OpinionLydia Polgreen

Indian immigrants in the United States have found success, and unexpected hostility.Credit...Miraj Patel for The New York Times

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By Lydia Polgreen

Opinion Columnist, reporting from Sugar Land, Texas

It was a joyous day, the fulfillment of a quarter-century of hard work and relentless fund-raising. Srinivasachary Tamirisa, a retired doctor living in Sugar Land, Texas, beamed with pride as his dream — to erect a statue of the Hindu deity Hanuman on the grounds of a temple he had helped found — came to life.

A helicopter circled overhead,........

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