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According to 2010 Census release by The U.S. Census Bureau shows the Asian population grew faster than any other race group over the last decade. The Asian population grew by 43.3 percent at a faster rate than the total U.S. population, which increased by 9.7 percent from 2000 to 2010.

Asians Represent More Than 50 Percent of the Population in Hawaii

Pooja Sankar is an IIT'ian and Stanford graduate who founded Piazza so every student can have that opportunity to learn from his/her classmates. An idea (a phenomenon actually!!) conceived in 2009 by a shy girl from a small town in India has seen explosive growth.

Today in spotlight is Indians for Collective Action, oldest south asian non-profit in bay area that nurtures social activists, spawned numerous initiatives including Asha for Education and Foundation for Excellence, and supported innovative community-led development projects in over 20 states of India and disbursing over $5.0 million .

As the price of gold surges, criminals take note of cultural traditions

Today in spotlight is The 1947 Partition Archive, a non-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving and sharing eye witness accounts from all communities affected by the South Asian independence movement and the Partition of British India in 1947 through oral history collection.

Narpat Bhandari is one of those successful emigrants from India who achieved success in his ventures abroad. He has 30 patents and papers in the field of semiconductors, software and High Definition Television (HDTV); chaired professorial position at University of California in Santa Cruz; amongst the top 10 Indian Americans honored by NFIA; founded many successful start-ups & non-profit called The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE). He is now CEO of Global School of Silicon Valley. Get to know Narpat Bhandari as he talks to our team on all things bay.

Police are asking for the public's help in their search for a 15-year-old Mission San Jose High School junior who went missing after she went for a walk around Lake Elizabeth on Sunday night. Miloshi Mehta was last seen Sunday night leaving Red Hawk Terrace.

Family members believe she may have taken BART to downtown San Francisco or the airport to meet in person with a man she met online.

Anamika Khanna, a British-born, lawyer-turned-mother-turned-chef & partner of Kasa Eatery in San Francisco. Anamika's been cooking Indian food since she was a little girl growing up in London and India, Kasa is her vision of Indian food with a broader audience.  They have got accolades from local media and numerous awards. She has also written a children's book  “The Mischievous Monkey ”, teaches cooking classes in SF and a good poker player.

Today in spotlight is Home of Hope, Inc., a non-profit committed to the cause of children. A destitute orphan child, through no fault of his own, is one who is not receiving the basic necessities of life - food, clothing, shelter, and education. This is the kind of child Home of Hope wants to give hope to.

Farhana Huq started her own organization called C.E.O. Women that allows  immigrant and refugee women become more self-sufficient by teaching them how to start their own business and learning vocational English as a second language (ESL) courses.