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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[…]
To be a queer desi diasporic person is to be lonely. Lonely in rooms full of people with noses just like yours joking about which cousin will get married next.[…]
I grew up learning to understand Bangla (how Bengalis refer to the Bengali language) and English at the same time — English from watching television and Bangla from my parents.[…]
At a recent wedding, I caught myself lingering hesitantly near the bar, weighing how I might evade the gaze of aunties and uncles if I walked back to my table with[…]
Arts · Literature · Politics
Anjula Gogia, the activist bookseller from Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, had patiently nudged me over a few weeks to introduce and host Arundhati Roy on stage when she read[…]
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[…]
The Reality: “These types of stories need to be heard” Before moving away to Philadelphia, Sarah Madha shared a one-bedroom space with her mom and four siblings. Although it can[…]
I’m 36 years old, and I’ve had three careers. I’ve served for six years in the U.S. Army, I’ve worked for four years as a Ph.D. candidate/Masters student studying microbiology[…]
By Time. Indeed man is in loss, Except those who have faith and do righteous deeds, and enjoin one another to [follow] the truth, and enjoin one another to patience.[…]
