The Washington Post article is titled - A New View of Kenya's 'Asians' - East Indians, Who Shunned Spotlight, Featured in Museum Exhibit.

This article is a report on the "The Asian African Heritage Exhibition" currently being held at the "National Museum of Kenya". The Indian community in Kenya started their journey in the 19th century as indentured laborers under the British. Despite the prejudice that the community continually faces, it is very successful and today own a number of the bigger companies in Kenya. For the detailed article: click here.

The MSNBC article is titled - "From ‘Little India’ to Washington " - Asian Indians in U.S. begin testing the political waters

This article is part of a series that MSNBC is featuring on India and Indians. This is in the context of American president Bill Clinton's visit to India this weekend. Again the article traces the origins of the community to its prsent day avatar. The Indian community in the US is much younger than the one in Kenya, with most of the emigration to the US happening only since the middlle of the nineteen sixties. Unlike the Indians in Kenya, most of the immigrants to the US start with good education, and typically continue for a higher education and then settle comfortably to a good job. The article also comments on the wealth of this community, and of late of its political aspirations.
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- nriol.com report