Community service is important enough to U.S. Reps. Mike Doyle and Conor Lamb that it brought the two Democrats into solidly Republican territory in Murrysville on Saturday afternoon. “Hey, Conor, is this your district?” Doyle, D-Forest Hills, joked during the Murrysville Export Democratic Club’s first Biden-Harris Community Scholarship presentation, held
On May 19, there were 4,594 reported Covid deaths in India, according to the AP. Certainly, it is almost an insult to attempt to quantify the loss that underlies that number. Statistics, as we have all learned during the pandemic, make it incredibly easy to put distance between oneself and the magnitude of tragedies. This.
Gasping for air
May 17, 2021
The US is home to over 4 million Indian Americans. We’re a diverse population, but overall we’re the most affluent of all Asian American subgroups, with a median income of $119,000 in 2019. That’s in stark contrast to the paltry average income in India itself, which is barely $5,000 a year.
Indian Americans are now trying to use this privilege to help those back in India – a country of over 1.3 billion people.
Members of our community are mobilizing to purchase oxygen tanks, set up GoFundMe pages, and organize fundraising campaigns like ‘Help India Breathe’ to support pandemic relief in India. Many of us are also supporting nonprofits like theAssociation for India s Development, GiveIndia, and Sewa International.
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Viruses know no borders. Vaccines shouldnât either.
As an Indian American, my family has experienced the worst of this pandemic in two countries. For any of us to be safe, we all need vaccine equity.
In mid-April, three of my cousins â Shashi, Manju, and Renu, all sisters living in New Delhi â died within 10 days of each other.
The eldest sister, Manju, was turned away from three medical clinics before she ran out of oxygen. The sole survivor of their nuclear family, Rajesh â or âChotuâ (âLittle Oneâ) â was left alone to manage the cremation of his three sisters.
As India confronts the worldâs worst COVID-19 outbreak, this story is repeating again and again, with no end in sight.
Dorsey had announced that he was donating funds from his $1 billion Start Small initiative
CHENNAI: Jack Dorsey, CEO of social media giant Twitter, has donated $15 million (around Rs 110 crore) in his personal capacity to support relief efforts in India’s ongoing Covid-19 second wave.
Dorsey’s announcement of the grant, and his choice of NGOs to whom he had directed it, also sparked off controversy and chatter on Twitter.
Dorsey tweeted that the $15 million for India will go to three NGOs- Care ($10 million), Aid India ($2.5 million) and Sewa International ($2.5 million) for their relief work.
$15 million split between @CARE, @AIDINDIA, and @sewausa to help address the COVID-19 crisis in India. All tracked… https://t.co/Q0ovwMlgMd jack (@jack) 1620670295000