Stories from 2017
10 stories written or posted in 2017, newest first.
2017
India Home stories
Columbia University’s Exceeding Expectations project honors India Home’s Chandrakant Sheth
Rosa Mendonza is singing. The 86 year old doesn’t speak much English, so she decides to sing instead.
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Sixty-six and still a caregiver: Bharti Parikh faces the future
By all accounts, Bharti Parikh, 66, has led an exciting life.
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India Home’s Nargis Ahmed wins the AARP Community Hero Award
India Home’s Dilafroz Nargis Ahmed has won AARP’s Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community Hero Award.
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Putul Chanda: The Journey Before Jamaica – Part 2
Garima Bakshi, a student with NYU’s journalism program, wrote an article that chronicled our member, Putul Chanda, a senior from Bangladesh and our center in Jamaica, known as the Desi Senior Center.
Member stories
Putul Chanda: The Journey Before Jamaica – Part 1
Garima Bakshi, a student with NYU’s journalism program, wrote an article that chronicled two things: our member, Putul Chanda, a senior from Bangladesh; and our center in Jamaica, known as the Desi Senior Center.
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India Home featured in Feet in Two Worlds podcast
Last year India Home was approached by John Rudolf, the Executive Producer of the Feet In Two Worlds podcast. The podcast is a project of the Center for New York City Affairs housed at the New School.
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The Colors of Memory: India Home plays Holi
Whenever I think of Holi and our seniors, rangeen is a word that comes to mind. In Hindi it means “colorful” — and it’s often applied to describe not just things, but attitudes.
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India Home wins a Communities of Color Non-Profit Stabilization Fund award
India home is happy to announce that we have been selected to receive a grant from the Communities of Color Nonprofit Stabilization Fund (CCNSF).
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Our members star in AARP-AAPI Community’s Valentine’s Day video and campaign
A fit older man in a dapper suit suit turns to his wife and sings a few lines from a romantic song in Hindi, ” Life is nothing but your story and mine,” he croons.
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White House Initiative for AAPI brings Government Agencies to Listen to Elders’ Concerns
Everett Lo leads the Regional Network for the White House Initiative of Asian American Pacific Islander that has over 33 agencies under it’s purview.
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