Indian immigration to the United States has expanded rapidly in recent decades—growing fivefold between 1980 and 2000 and then tripling again by 2024. More than half of Indian immigrants arrived si...
NEW YORK, April 8, 2026 — British actor Riz Ahmed discusses “Hamlet”, Aneil Karia’s bold reimagining of Shakespeare’s tragedy set within London’s elite South Asian community, where grief, betrayal,...
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2025 — Night Two of Asia Society's Dancing the Gods, an annual festival of Indian dance in its fourteenth year, features internationally acclaimed Kathak dancer and choreogra...
NEW YORK, February 18, 2026 — As part of its 70th anniversary, Asia Society honors filmmaker and educator Jagat Murari, whose founding of India’s FTII shaped generations of storytellers. Radha Chad...
There’s a unique sense of calm in hearing our senior home residents in Punjab sing a bhajan together.
Their voices shaped by decades of resilience, care and lived experience, come together in a hym...
NEW YORK, November 1, 2025 — Asia Society presents Shakuntala Awaits, a dramatic-comedy by Isheeta Ganguly, starring Sohina Sidhu, Arjun Gupta, and Sasha Sen, blending ancient mythology with contem...
Ghotul film gives silence a voice. Full film live on 11 October.
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Mahua has been linked to poverty, addiction, and stigma for decades. But Razia saw something different.
With her expertise in microbiology, she turned mahua into laddoos, livelihoods, and local pri...
Meenakshi Ahamed discusses her book, "Indian Genius: The Meteoric Rise of Indians in America," with two of its subjects—physician and author Siddhartha Mukherjee and former Acting Solicitor General...