothing more in the world than to see her son get married.
Israeli soldier of Indian-origin killed in West Bank
Footage from the scene of the attack showed a truck with a Palestinian licence plate veering off a busy highway and barrel full speed into an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) guard post adjacent to a bus stop before coming to a halt.
Indian Association of Sacramento celebrates India’s 78th Independence Day, over 3,000 Indian Americans attend
C Sripal Reddy, Consul from the San Francisco Indian Consulate, attended the event. The guests of honour for this year’s IAS India Day include Padmasree Awardee Nazma Akthar; Dr. Ami Bera – a member of the United States House of Representatives from California since 2013; Bruce Houdesheldt – Mayor of the City of Roseville; Bobbie Singh-Allen – Mayor of Elk Grove City; YK Chalamcharla, Councilmember – City of Folsom and Ex. Vice Mayor Folsom City. District Attorney Thien Ho, Rich Desmond- Sacramento County Supervisor, and Dave Tamayo – SMUD Board Member, also attended the event.
Singapore PIO youth and inter-faith speaker Shukul Raaj Kumar welcomes “blessed opportunity” to engage with Pope Francis
Kumar is part of a panel that will interact with Pope Francis at an inter-religious meeting at the Catholic Junior College. The Pope’s visit to Singapore is from September 11 to 13, and the panel discussion is slated for the third day.
PIO playwright-doctor in UK dramatises history of British Empire for “walking play” in London
A London Lark Rising is a dramatised walking tour being brought to life by Dr Anu Kumar Lazarus and Lisa Honan CBE, with double shows scheduled on September 7, 2024.
Singaporean PIO leader Pritam Singh seeks to shift ‘lies trial’ to High Court, citing Iswaran precedent
Pritam Singh’s lawyers, Andre Darius Jumabhoy and Aristotle Emmanuel Eng, relied on the case of former Singapore transport minister S Iswaran, which has been rescheduled for hearing in the High Court in September 2024.
