Markets sell spices and basmati rice in bulk.
Hindu music blares from video stores featuring the latest hits from India's thriving film industry. Jackson Heights, a bustling neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, captures much of the feel of distant Bombay. Many of the early immigrants were scientists and engineers, lured to the United States to fill Cold War demands. Most of them were also frustrated by social and economic conditions in India that made it difficult to succeed at home. Discuss this story with other people.