In 1968, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, our mother’s car broke down. She was new to the area, having recently immigrated from India, and decided to walk to a phone booth and look up the most common Indian name she could think of: “Patel”. There were two listed – she picked the first. Only Mr. Patel wasn’t home. His roommate, Mr. Gupta,...

When Sanjay and Suneel Gupta visited the Iggy studios to talk about their joint project, the Kahani movement, we thought it would be good to get the brothers to play a little word association game. Ice-breakers are always goofy fun, but the great relationship between these siblings lead to so much teasing, joking, fun childhood stories, embarrassing teenage stories...this was the...

In India's last election, 420 million people voted. As the world's largest democracy, India has an enormous potential to shape the world. We ask neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta, and his brother Sunnel (a director at Mozilla Labs) about their personal trips back to India, the rapid changes affecting all sectors of that countries economy and culture, and how the Mumbai attacks differed...

Healthcare in America. Everyone agrees that it is a mess, but a solution remains elusive. As President Obama forges ahead anyway, we ask Dr. Sanjay Gupta to explain why healthcare reform is critical. As the doctor clearly and succinctly answered, we couldn't help thinking he would have made an incredible Surgeon General. When Obama asked him, he said no. Why did...

Sanjay Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon, CNN's chief medical correspondent, a professor, a columnist for Time magazine, and those are just the more prominent occupations. Most people only get one. We asked the good doctor about his career path -- the first step, it seems, is to skip college and go directly to medical school. We also talk to his younger-by-10-years...

It’s the question desi kids tussle with regularly: love marriages or arranged? With Suneel’s wedding on the horizon, we asked the Gupta brothers for their thoughts… and received a few VERY unexpected responses!

Also, read Suneel’s personal essay on the importance of family memories: “Why Kahani?”

We turned the tables on the Gupta brothers, founders of the Kahani Movement, to get their personal immigrant stories. And in the process found out why other people's family stories are just so endlessly fascinating. The brothers were born in the U.S. but "lived in 1960s India even though it was 1980s United States". Their mom moved to the U.S. for...

The Gupta brothers launched the Kahani movement to capture stories about the immigrant experience. How did 9/11 affect immigration? Do such events linger in the collective consciousness of a community? When things got tough, (“adversity is a comment thread” in the stories they heard) why didn’t immigrants go back? In an increasingly boundary-less world, the Guptas aim to preserve the quickly...

A practicing neurosurgeon, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, a neurology professor, a columnist for Time magazine… Sanjay Gupta is all of these and a few more. How does an Indian kid succeed in America? We talk to Sanjay and his accomplished brother Suneel (younger by 10 years) about their family, what they faced growing up, sticking out as the “Indian kid” eating...

No one can knock you down a peg or ten like family, especially if it’s your brother. High-profile super-achievers turn out to be bossy older brothers, and confident young whizzes transform into snotty kids cooped-up in the backseat. Despite their claim of having only one argument, ever, Sanjay and Suneel Gupta’s conversation about their sibling relationship soon unraveled into a charmingly...