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NWAW’s January must-reads — Mysterious murders, a petite pachyderm, and not-so-hardboiled detectives

January 8, 2016 By Samantha Pak

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly One of my favorite things to do when the weather is cold is curl up under a blanket with a good mystery. The following are my January must-read picks: “Grave on Grand Avenue” By Naomi Hirahara Berkley, 2015 LAPD bicycle cop Ellie Rush is back and on the case […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, 2016, Amazon Digital Services, Chinese, Ellie Rush, Inspector Ashwin Chopra, Inspector Shig Sato, Jun Fujimori, LAPD, Mumbai, NWAW, Nay Pram, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pontiac Skylark, Samantha Pak, Ses Fujimori, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15

Bollywood star Salman Khan acquitted in hit-and-run case

December 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

MUMBAI, India (AP) — An appeal court acquitted Bollywood star Salman Khan last Thursday in a drunken-driving, hit-and-run case from more than a decade. The Bombay High Court threw out an earlier conviction and five-year sentence given to the 49-year-old actor. “The trial court’s verdict is quashed and set aside,” Justice A.R. Joshi said in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, India, Mumbai, Salman Khan, Vol 34 No 52 | December 19 - December 25

Presentation highlights climate and oppression

November 30, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

A public presentation, “Women of Color Speak Out – Climate Change and the Systems of Oppression” was held by the Ethiopian Community of Seattle on Nov. 18. “Women of Color Speak Out” is a collective of activists in Seattle who are working to educate communities about the climate crisis. The discussion highlighted how systems of […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, Afrin Sopariwala, England, India, Mumbai, Sarra Tekola, Seattle, Vol 34 No 49 | November 28 - December 4, Yin Yu, Zarna Joshi

A film festival evolves from tragedy — Seattle South Asian Film Festival features a theme of “daring”

October 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Andrew Hamlin Northwest Asian Weekly The new Seattle South Asian Film Festival, put on by the Tasveer organization, will be running from Oct. 31 to Nov. 9. Festival director Rita Meher took some questions over e-mail. NWAW:  Please describe your childhood adolescence in Odissa, India.  What were your favorite memories of growing up?  How […]

Filed Under: Arts & Entertainment, Features, Profiles Tagged With: 2014, India, Meher It, Meher Soon, Mumbai, NWAW, New Delhi, Prasanna Withanage, SSAFF, Seattle South Asian Film Festival, South Asians, Sri Lankan, Student Academy Awards, Tasveer Emerald Award, Toronto International Film Festival, Vol 33 No 45 | November 1 - November 7, Yoni Ki Baat, japan

New India PM meets with rival leader of Pakistan

May 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – New Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the leader of rival Pakistan on May 27 and asked that his country “abide by its commitment” to prevent its territory from being used in terrorism against India and speed up investigations into the 2008 attack in Mumbai.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Abdullah Ghaznavi, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Arun Jaitley, Associated Press, BJP, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, Jen Psaki, Maldives, Mumbai, Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, State Department, Sushma Swaraj, United States, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6

Last of 5 suspects captured in latest Mumbai rape

August 31, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Katy Daigle The Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Police on Aug. 25 arrested the last of five men wanted in the gang rape of a photojournalist in Mumbai, and said charges would be filed soon in a case that has incensed the public and fueled debate over whether women can be safe in […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, India, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, New Delhi, Satyapal Singh, Vol 32 No 36 | August 31 - September 6, culture

American boss held hostage in China returns to US

July 6, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press MIAMI, Florida (AP) — An American executive held hostage for nearly a week by his company’s Chinese workers in a pay dispute said on June 28 from his Florida home that he was held for ransom and that he paid nearly half a million dollars for his freedom.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2013, AP, Beijing, China, Chinese, Chip Starnes, Coral Springs, Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, Miami, Mumbai, NBC, US, Vol 32 No 28 | July 6 - July 12

US boss held hostage by Beijing workers

June 27, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — An American executive said June 24 that he has been held hostage for four days at his medical supply plant in Beijing by scores of workers demanding severance packages like those given to 30 co-workers in a phased-out department.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Beijing June, China, Chinese, Chip Starnes, Christian Murck, Coral Springs, Florida-based Specialty Medical Supplies, India, Mumbai, Nolan Barkhouse, Vol 32 No 27 | June 29 - July 5

Ordinary people, extraordinary feats — This month’s book picks from the Northwest Asian Weekly

June 7, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Paper Daughter By Jeanette Ingold Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010 While her friends and classmates look forward to a summer filled with fun and relaxation, Maggie Chen is looking forward to a summer filled with hard work at her internship at the Seattle-area Herald newspaper. But along with excitement of […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Devi Maa, Gretel Ehrlich, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Maggie Chen, Mumbai, Norton Company, Pantheon Books, Seattle-area Herald, Throughout Paper Daughter, United States, Vol 32 No 24 | June 8 - June 14, japan

India’s secret executions raise concerns

March 2, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Nirmala George The Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — For 11 years, the family of a convicted terrorist waited and wondered about his fate as he sat on death row. Two weeks ago, they found out — from television. Mohammad Afzal Guru had been hanged in secrecy in a faraway jail in New […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Balwant Singh Rajoana, Harsh Mander, Hindustan Times, India, Khurram Parvez, Mohammad Afzal Guru, Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, Mumbai, New Delhi, Omar Abdullah, Prakash Singh Badal, President Pranab Mukherjee, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu, Vol 32 No 10 | March 2 - March 8, Yasin Guru, letter

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