Kamala Harris, a Woman of Many Firsts

Joe Biden hits several constructive buttons with single option: carefully selecting Kamala Harris as his running mate

By Meena Yeggina
India Parent Magazine
Updated August 13, 2020

August 11, 2020 was historic for Indian Americans: at exactly 1:17pm, the Democratic nominee for President of the United States, Joe Biden, announced through Twitter that he had chosen Kamala Harris, a U.S. Senator from California, as his running mate for the November 2020 presidential election.

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Happy Birthday Krishna!

By India Parent Magazine

Above: Kuchipudi students Sindhu and Ahladini as Krishna and Radha, performing at the Sunnyvale Hindu Temple several years ago for Krishna Janmaashtami.

Under normal circumstances, temples in the Bay Area at this time of the year would have been celebrating Lord Krishna’s birthday (Janmaashtami) in full swing.

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Women’s Suffrage turns 100 today

By India Parent Magazine
One hundred years ago today, in the middle of World War I, persistent protests by suffragists compelled the government to ratify the 19th Amendment, legally enabling women to vote. Despite this landmark decision, Native American and Chinese immigrant women could still not cast a ballot, and, for African-American women, the process of voting itself was ridden with challenges.

Who is a suffragette? According to the Wikipedia, a suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisations in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections, known as women's suffrage. The term refers in particular to members of the British Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), a women-only movement founded in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, which engaged in direct action and civil disobedience.[1][2] In 1906, a reporter writing in the Daily Mail coined the term suffragette for the WSPU, from suffragist, to belittle the women advocating women's suffrage. The militants embraced the new name, even adopting it for use as the title of the newspaper published by the WSPU.

San Jose resident and UC Berkeley student Sindhu Ravuri becomes part of Padmabhushans Raja Radha Reddy’s Shishya Utsav 2020

Sindhu Ravuri becomes Sathyabhama for Natyatarangini’s prestigious Sishya Utsav.

Siddhendra Yogi, a staunch devotee of Lord Krishna wrote and presented in the form of sringarakavya called ‘Bhamakalapam’ – practical exposition of Natya, Kavya, Sangeeta and Taala Shastras, all in one.

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Powerful video of Sushant Singh's first entry from the TV show Pavithra Rishta connects with the hearts of millions of his fans!

By India Parent Magazine

Video Credit: Ekta Kapoor Instgram

Sushant Singh Rajput has become a household name, probably more popular than Prime Minister Modi himself in the past few days. His mysterious death became a point of discussion, incessant sorrow and a symbol of unfairness meted toward common person on a daily basis. The anger toward the powerful looks ominous. It looks like all discourses of repression, exploitation, bias, prejudice and intolerance took the form of Sushant, a common man, a fighter without a godfather and a man standing against the might of the most powerful in India. Justice given to Sushant would equate to justice given to the common person, the poorest of the poor. This is the strong sentiment prevailing in India right now. And who are we to negate such strong sentiment?

Center Accepts Bihar Govt’s request for CBI Probe in Sushant Singh Rajput Case, SC informed

ANI
Updated by India Parent Magazine Aug 5, 2020

The central government submitted before the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has accepted a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the central government, submitted before a single-judge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy that the Center has accepted Bihar government’s request recommending a CBI inquiry into the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.

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Father of the Indian Nation Mahatma Gandhi to become the first non-white person on British currency

Mahatma Gandhi will be the first non-white person on British currency reports Daily Mail.

In response to the huge outrage across the globe over George Floyd’s death under the questionable actions of a white police officer in the USA, honoring Mahatma Gandhi on British currency is viewed as recognizing the efforts of black and minority people in shaping modern Britain.

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Treatment RLF-100 helps critically ill COVID-19 patients make quick recovery!

By The Reuters

TEL AVIV — Critically ill COVID-19 patients recovered rapidly from respiratory failure after three days of treatment with RLF-100, a therapy granted fast-track designation in the United States, two drug companies said Sunday.

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Silicon Valley CEO gets 6 months in college bribery scam

The Associated Press

July 30, 2020: The founder of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm was sentenced Wednesday to six months behind bars for paying about $450,000 in bribes to boost his two daughters’ entrance exam scores and get one of them into Georgetown University as a bogus tennis recruit.

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Congress questions America’s wealthiest men today on supressing competition

Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tim Cook of Apple, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and Sundar Pichai of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, will testify today at a House hearing on whether their companies stifle competition.

The questioning will be broadcast live.

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