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Fatal kindness in Pittsburgh: The global shadow of violence against Indians abroad
Rakesh Ehagaban’s killing in the U.S. spotlights rising attacks on Indians overseas amid growing xenophobia and weak government response
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R Suryamurthy - Tue, 07, Oct 2025
- 13:05 EDT
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When Rakesh Ehagaban stepped out of his Pittsburgh motel on the afternoon of Oct. 3, it was out of habit—the reflex of a man who solved problems quietly, every day. Moments later, he was dead.
The 51-year-old manager, an Indian-origin immigrant who had lived in Pennsylvania for years, was shot at point-blank range after asking a motel guest if he was all right. His words—“Are you alright, bud?”—have since become a grim epitaph for a diaspora increasingly caught in the crossfire of gun culture, racial hostility, and economic discontent.
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