By Rishika Tipparti graduate student killed in January 2023 by a speeding Seattle Police officer, who was going 74 mph in a residential area. He later mocked her worth, stating that she had “limited value” and that the city would need to “just write a check” to make up for her untimely killing. For many, this story was just another fleeting headline, quickly buried in the endless scroll of trending topics – if recognized at all. For many Indian Americans like me, however, eve

By Rishika Tipparti The world seemed to shatter when I heard about Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old Indian graduate student killed in January 2023 by a speeding Seattle Police officer, who was going 74 mph in a residential area. He later mocked her worth, stating that she had “limited value” and that the city would need to “just write a check” to make up for her untimely killing. For many, this story was just another fleeting headline, quickly buried in the endless scroll of t