An Open Letter To Steve Bannon From A Hyphenated American
Dear Steve Bannon, I might be wasting my time writing to you. You know that old internet saying, Don’t Feed the Trolls? Well for the past couple of years I have[…]
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Against The Refugee Ban
On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that will freeze the entire U.S. refugee program for several months, while ending the Syrian refugee program indefinitely. Long-term, President Trump[…]
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Cartoons Are Serious Business: Review of Caricaturing Culture in India
Ritu Khanduri is an anthropologist at the University of Texas-Arlington who has been working on India’s cartoon culture for many years. In Caricaturing Culture in India: Cartoons and History in[…]
Will.i.am Goes Desi Again With ‘It’s My Birthday’
A dislocated pinkie randomly landed us in the lounge of our local emergency room the other day. There we were mildly surprised to see Will.i.am and some young dude (who[…]
Our Grandparents’ Stories and Ourselves — A Review of ‘Ayya’s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India’
I recently read the book Anand Pandian wrote with his grandfather M. P. Mariappan called Ayya’s Accounts: A Ledger of Hope in Modern India. At first I wasn’t sure if I[…]
Seven Years After: Reflections on a Brush With Cancer
Contributor Amardeep Singh shares a shorter version of a recent post on his personal blog about turning 40. For the full-length version visit his blog at electrostani.com. In June of 2007[…]
India Elections 2014: Is it Time to Update the File on Narendra Modi?
So it appears that Narendra Modi is on the cusp of becoming India’s next Prime Minister. We’ll begin to get a real picture of the election results in about a[…]
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Still Desi After All These Years: A Review of Vijay Prashad’s ‘Uncle Swami’
Vijay Prashad’s new book, Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today, is probably best seen as a continuation of the ideas he developed in his highly influential first book The[…]
Quick Picks: Writer and Professor Amardeep Singh
Each week, we ask writers, artists, and people of interest to share what’s inspiring them lately. This week we feature picks from writer and professor Amardeep Singh. He teaches literature at[…]
Set in a Queens Gas Station, ABC’s ‘Lucky 7’ Has Desi Subplot
Judging from the show’s low ratings, I may be the only one actually watching the new ABC show Lucky 7. So perhaps it’s not surprising that no one has been[…]