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editions, as well as online content. In 2011 it employed 6 full-time employees and distributed 32,000 free copies. In 2015, it reached 172,000 readers every month. It was launched in the San Francisco Bay Area in April 1987 by editor Arvind Kumar and publisher Ashok Jethanandani, with Vandana Kumar, who was editor in 2003. ''India Currents'' and its writers have received a variety of awards, including six awards at the 2014 Greater Bay Area Journalism Awards.

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* Asian-American magazines Cultural magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1987 Magazines published in the San Francisco Bay Area Mass media in San Jose, California Monthly magazines published in the United States Indian diaspora mass media Indian-American culture in California {{culture-mag-stub