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Op-ed on secure scheduling

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Sejal Parikh Special to Northwest Asian Weekly Imagine getting a text at 5:11 a.m. instructing you that you had just been added to the work schedule and were expected to be on the job at 6:30 a.m. Imagine trying to raise a child when both you and your spouse don’t find out until Thursday […]

Filed Under: Commentaries Tagged With: Darrion Sjoquist, India, Northwest Asian Weekly, Retail Association, Seattle City Council, Sejal Parikh, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, Working Washington

Business owners honored

May 25, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) named Chaitra Vedullapalli, cofounder of Seattle-based Meylah, as the 2016 Small Business Advocate of the Year winner. Dr. Yogesh “Yogi” Agrawal of Sequoia Scientific, Inc., in Bellevue, won the 2016 Small Business Exporter of the Year. They were honored, among others, at a celebration on May 4 at the […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: American Dream, Bangalore University, Calvin Goings, Chaitra Vedullapalli, India, Seattle-based Meylah, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27, Yogesh Agrawal

Pakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Zarar Khan Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) – A bombing on Easter Sunday killed 65 people in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that was crowded with Christians, including many children. A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group claimed responsibility. Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the Associated Press that a […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Asim Saleem Bajwa, Associated Press, Deeba Shahnaz, External Affairs, Haider Ashraf, India, National Security Council, Pakistani Taliban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Raheel Sharif, Salman Rafiq, Shahbaz Sharif, Tariq Mustapha, United States, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, Zaeem Qadri

Book recommendations

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When she was 7 years old and living in Kolkata, India, Callie Hansen would have nightmares about fighting against evil demons. They were so realistic, she nearly lost her mind, so she and her family moved to Seattle. The nightmares stopped, but when she turned 17, they returned.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2015, Callie Hansen, England, Hindu Goddess Kali, India, John Teddy, Mexico City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sabina Khan, Samantha Pak, Seattle, Yaturo Hitari

Nod to India’s female lawmakers highlights how few there are

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — What was meant as a gesture of respect toward women ended up reminding India that it needed to improve female representation in politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for only female lawmakers to address the Indian parliament on International Women’s Day included silence — because there […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Afghanistan, Associated Press, India, International Women, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Reservation Bill, Shatabdi Roy, Shiv Sena, Sonia Gandhi, Sreemathi Teacher, Trinamool Congress, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18, West Bengal

Teen from India who survived acid attack finds new life in Ohio

March 12, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

CINCINNATI (AP) — A woman from India maimed by an acid attack as a 13-year-old found both medical treatment and a new family in Ohio. The 2011 crime in Prerna Gandhi’s hometown of Rohtak in the Indian state of Haryana left severe burns over 40 percent of her body, including the right side of her […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Anisha Singh, Ann Schwentker, Blue Ash, Cincinnati Enquirer, During Gandhi, Graci Doll, India, Mount Notre Dame High School, Prerna Gandhi, Scott Doll, Vol 35 No 11 | March 12 - March 18

Chinese celebrities warned not to mix with exiled Tibetans

March 6, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Louise Watt Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media have criticized celebrities for attending an event in northeastern India with members of the Tibetan government-in-exile, adding to Chinese authorities’ warnings that actors and singers must “serve the people and socialism.” An article on China Tibet Online last week that was widely carried by […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Associated Press, Beijing, Bodh Gaya, Central Tibetan Administration, China Tibet Online, Chinese, Faye Wong, Gyalwang Karmapa, Hong Kong, Hu Jun, India, Jamphel Shonu, Karma Namgyal, Tibetan Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhists, Tony Leung, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, commentary

Japanese curry is the answer! (to retirement)

March 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When former Port of Seattle CEO Tay Yoshitani called me about his new restaurant, my first reaction was, “Why?” Then, “What’s the name? Where?”

Filed Under: Food, Publisher Ng's blog Tagged With: 2016, Assunta Ng, Expeditors International, Hurry Curry, India, Iron Chef, Japan America Society, Los Angeles, One Chinese, One Japanese American, Port Blakely, Port of Seattle, Seattle Foundation, Several Asians, South Lake Union, Tokyo Curry, Uwajimaya, Vol 35 No 10 | March 5 - March 11, attention

Oregon aviation firm tackling its first project in India

February 28, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Greg Stiles Mail Tribune MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Erickson, an American aircraft manufacturing and operating company based in Oregon, is gearing up for its first project in India, where they’ve signed a deal to install nearly 160 power transmission towers. In typical Erickson fashion, the project is in a remote region fraught with challenges […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2016, Andy Mills, Beas River, China, India, Jhelum River, MEDFORD, Mail Tribune, Middle Himalayas, Pakistan, Pir Panjal, S64 Aircrane, Silk Road, Sterlite Grid Ltd, Sterlite Technologies, Three Erickson, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, Zaskar Range

Suicide of student triggers protests over castes in southern India

January 30, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students on Jan. 19 angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his university in the southern tech-hub of Hyderabad. The protesters accused Hyderabad University’s vice chancellor along with a federal minister of unfairly […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2016, Bandaru Dattatreya, Education Ministry, Hyderabad University, India, Rohith Vemula, TV, Vol 35 No 5 | January 30 - February 5, attention, letter

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