A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Riz Ahmed used his historic Emmy moment to bring attention to Islamophobia and injustice in the justice system. He won the Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited[…]
Movies · Photos · Pop Culture
Shot on the UCLA campus where Hena Ashraf is pursuing her MFA in film directing, short film Selfie Trash offers an amusing and critical look at the nearly inescapable smartphone self-portrait. Ashraf’s previous[…]
Arts · Music · Pop Culture
“Who are we?” When you’re a minority, when the many are judged by the successes and failures of a few, you are perpetually struggling with this question. Are we the[…]
Life · Opinion · Pop Culture
The past several months have been pretty rough. Each day’s news inundates us with more stories of political hypocrisy, hate crimes, or police brutality, which weigh heavy on the national[…]
Record label vs. independent? Super Bowl crowds vs. the streets? Musicians have long had to trade between mass audience and integrity to their sound. Especially in a genre driven by[…]
Music · Politics · Pop Culture
Swet Shop Boys perform live at upcoming music festivals in San Francisco (Aug. 13, Outside Lands), and Flushing, NY (Sep. 16, Meadows). Watch their TV debut on The Late Show, and[…]
News · Opinion · Pop Culture · TV
A girl named Ananya Vinay (yes, she happens to be Indian American and yes, that’s ten years in a row, fam) won the Scripps National Spelling Bee and in her CNN appearance after the[…]
Arts · Pop Culture · TV
You might recognize Puja Mohindra from her kindly cutting comedic response to Ashton Kutcher’s infamous brownface Popchips incident, or perhaps from her blonde-wigged persona in “Shit White Girls Say…To Indian[…]
Arts · Music · Pop Culture
Shebani Rao’s delightful illustrations add joy to your life in unexpected ways. See, for example, her coloring book visualizing the upbeat tunes and lyrics of Chance the Rapper’s Grammy-nominated Coloring Book,[…]
It doesn’t matter what epoch they’re set in, or what language they’re in — I love romantic comedies. Everything from Pride and Prejudice to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is alright[…]
