A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Life · Opinion · Pop Culture
Lia Last month I helped bring together an academic round table of Mutineers, contributors to the community, blog, and phenomenon that was Sepia Mutiny (sepiamutiny.com, 2004-2012). We gathered at 8:30[…]
The Price of Free premieres on YouTube globally on November 27 at 9:00am PT and will be free for all to view 24/7. The film opens with a raid. Activists[…]
Traditional culture and contemporary sensibilities collide to paint a picture of the complex experiences of three modern Indian women in the documentary film A Suitable Girl, screening this weekend at[…]
What I remember is that it was my first time on a movie set. A Drew Barrymore film. Hugh Grant was in it too. The year was 2007, and it[…]
Life · Politics · Pop Culture
The following piece is part of The Aerogram’s collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. * * *[…]
One of my aims in my latest trip to Kathmandu was to find a place where I could immerse myself in local culture, yet not be too far from the[…]
Arts · Fashion · Life · Pop Culture
Learn more about Nirja Desai’s Humans of Garba doodle series on Instagram. * * * Navratri is almost over. And we’ve probably seen these types of people at the garba[…]
It can be hard to wrap our heads around the complexity that is South Asian America. We are refugees and model minorities, third generation Americans and people without papers. Thankfully,[…]
A plate of samosas sits in front of me. Steam coils in wisps above the coffee cup dissipating into nothingness. Nursery rhymes play on a loop on my phone. Sahana[…]
The following piece is part of The Aerogram’s collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. * * *[…]
