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Muslims, Hindus Make Beautiful Punk Music Together

M. Morris — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:45:40 CST

From the basement of a middle-class home west of Boston, the Kominas have helped launch an unlikely trend. A son of Indian immigrants, trained in classical violin and raised on traditional Punjab music, the 25-year-old electric guitarist Arjun Ray is getting his three Pakistani-American bandmates in sync, with the goal...

Forget Soccer Moms— Meet Ping-Pong Parents

Harry Kimball — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:38:20 CST

Good old-fashioned American sports parenting meets immigrant drive at the India Community Center in the Silicon Valley town of Milpitas, Calif., which is churning out the country’s best young ping-pong players. Top coaches from India and China are schooling the children of high-tech workers who know the drill for succeeding...

Asian Boy Bias Skewing US Birth Stats

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:11:07 CDT

Many Asian American parents' strong bias for sons is beginning to emerge in US birth statistics, reports the New York Times . Chinese, Korean and Indian immigrant families are more likely to abort female embryos and use in-vitro fertilization to have a treasured boy, particularly after the first or second daughter,...

US Immigration Slows, Delaying Minorities' Rise

Clay Dillow — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:14:58 CDT

Immigration laws and the recession have slowed the growth of America’s immigrant populations, delaying the date when minorities will become the majority by as much as 10 years, the AP reports. Estimates had pointed to 2042, but it now could be another decade as growth slowed from 4% in 2001...