Indians that make America great
Business Standard|December 24, 2024
The story of Indians in America is, by any measure, one of outstanding success.
SHYAM SARAN
Indians that make America great

Indians take vicarious pride in celebrating a Sundar Pichai heading Google or a Satya Nadella taking Microsoft into an AI-driven future. But Meenakshi Ahamed, herself an Indian American and an acclaimed author of a definitive book on India-US relations—A Matter of Trust—has now produced a pioneering study of the emergence of this remarkable cohort at the pinnacle of American industry, academia, politics, and government.

Her intimate profiles of some of the most successful Indian Americans, based on personal interviews and drawing upon her unmatched network in her adopted country, makes this book a must-read for anyone interested in the Indian diaspora. The Introduction has useful information about the Indian-American community, and this is followed by chapters divided into three sections, each profiling outstanding individuals in the "Techie," the "Healers," and the "Influencers" categories, respectively. The concluding chapter seeks to identify some of the attributes these individuals share and explore whether they contributed to their outstanding achievements.

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