The literary world, as well as the international immigrant community, lost a powerful voice last month with the death of Bharati Mukherjee, an Indian born writer whose novels explored the complex realities of the immigrant experience. She died in Manhattan, New York at the age...
U.S. immigration law provides an 'alphabet soup' of visa options to brings in foreign workers to fill a virtually limitless range of positions in the United States. The Murthy Law Firm, has helped everyone from physicians and tech workers to kung fu masters and experts...
When Jan Koum and his mother immigrated to San Francisco from their native Ukraine in the mid 1990s to escape a growing wave of anti-Semitism, they strove to build a life for themselves in an unfamiliar country. Koum struggled to fit in among his high...
Immigration is a frequent headline topic. It is presented as a problem to be fixed - whether the broken bureaucracy on one side or a dilution of cultural identity on the other. Discussions often are heated and viewpoints divisive. These are arguments dating back to...
In 1965, the U.S. Congress passed a landmark law known as the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The law served as an overhaul to existing immigration policy that had been in place since the 1920s, much of which relied on xenophobic concepts such as national...
The year is 1994. There is no World Series because major league baseball players are on strike. O.J. Simpson is arrested for murder. Forrest Gump delights movie audiences. And the Murthy Law Firm opens its doors for business and launches murthy.com.For a knowledge-based entity such...
Particularly at this time of year, it is customary to offer wishes for peace on Earth. But the wish is feeble if we do not share in the work it takes to bring about peace and, perhaps, a little joy. This is difficult when there...
The holidays are a magical time of year when we relax with friends and family, enjoy fellowship around a delicious meal, and give thanks for all of our blessings in life. But amidst the excitement and revelry of the season, it is important to remember...
In January 2013, a withered mummy hand arrived at Los Angeles International Airport. It looked as though it would fit right in on the set of a horror movie, and its importer tried to pass it off as a movie prop worth only $66. But...
Of all the holidays acknowledged and celebrated in the United States of America, Thanksgiving is the one which, perhaps, can most easily be embraced by all who live here - wherever their origins, whatever their beliefs.Most countries or cultures have a harvest festival in their...
