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Tag Archives: Indian-American

Mixed Indian Baby Names

Note: I’m Indian-American and have two half-Hmong-American boys, Kai and Ajay, so I’ve spent way too much time thinking about this very niche issue, even making two top-10 lists of all the baby boy names we considered. Hope this helps someone! Easy to pronounce in all languages. Meaningful in a native language. Here are myContinue reading “Mixed Indian Baby Names”

Posted byNeil ThanedarJanuary 7, 2022January 8, 2022Posted inNotesTags:Indian-American, Random

I am an American.

I am an American. I was born on May 18, 1988, in St. Louis, Missouri. I became a father for the first time this week. My son Kai is one of our newest Americans. My father is an American. He became a US citizen the year I was born. He was born in a villageContinue reading “I am an American.”

Posted byNeil ThanedarFebruary 3, 2017January 7, 2022Posted inEssaysTags:Activism, Indian-American, Politics

Take Down This Flag

When I was two years old, my parents bought their first home in America. For two immigrants from India, this action epitomized the ‘American Dream’ that was promised to them a decade earlier when my father left his homeland with just $20 + a scholarship to a US PhD program to his name. To celebrateContinue reading “Take Down This Flag”

Posted byNeil ThanedarJune 27, 2015January 7, 2022Posted inEssaysTags:Activism, Indian-American, Politics
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