A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Movies · Music · Pop Culture
You may know multidisciplinary artist Utkarsh Ambudkar from his role as Mindy’s aspiring rapper brother Rishi on The Mindy Project, or perhaps from Pitch Perfect as Donald the beatboxing champion.[…]
Arts · Life · Pop Culture
Shebani Rao is an artist, writer, illustrator, and researcher who is almost always creating. She’s also a part of the wonderful team that makes The Aerogram possible, contributing her vibrant,[…]
Literature · Pop Culture · Religion
Mariam Sharma Hits the Road is Sheba Karim’s third YA novel, as witty, charming, and fun loving as her first two but with a sharp political bent that distinguishes it[…]
Life · Opinion · Pop Culture
I started learning Yoga at the age of 20 in Mumbai at The Yoga Institute, the oldest organized Yoga center in the world. I was in good health, had zero[…]
Arts · Life · Movies · Pop Culture
In honor of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan that represented a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States, we celebrate Pride Month every year in[…]
Food · Life · Pop Culture
Tony Bourdain gave me agency and taught me, a young Indian woman who wanted to see the world, how to live. I got the news about Anthony Bourdain’s death in[…]
Opinion · Pop Culture · TV
Sounds like Roseanne Barr missed Starbucks’ racial bias training. After Roseanne Barr sent out that racist tweet last week, things escalated quickly and she had to issue a public apology[…]
Food · Literature · Photos · Pop Culture
Preeti Mistry has been on the American restaurant scene for some time now. The Oakland-based, James Beard nominated chef trained classically at Le Cordon Bleu in London before becoming head[…]
Movies · Opinion · Pop Culture
“The way to win the bee is simply 90 percent hard work, 10 percent other.” That recipe for spelling bee success is from Akash Vukoti, who at age 6 was[…]
Life · Movies · Opinion · Politics · Pop Culture
I sometimes wish I could go back in time and be my own guardian angel. I would reach down into that dark place of the Model Minority Myth and pull[…]
