Indian Man Attacked in Apparent Hate Crime in NJ. Rohit Patel, 57 (incidentally the same age as Sureshbhai Patel), says it hurts to talk after he was beaten over the head by a stranger in North Brunswick last week. His injuries include broken teeth. Police report that the alleged attacker targeted Patel because he was Indian and that there have been other such attacks in the area. Nyle Kilgore, 24, was taken into custody and charged with bias intimidation and aggravated assault. Kilgore is now out on bail, leaving Patel and other Indians in the local community afraid to leave home.
Why the Indian soldiers of WW1 were forgotten. Indian politician and writer Shashi Tharoor takes on the cause of the mostly uncelebrated 1.3 million Indian soldiers who served in World War One. He writes that part of the reason they remain largely unknown is that they were not fighting for their own country. Read Tharoor’s essay to find out why WWI’s centenary is forcing a rethink of these soldiers.
Every UK Punjabi Music Video EVER. In this nearly tumbi-free send up of every UK Punjabi music video ever, Canadian YouTube entertainer JusReign’s jackets are on fleek, the pigeon is in it, milk is up in his mustache and “Kabootaran Di Shaan” (feat. Raxstar & J-Statik) is AVAILABLE ON ITUNES HERE.
Indian Summer Festival — A Festival Where Worlds Meet. From July 9-18, Vancouver’s fifth annual Indian Summer Festival presents provocative talks by literary stars and social entrepreneurs, a genre-bending jazz concert with a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, one of India’s most renowned musical maestros, a Hollywood set designer, and a series of free public art projects. Find details in the festival program (PDF).
Bhi Bhiman feat. Rhiannon Giddens “Up in Arms”. In a live single-shot video, Bhi Bhiman and Rhiannon Giddens collaborate on “Up in Arms” (lyrics) from his latest album, Rhythm & Reason. Coming up this summer: Catch Bhiman performing live (and for free) with Mary Chapin Carpenter on Sunday, August 2, as part of the San Francisco Stern Grove Festival’s 78th season.
