India Currents

India Currents
Editor Jaya Padmanabhan
Frequency Monthly
Publisher Vandana Kumar
Unpaid circulation 32,000
Year founded 1987
First issue April 1987 (1987-04)
Country United States
Based in San Jose, California
Language English
ISSN 0896-095X

India Currents is, according to the San Jose Mercury News, "the oldest and largest Indian-American magazine on the West Coast" of the United States.[1]

It offers Northern California, Southern California, and Washington, D.C. editions, and is available online. As of 2011 it employed 6 full-time employees and distributed 32,000 free copies.[1] As of 2015, it reached 172,000 readers every month.[2]

It was launched in the San Francisco Bay Area in April 1987 by editor Arvind Kumar and publisher Ashok Jethanandani, with Vandana Kumar, who has been the editor since 2003.[3]

India Currents and its writers have received a variety of awards, including six awards at the 2014 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards.[2][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Fernandez, Lisa. "San Jose magazine tackles tough issues facing Indian-American community". San Jose Mercury News (April 6, 2011). Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "About India Currents". India Currents. Retrieved 2015-03-28.
  3. Roy-Chowdhury, Sandip (April 2012). "India Currents Celebrates 25 Years". New American Media. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
  4. "San Francisco Peninsula Press Club: 37th Annual Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards". San Francisco Peninsula Press Club. May 31, 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-15.

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