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Movies · Opinion · Pop Culture · TV
Viewers of last night’s episode of The Simpsons noticed that the show’s writers responded to critics of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, including one critic who made a film about Apu. Comedian Hari Kondabolu’s[…]
One particular group of Americans has been dominating the Scripps National Spelling Bee, comprising 18 of the last 22 national winners, winning every year since 2008, and co-championing (due to[…]
Movies · Opinion · Pop Culture
Saw Black Panther, crushed intensely on Lupita Nyong’o and Danai Gurira, generally lusted after the jewelry worn by various characters, and had some thoughts. There may be spoilers below so[…]
Hindi film Pad Man is based on the true story of Arunachalam Muruganantham, an Indian man credited with assembling a low cost sanitary pad manufacturing machine. It’s also Akshay Kumar’s fourth[…]
Movies · Music · Pop Culture
Basmati Blues starring Brie Larson, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Donald Sutherland premiered on February 9 through video on demand and limited theatrical release in the United States. The musical film was[…]
Movies · Pop Culture · TV
This year marks the fifth anniversary of Ada Tseng’s interview series Haikus with Hotties, which celebrates the hotness of Asian men, and has been accompanied by a calendar since 2016.[…]
Life · Movies · Pop Culture
This year, The Aerogram is restarting its collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. To kick things off,[…]
Food · Literature · Movies
In the West, “Indian food” for those who did not grow up eating it, either in their own homes or in the homes of friends and family, seems to mean[…]
Iconic filmy dialogues pepper the mundane minutiae of our everyday lives with some much-needed punch and melodrama. What would Bollywood be without these dialogues, timed so perfectly that the audience[…]
