Immigrants from South Asia believe they’ve found the best of East meets West in the suburbs of Dallas, which had the largest Asian growth rate of any major U.S. metro area last decade.
No, this is not a scene in India, where cricket became a national obsession after arriving on the wings of British colonialism. Try North Texas, where Friday Night Lights have made way for weekend afternoons on the pitch.
Immigrants from South Asia believe they’ve found the best of East meets West in Frisco and other Dallas suburbs. They’re living a new and improved American dream, with access to their preferred houses of worship, authentic food and a community radio station. But the dream also comes with painful realities about racism, pressure to balance two cultures and the mental health challenges of finding your way in an unfamiliar world.
New housing and schools soon followed. Laxmi Tummala, trustee and temple secretary, is also a realtor. Many of her clients settle for less just to live nearby. Azfar Saeed, the center’s president, remembers that nearly two decades ago only 15 people came to pray in a 400-square-foot shopping center suite on any given day.
The incident caught the attention of people in India thanks to social media. South Asian groups here attended meetings with local law enforcement. As the area population has grown, so has Radio Azad’s listenership, which numbers in the hundreds of thousands.
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