A recent incident at the University of Colorado, where Indian PhD scholars faced racist comments over the smell of palak ...

From a microwaved lunch of palak paneer to a $200,000 university settlement, “offensive smells” are often less about food — ...

After experiencing food-based discrimination over reheating palak paneer, Indian PhD students Aditya Prakash and Urmi ...

Heating palak paneer in a university microwave led to a discrimination complaint, a civil rights lawsuit, and a Rs 1.8 crore ...

Some prefer its palak to be silky smooth, others like a coarse blend of onion and tomato. Many choose to fry the paneer, some ...

What began as a routine lunch break for an Indian doctoral student at a U.S. university escalated into a civil rights lawsuit ...

What began as a food complaint on campus led to discrimination claims, a federal lawsuit, and a major settlement at a US ...

The couple filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for Colorado, accusing the university of discrimination based on culture and identity, retaliation, and withholding earned degrees. The complaint ...

Two Indian PhD scholars won a ₹1.8 crore settlement from a US university after alleging discrimination over reheating Indian food. Read the full story behind the case.

The lawsuit in question dates back to 2023, when Aditya Prakash, then a PhD scholar in the university’s Anthropology ...

In September 2025, the University of Colorado Boulder agreed to pay the couple $200,000 and confer on them the master’s ...

A dispute over the 'smell' of palak paneer at a US university led Indian PhD students to win a Rs 1.8 crore civil rights ...