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Aditya Desai

‘The Atlas of Reds and Blues’ Considers American Moments Of Quiet Violence In Suburbia

March 22, 2019 by Aditya Desai

On February 6, 2015, Sureshbhai Patel, visiting his son’s home in Madison, Alabama, was beaten by police officer Eric Parker. Parker was answering a call … Read more

Categories Life, Literature

Intersecting Threads & Bridging Worlds — The Films of Mira Nair

December 6, 2018December 5, 2018 by Aditya Desai

Before I begin this review, a moment of indulgent transparency: Mira Nair’s Monsoon Wedding is my favorite film (topping a list of otherwise action and … Read more

Categories Literature, Movies, Opinion, Pop Culture

‘Love Songs for a Lost Continent’ Explores Deception, Binary Choices, & Tamil American Characters

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 by Aditya Desai

“Deception,” the opening story to Anita Felicelli’s short fiction debut Love Songs for a Lost Continent (2018, Stillhouse Press), finds Sita accused of killing her … Read more

Categories Literature

‘If They Come For Us’: Fatimah Asghar’s Poetry Explores History & Intimacy of Partition

April 14, 2025August 7, 2018 by Aditya Desai

The dedication to Fatimah Asghar’s much-awaited poetry collection If They Come For Us reads, “my family, blood or not.” Over the course of the book, … Read more

Categories Literature

South Asian Narratives In KidLit: Q&A With KitaabWorld’s Cofounders

May 10, 2018May 2, 2018 by Aditya Desai

If you’re a parent seeking South Asian books for your kids, or keep your eye on the ever-growing scene of South Asian American literature, you … Read more

Categories Life, Literature, Pop Culture

Scientific Possibility Brushes Up Against Human Narrative In Vandana Singh’s New Collection

March 19, 2018March 18, 2018 by Aditya Desai

Reading Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories (February 2018), the new collection from Small Beer Press by writer and physicist Vandana Singh, I couldn’t help but … Read more

Categories Literature

On Curry and South Asian Diasporic Identity

December 21, 2017 by Aditya Desai

Just as curry doesn’t actually exist, neither does the diasporic South Asian. — Naben Ruthnum Currybooks, Naben Ruthnum calls them. You know the ones: titles … Read more

Categories Literature

Did Serial Fail South Asian Americans?

February 5, 2019December 16, 2014 by Aditya Desai

For the past two months, I’ve been quietly tolerating the podcast Serial, Sarah Koenig’s investigation into the 1999 murder of high school senior Hae Min … Read more

Categories News, Opinion, Pop Culture

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Original Poetry: ‘An Archive of Consonants’ by Itisha Giri

Literature

Original Poetry: Usman Ahmad’s ‘The Grave is our Sanctuary’

Literature, Photos, Religion

Satire: An IYD Yoga Sequence to Embrace a Common Nationalist Heritage

Opinion, Politics, Pop Culture, Religion
Facing India’s Nightmare: Confronting India’s Occupation of Kashmir & The Hindu Right

Facing India’s Nightmare: Confronting India’s Occupation of Kashmir & The Hindu Right

Q&A With Kamil Ahsan — Editor of Barrelhouse Magazine’s Desi ‘Road Trips’ Issue

Q&A With Kamil Ahsan — Editor of Barrelhouse Magazine’s Desi ‘Road Trips’ Issue

Micropixie’s Otherworldly 3rd Album Takes Listeners to ‘Dark Sight of the Moon’

Micropixie’s Otherworldly 3rd Album Takes Listeners to ‘Dark Sight of the Moon’

Ankita v. Chipkali

Ankita v. Chipkali

Funeral Posters In Sri Lanka

Funeral Posters In Sri Lanka

Thoughts on a Generation’s Expectations: India vs. the U.S.

Thoughts on a Generation’s Expectations: India vs. the U.S.

Kavya’s Story Highlights Worry & Uncertainty Faced By H-4 Visa Holders Under Trump

Kavya’s Story Highlights Worry & Uncertainty Faced By H-4 Visa Holders Under Trump

Sari Stories, Chapter Nine: Notes From The Other Side

Sari Stories, Chapter Nine: Notes From The Other Side

‘Caravan to Cox’s Bazaar’: Original Poetry by Mrinalini Chakravorty

‘Caravan to Cox’s Bazaar’: Original Poetry by Mrinalini Chakravorty

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