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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | India-West Publications, Inc. |
| Publisher | Ramesh Murarka |
| Editor | Bina Murarka |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | San Leandro, California |
| ISSN | 0883-721X |
| OCLC number | 42647750 |
| Website | www |
India-West is an Indian American newspaper based in Northern California. Founded in 1975 as a monthly publication, it switched to a weekly format in 1978, and went fully digital in 2022.[1][2]
At its peak, it was one of the two leading Indian American newspapers, alongside India Abroad.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Co-founders Ramesh and Bina Murarka have been the publisher and editor for over four decades.[2][9]
Headquartered in San Leandro, California, it also once operated bureaus in Los Angeles and Mumbai.
The paper has received dozens of ethnic media awards.[10][11][12][13]
- ^ Murarka, Ramesh (June 1, 1978). "India-West To Become A Weekly In August". India-West. p. 2 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b "Paper offers news of India to immigrants". The Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. Associated Press. June 23, 1985. pp. 4B.
- ^ Parekh, Bhikhu; Singh, Gurharpal; Vertovec, Steven (September 2, 2003). Culture and Economy in the Indian Diaspora. Routledge. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-134-49052-3.
India Abroad, published in New York City, is one of two major Indian immigrant news weeklies in the US. The other, India West, is published on the West Coast.
- ^ Bayor, Ronald H. (July 22, 2011). Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans [4 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 996. ISBN 979-8-216-11993-7.
- ^ Rangaswamy, Padma (2000). Namaste America: Indian Immigrants in an American Metropolis. Penn State Press. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-271-04349-4.
- ^ Jacob, Varughese (November 1, 2017). Counseling Asian Indian Immigrant Families: A Pastoral Psychotherapeutic Model. Springer. p. 24. ISBN 978-3-319-64307-6.
- ^ Kurien, Prema A. (October 2003). "To Be or Not to Be South Asian: Contemporary Indian American Politics". Journal of Asian American Studies. 6 (3): 261–288. doi:10.1353/jaas.2004.0020. ISSN 1096-8598.
- ^ The State of Asian Pacific America: Policy Issues to the Year 2020. A Public Policy Report (Report). LEAP Asian Pacific American Public Policy Institute and University of California at Los Angeles Asian American Studies Center. 1993. p. 284. ISBN 0-934052-22-0.
Community newspapers such as India West and India Abroad…carry some news of all the South Asian communities
- ^ Newspaper data book : Encyclopedia of the Newspaper Industry. Irvine, California: Editor & Publisher. 2016. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-930732-65-0.
- ^ "Awards Honor Excellence in Ethnic Media". AsianWeek. January 26, 2006. p. 21.
- ^ "India-West Wins NCM Award". India-West. September 13, 2002. pp. A1 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "India-West Wins Two Awards". India-West. October 31, 2003. pp. A1 – via ProQuest.
India-West reporters Ashfaque Swapan and Rupal Shah are among the winners of this year's New California Media Awards, dubbed 'the ethnic Pulitzers' by 'The News Hour With Jim Lehrer.' The paper has won 19 journalism awards to date, more than any other Indian American publication.
- ^ "Awards". India-West. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011.