September 29th 2024 / Edison, NJ - Dancer at the Expo Center Garba.
September 30th, 2024 / Edison, NJ - Kids playing catch with their cricket equipment after the practice for their neighborhood league ended.
September 2, 2024 / Princeton, NJ - Padma Shree reviews videos with her Bharatnatyam (Indian classical dance style) students to help them improve their form.
October 9th, 2024 / Edison, NJ - Rupinder Nayyar, owner of Big Cinemas in Edison, was one of the first to bring Bollywood movies to Western theaters.
October 13th, 2024 / Richmond, VA - Kaira holds up after scoring the winning run for the Dream Cricket Dragons in their tournament. The tournament was played in Virginia over the course of a weekend.
November 14th, 2024 / Sandy, UT - Sahana Kargi, tries on the crown she received after winning the Miss Utah Sweetheart pageant.
January 19th, 2025 / Brentwood, TN - Sowmil Mehta, posing in the uniform he has for the Boy Scouts of America.
October 12th, 2024 / Chantilly, VA - The deity of Durga is carried into a truck at the end of the Durga Puja celebration at Freedom High School in Chantilly, VA. The Puja was held by the Northern Virginia Bengali Association.
November 18th, 2024 / South Jordan, UT - Indra and Neale Neelameggham playing a game of Scrabble. Indra and Neale have lived in Utah for over 50 years and have opened up their home to house and help any community members looking for shelter or advice.
October 2nd, 2024 / Edison, NJ - Mihir, the football captain at JP Stevens High School in Edison, NJ.
October 2nd, 2024 / Edison, NJ - The owner of Chowpatty reads "Desi Talk", one of 3 Indian-American newspapers run out of Edison, NJ.
December 1st, 2024 / Houston, TX - “The Statue of Union” a statue of the Hindu god, Hanuman, built as a part of the Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple, is visible from the parking lot of an auto repair shop. The statue was completed in August of 2024, and at 90 feet tall and weighing 90 tons, it is the third largest statue in the United States.
December 1st, 2024 / Stafford, TX - Vicar Joseph John of the Immanuel Marthoma Church. The church is a part of the North American Diocese of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church (also known as Malankara Mar Thoma Suriyani Sabha in Malayalam, its native language.)
May 12th, 2023 / Niagara Falls, NY - Two grandmothers pose in front of Niagara Falls while their daughter and granddaughter take their photo.
December 9th, 2024 / Yuba City, CA - Arjan S Hundal of Tudor Trees Nursery operates a tree and root digger.
December 15th, 2024 / Wendover, UT - A truck stop near the Bonneville Salt Flats in Western Utah, home to an Indian restaurant and a regular pit stop for truckers traveling through the area.
January 18th, 2025 / Franklin, TN - Ariyana Sheth stands in front of her hometown Waffle House, a place woven into her teenage memories. Weekend hangouts and late-night stops made it a gathering spot, and even now, in college, it remains a familiar landmark for her and her friends.
October 12th, 2024 / Chantilly, VA - Durga Puja celebration at Freedom High School in Chantilly, VA. The Puja was held by the Northern Virginia Bengali Association.
October 8th, 2024 / Edison, NJ - Vivek's Flowers is Edison's most trusted flower shop. All of their flowers are ordered and sent from India. All of their garlands are handmade and shipped throughout the country.
December 14th, 2024 / Provo, UT - The inside of Bombay House, one of the first Indian restaurants in Utah. Daniel Shanthakumar opened the restaurant in 1993 after moving to the American West from Chennai, India. Bombay House has become a local institution, serving as both a business and a bridge between cultures.
September 30th, 2024 / Edison, NJ - (Left) The exterior of a salon that provides eyebrow threading, a staple of the South Asian beauty industry that has gained popularity in the west. (Right) Outside Big Cinemas in Edison, movie posters showcase a mix of both Bollywood and Hollywood films that have played in the theater. A reminder of the theater’s role in bringing Bollywood to the United States long before mainstream chains followed suit
October 20th, 2024 / Cumming, GA - Attendee at the Forsyth County Democrats Rally.
December 14th, 2024 / Salt Lake City, UT - Shreya Mahasenan at her ice hockey tournament at the Steiner Sports Complex. She learned the sport at a young age and continued playing into adulthood. Now, she competes in a women’s amateur league as the only Indian-American and woman of color on her team.
November 17th, 2024 / Bluffdale, UT - Two attendees of the Diwali party held by the Virasat Cultural Organization at the Bluffdale City Court in Utah.
December 14th, 2024 / South Jordan, UT - (Left) A street sign for “Hindu Temple Lane”, located right by the Sri Ganesha Hindu Temple.
December 16th, 2024 / Scottsdale, AZ - (Right) The sign outside of the Hindu Temple of Arizona.
January 17th, 2025 / Franklin, TN - Adarsh Bhushan, founder of the band Strange Curry, mid-performance at their show at The Whiskey Room. Strange Curry is an Indian fusion rock band.
November 17th, 2024 / Bluffdale, UT - Children enjoying the festivities at the Virsat Diwali Party in Salt Lake City, Utah. Virsat is a South Asian community group based out of Salt Lake City.
October 1st, 2024 / Edison, NJ - Sreekanth Akkapalli brought TV9, the largest Indian news network to North America and is working to bring the news from India to the Western world and vice versa.
December 10th, 2024 / Palo Alto, CA - This organized group for senior citizens of Indian origin in Palo Alto meets regularly to build community and fight the loneliness that they would typically face alone at home. For one of their December get-togethers, they had a holiday party that involved a Christmas show where they performed a choreographed dance to “Santa Baby”, exchanged gifts, and had a potluck where they brought in traditional Indian food items.
October 10th, 2024 / Robbinsville, NJ - Indian flag reflected in the window of New Jersey home as the American flag in front of the home is seen in the foreground.