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Nisha Gurung from Nepal is a waitress at Al-Naimat, a Pakistani restaurant, in Jackson Heights, Queens. She was a business major in a college in Utah before coming to New York seven months ago. Bhrikuti Rai has more on how international students like Gurung make a living in the US and what they hope to achieve.

From classroom to waiting tables

Last Saturday I went to my friend Echo’s place for dinner and watched her make a mean shrimp pie. We washed it all down with two bottles of wine.

Food and conversation at Echo's place

The terrorist attack two weeks ago in lower Manhattan has raised a new scrutiny towards an immigration program known as the diversity visa lottery – a nearly 30-year old program aimed at allowing immigrants from a wide range of countries to come to the United States. The suspect in the terror attack came to the US from Kazakhastan through the same program. Now others who came through the same program are worried. Bhrikuti Rai has more.

Ticket to the United States

HOST INTRO: Getting people to care about causes can be difficult. It becomes even more complex if the issue affects people in another country. A humanitarian aid organization wants to change that with the help of technology. Bhrikuti Rai has more.