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The Indian Panorama is a labor of love for its Founding Editor and Publisher, Prof Indrajit Singh Saluja. The weekly paper is also an expression of his love for India as well as a platform to project the rich South Asian culture and how our successful community has made a place in the melting pot of America.
Started 18 years ago from New York, The Indian Panorama is a premier English weekly newspaper. It serves mainly the Indian community in the New York tristate area and Dallas-Fort Worth, from where it has an edition. Its digital edition, of course, reaches the Indian diaspora in the US as well as Indian readers wherever they live.
The Indian Panorama has been a leading Indian community paper in the USA. Its editorial content is a reader-friendly mix of community news, as well as Indian and American current affairs news and commentary.
‘Ever Truthful’ is the paper’s motto as displayed on its masthead. Which means, as long as The Indian Panorama is helmed by Prof Saluja, neither fear nor favor can interfere with its editorial policy and choice of news stories.
The Indian Panorama and Prof Indrajit Saluja have become synonymous in the eyes of the reading public. He is not only an eminent editor, but he has also emerged as a community leader. He has been able to work closely with the Indian Consulate in New York and the Permanent Mission of India to take their voice to his readers, and take his readers’ concerns and issues to the Indian authorities.
Even as he is considered a leader by his own community, the Sikhs, he has built enduring relationships with organizations and people identifying with other religions and regions of India. To top it all, he is sought after by American politicians and leaders as well.
Prof. Saluja also writes in Hindi and Punjabi, and has launched newspapers in these languages from New York. A pleasing personality blessed with the gift of the gab, he has also hosted talk shows on major South Asian TV channels and gets invited as a keynote speaker at conferences and major events.
Indefatigable, energetic, and unputdownable, Prof Saluja’s spirit and intensity of work are undimmed by his years. He tries to be ahead of the curve, as he displayed by making The Indian Panorama digital before Covid taught that lesson to other publishers.
‘Professor’ that prefaces his name is not an appellation. He taught English Literature for 40 years in leading colleges in India. Having educated, lived, and worked in various states of India rounded out his personality. Even before coming to America, he founded and published for many years a prominent monthly magazine titled ‘Punjab Beat’.
Prof Saluja and The Indian Panorama have been appreciated, commended, and honored by many institutions, organizations and individuals. Last year, he was felicitated with the ‘Jewel of India’ award.
