A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Lakshmi Gandhi 
In what’s very upsetting news to anyone who respects intellectual and academic freedom, Penguin India has agreed to recall all remaining Indian copies of scholar … Read more
Priyanka graces the pages of the New York Times: One of the biggest things a celebrity who wants to raise their profile can do is … Read more
Remember Munfarid Zaidi, the University of Texas student who was picked up and cradled like a baby by Harry Connick, Jr. during his American Idol … Read more
Ever since we saw this memorable video of Indian luger Shiva Keshavan’s training regimen, we knew that he had the ability to get out of … Read more
US: Sikh community of San Joaquin Country held candlelight vigil for Parminder Singh … – http://t.co/K0P1TYThYx pic.twitter.com/4h1fdggtFq — Sikh Siyasat News (@sikhsiyasat) February 2, 2014 … Read more
The legendary singer, songwriter and activist Pete Seeger died on Monday at the age of 94. Scroll.in has a wonderful post on the multiple ways … Read more
It’s just like Eat, Pray, Love: It’s been a rough couple weeks for Valerie Trierweiler. She discovered that French President Francois Hollande, her partner of eight … Read more
Will 2014 Be The Year of Kumail? It sure sounds like it according to this recent Boston Globe profile of the Pakistani-American comedian. Nanjiani and fellow … Read more
American Idol returned for its 13th season last night, and Wednesday’s episode also marked the debut of new judge Harry Connick, Jr. From the very … Read more
Edward Snowden’s Indian Adventure: Back in 2010, NSA leaker Edward Snowden spent six days in New Delhi taking a course in “ethical hacking.” According to … Read more
