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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[…]
The tragic killing of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian immigrant, in Kansas confronts the nation, once again, with how to emphasize the value of diversity as a counter to a climate[…]
Trump’s ties to Russia and his attacks on the press and democracy have riveted us, as well they should. But drawn, as we are, into quagmire writ-large, watching vacuous rhetoric[…]
“You can say you’re sorry, you can apologize, but you can’t give back the hours, the minutes, the months a family has been broken up.” — Carma Said In the[…]
In We Too Sing America (The New Press), nationally renowned activist Deepa Iyer catalogs recent racial flashpoints, from the 2012 massacre at the Sikh gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, to the[…]
Bengali-born, Queens-raised Anik Khan’s in Astoria, rocking the hybrid salwar kameez kurta and denim jeans alphet religiously. His EP “I Don’t Know Yet” is a smattering of influences — classic[…]
Life · Literature · Opinion
Quick, answer these three questions: 1. Do you think that Indian-Americans have better family values than mainstream American culture? 2. When you were a child, did you think that if[…]
Rad Brown Dads is a tribute to fathers in all their vintage photographed glory, with images of dads across the decades sporting 1930s swimsuits, 1970s bell bottoms, impressive mustaches, sideburns,[…]
On March 5, 1983, 39-year-old Rachel Chacko left Mumbai, India, and arrived at North 9th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She recalls her second day in America thusly. “Next day family[…]
The “blame game” is especially complex in the world of immigrant-bred, western-raised, homes. I don’t think my parents or I am to blame for the way we were both distinctively[…]
