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A 30-year-old Texas businessman and owner of Boundaries Coffee in suburban Dallas, Daniel Keene, faced severe backlash after posting a video on X in early September showing a local Ganesh Chaturthi procession. In the now-deleted post, he criticised Indian immigrants and called for ending H-1B visas, stating, "We have to cancel the H-1Bs. I want my kids to grow up in America. Not India." The post went viral, leading to his expulsion from his church and gym, significant business losses, and alleged extortion threats. Despite the controversy, Keene remains unapologetic, claiming his intent was to highlight the policy's real-world impact....

VIDEOThe sparks flew during this interview in Davos between an India Today journalist and an Indian economist. However, it was hard (at least for an American) to pay attention due to the incredibly DIVERTING moving graphics going on all around them. Do people in India have a different attention filter than Americans because those graphics were making me dizzy? Yeah, we have moving graphics on American TV but not so annoyingly overwhelming as they seem to have in India. One thing that stood out for me in this interview was the way the economist pronounced "Tik-Tok." Even the flashy graphics...

While the media was focused on the ongoing civil war in Libya, they let one of their favorite targets slip under the radar. Sarah Palin on Sunday gave a much-anticipated speech in India, fueling more Presidency speculation here in DC. Unlike most of Palin’s speeches, which are filled with slogans and clichés, this one had far more substance. She used her speech mainly to illustrate the deep ties the United States and India share and to outline a vision of America that encourages entrepreneurship, free markets and limited government. Throughout her speech, she cited examples of how her belief in...

There will be a worldwide live stream of this weekends India Today Conclave including Governor Sarah Palins much anticipated speech there. Governor Palin is scheduled to speak at 8PM Saturday March 19 New Delhi time . I believe that converts to 10:30am US Eastern time. If this is wrong, please feel free to make the necessary correction. You can view the speech here: http://conclave.intoday.in/conclave-2011.html

The jokes are already flying as Sarah Palin prepares to embark on a trip to India later this month, and more are surely to come. Will she rock a sari? Perhaps guest star in a Bollywood movie? Or bathe in the Ganges for a photo op? Palin has been invited to give the keynote address, "My Vision of America," at the two-day India Today conclave in New Delhi, an event hosted annually by the magazine since 2002. The March 18-19 event is sponsored by global business heavyweight Aditya Birla Group, a billion-dollar metals company, along with a bevy of industry...