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A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
In this heavily South Asian borough, discussions about Brexit that dominated during the referendum season have been replaced by conversations about a more immediate reality of daily life: debt. With[…]
At first glance, Oak Tree Road in Iselin, New Jersey, looked deserted. Cars were parked along the sidewalks but no one was outside, as the wind slammed against walls and rattled trashcans.[…]
The Kominas are one of those groups for whom life sometimes imitates art. On the last leg of their most recent tour, heading to their last show with Sinkane in[…]
I dread seeing South Asian American leaders in the news these days. A few weeks ago it was Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, enabling right-wing media to[…]
“They shot my two daughters in front of me.” If there’s anything positive about the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, it’s that the residents — despite their[…]
The Aerogram shares a condensed version below of Pia Sawhney’s conversation with Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro and Margaret Yamamoto. It was filmed in May 2017 in Concord, Massachusetts. Sawhney has also[…]
Chandeliers loomed, splashing light against the walls. Men and women wore suits and ties, their heels and shoes reflecting silhouettes. At the bar, some burst out laughing, before lowering their voices,[…]
Jagmeet Singh wins NDP leadership race, crowd goes wild pic.twitter.com/bWy7cEQBUA — Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) October 1, 2017 In a landslide victory, Jagmeet Singh has become the new leader of Canada’s New[…]
Within the space of a few moments, Jagmeet Singh became one of Canada’s most admired politicians. His cool-under-pressure reaction to being confronted by an angry heckler is just one of[…]
A COMMON STRUGGLE It was the summer of 2012 and I was set to cover my first shooting as a reporter. The shooting took place in a predominantly working-class African American[…]
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