An American Hijabi: Hala’s Story
When certain customers picked up their prescription from Hala Choudhary, their eyes glanced over her starched white lab coat, scanned past her diamond lip piercing and slightly tan skin, and[…]
The Piping Hot Tea Of Culture
The words, “we have no culture” clink around in our empty glasses as my aunt’s eyes dart around the dinner table, looking for someone to agree with her. I sink[…]
South Asian Stories Talks To Olympian Raj Bhavsar About Life, Gymnastics & Transformation
The latest episode of the South Asian Stories podcast series features Olympic medalist, entrepreneur, artist, and public speaker Raj Bhavsar sharing his unique story of getting into gymnastics as a[…]
Sari Stories Chapter Five — Anuja Chauhan On Her Why & How Of Sari Matters
How the drape holds meaning and memory for the desi mind, body, and soul. A series of interview-vignettes, showcasing uber serious sari love, brought out via passion, history, politics, through[…]
Dear Sudip In 2029
Dear Sudip in 2029, Earlier this December in 2018, after drinking my third cup of mocha coffee and ignoring the tightness in my stomach, I drove from New Brunswick to[…]
Sharing South Asian American History: A Year of Collaboration With SAADA
In 2018, The Aerogram restarted its collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. With guidance from SAADA’s executive[…]
Movies · Opinion · Pop Culture
Highlights From Hindi Cinema In 2018
From artists we finally we got more of, to weddings we couldn’t get enough of, 2018 proved to be a great year for Hindi cinema. Many unwritten industry rules that[…]
Fashion · Literature · Politics · Pop Culture
Sari Stories, Chapter Four — Politics in my Pleats: Sabika & Jasmine
How the drape holds meaning and memory for the desi mind, body, and soul. A series of interview-vignettes, showcasing uber serious sari love, brought out via passion, history, politics, through[…]
Hidden Stories in the Family Photo Album: The ‘Brown Sugar Diaspora’
The exhibition Coolie Coolie Viens featuring the work of Canadian artist and scholar Andil Gosine, on view at the McIntosh Gallery at Western University until Jan. 12, explores life after[…]
‘The Adventures of Kathlyn’: The 1913 Cliffhanger Film-Serial of an American Woman in the Exotic East
The word ‘Cliffhanger’ might well have entered the cinematic lexicon sometime toward end-1913, when early motion picture maker William Selig had a brainwave. His planned 13-part film-serial would appear simultaneously[…]