The Onam celebrations were attended by the diaspora from across the four corners of India who were left mesmerised by the Mega Thiruvathira, Keralanadanam and the beats of Chenda melam.
HAF described the advertisement as “racist, un-American, anti-Indian profiling/trolling” by a federal agency and said it should “shock our nation’s collective conscience”.
Patel’s death has left his family, friends and colleagues facing the loss of a man whose final journey home was meant to be an ordinary part of his day.