Editor | Meera Kymal |
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Former editors | Srishti Prabha, Preeti Hay, Nirupama Vaidyanathan, Jaya Padmanabhan, Geetika Pathania Jain, Vidya Pradhan, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Arvind Kumar, Ashok Jethanandani, Vandana Kumar |
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Vandana Kumar |
Unpaid circulation | 32,000 |
Founded | 1987 |
First issue | April 1987 |
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]
Fully digital today, it earlier offered Northern California, Southern California, and Washington, D.C. editions, as well as online content. In 2011 it employed 6 full-time employees and distributed 32,000 free copies. [1] In 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 was editor in 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]