The first thing I asked Frank Islam when I met him at his luxury suite in a seven-star hotel in Delhi was about his family's ancestral home in Azamgarh. At the risk of sounding parochial, there was an immediate kinship with the 63-year-old, also a fellow Azmi. He belonged to my neighbouring village in Azamgarh, the constituency of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav. But Azamgarh ought to be famous for far bigger reasons - as the land of Shibli Nomani who set up the iconic Shibli … [Read more...]
Articles
Frank blogs regularly for the Huffington Post and writes occasional columns and articles for publications such as the International Business Times and The Economic Times of India.
Frank writes on a wide variety of topics that are critical to shaping the future of America and the American dream and to making the United States and the world a better place. These include: Business; education; poverty and inequality; politics and public policy; immigration; manufacturing; innovation; leadership; citizenship; and social commentary.
Frank’s most recent blogs are highlighted on this page. To read other blogs or articles by Frank, click on the categories or publications links on the left.
Hillary Clinton will make India an indispensable partner.
One of the most influential Americans of Indian origin, Dr. Frank F. Islam is a very close friend of president Obama, campaigner and fundraiser of the presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In 2015 he was conferred the prestigious Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Award for International Service. As the American Presidential race intensifies and Donald Trupm’s notoriety reaches far ends of the globe with many viewing him as an inevitable calamity while others of his own ilk holding havans for … [Read more...]
One should not over-estimate the influence and importance of Trump: Frank F. Islam over US presidential elections
No matter whom wins in November the voice of the populist and the concerns of the “average American” will be more central to public policy-making and laws going forward --- Frank F. Islam New Delhi / Washington DC, May 4, 2016: "One should not over-estimate the influence and importance of Donald Trump. There is no question that his excessive rhetoric and attacks on individuals and groups have tarnished the image of the U.S. internationally and with many Americans as well," says … [Read more...]
America’s Economic Dilemma: All Big Business Present But Not All Accounted For
For a large part of the 20th century, the fate and fortune of American big business and its “average citizens” were intertwined. In the 21st century, they are almost completely disconnected. Among the primary reasons for this disconnection are major corporations: offshoring millions of what were good paying American jobs through a process euphemistically called “globalization.” reducing the size of their incumbent workforce significantly through means such as organizational streamlining, … [Read more...]
Interview with Frank Islam by trade fair times
It is in best interest of Indian Americans to vote for Clinton: ‘Hillblazer’ Frank Islam
WASHINGTON, DC: Since they began actively participating in US politics in the 1990s, the Indian American community has come a long way, as the number of key officeholders it has produced nationwide in the past decade indicates: two governors, two members of Congress, and more than a dozen state legislators. In the past few years, Indian Americans have also opened their wallet generously to contribute money to campaigns, ranging from grassroots level to presidential ones. Besides donating … [Read more...]
The Cure for a Sluggish Economy: More Entrepreneurial and Small Business Support
Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the United States increased by 2.4% in 2015. The Bureau of Economic Analysis’ advanced estimate of GDP for the first quarter of 2016 released on April 28 was an increase of 0.5 percent following an increase of 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015. While these are positive numbers in the aggregate, for the past 15 month the United States economy has been sluggish and appears to be moving into the economic doldrums. Even though the U.S. … [Read more...]
Immigration as contributor to economic growth, development in crisis.
This month world finance leaders huddled in Washington under the banner of IMF-World Bank Spring meetings. Two challenges that were at the top of the discussion agenda for the meetings were the sluggish global economic recovery and the epic humanitarian catastrophe of migration with more than 60 million people currently struggling to survive after forced displacements. Despite a range of measures adopted by the major Western economies, the world economic outlook remains tepid. Even record low … [Read more...]
Hillary will Take Relationship with India to Next Height
FRANK F ISLAM, a great entrepreneur in America, philanthropist, civic and thought leader who was in India to deliver convocation speech at AMU as chief guest and to receive the degree of Doctor of Literature (LittD). In an interview with MOHAMMAD NAUSHAD KHAN on the ongoing US elections, he said Hillary Clinton has the right stuff in terms of experience and the domestic policy and international relations. She is a great friend and ally of India and she will take the relationship to the next … [Read more...]
The 2016 Populist Uprising in Perspective: Part 1 – The Nature of Populism Today
No matter the final results of the presidential elections in November, 2016 will be forever known as the year of the uprising of the populists in both political parties. {We examine what that uprising means in detail in this series of four blogs. In this first blog we look at the nature of populism today. In the next three blogs we will look at: the development of the populist brands over time; the history of populism in the United States; and, the prospects for the future of populism … [Read more...]