India-West, also known as "India-West Publications, Inc.", is a newspaper that serves the Indian-American

Indian American

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 population of the United States, with special emphasis on California

California

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. It focuses on issues that relate to, or affect the Indian-American

Indian American

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 community. Its head office is located in San Leandro, California

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, in the San Francisco Bay Area

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. It also operates a Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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 bureau (based in Artesia, California

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) and bureau in Mumbai

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, India

India

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. Its weekly circulation is approximately 25,000.

Awards

Reporters and columnists for India-West have won more than two dozen awards since 1989. These include the 2004 Society of Professional Journalists

Society of Professional Journalists

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 (Northern California chapter) Excellence in Journalism (Opinion, Print) award to Swetha Iyengar for her columns commenting on the second generation Indian American experience. India-West staff have also won several awards from New America Media

New America Media

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(formerly called New California Media), and numerous awards from South Asian community or South Asian professional associations. India-West has also received awards for work by its publisher.