A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Lakshmi Gandhi 
Malala named Harvard’s Humanitarian of the Year: Malala Yousafzai received Harvard University’s Peter J. Gomes humanitarian award Friday for her work promoting education for girls. The … Read more
Kunal Nayyar wants to make bank: As The Big Bang Theory gets ready to start its sixth season this week, its cast is looking for … Read more
Indian women are constantly told that rape is avoidable, as long as they don’t dress, talk or walk a certain way. These messages are brilliantly … Read more
Many of our favorite celebrities are currently inside the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles watching Neil Patrick Harris host the Emmys. We’ve compiled our favorite … Read more
Now it’s time for the funny stuff. After a week filled with news about the Miss America pageant winner Nina Davuluri, it was only a … Read more
Choreographer Nakul Dev Mahajan is best known for choreographing several memorable routines on Fox’s hit reality dance show So You Think You Can Dance. In … Read more
For years, it’s been accepted as truth that sitcom star Mindy Kaling was a Republican. (See here, here and here.) Turns out that everyone was … Read more
It’s been a whirlwind week for Miss America pageant winner Nina Davuluri. Since winning the crown Sunday night, the 24-year-old has taken the traditional dip … Read more
Since Paromita Mitra was crowned Miss Mississippi USA last fall she’s represented her state at the Miss USA pageant in June, advocated for women in … Read more
Miss New York Nina Davuluri stunned many when she was crowned Miss America in Atlantic City Sunday night, making her the first winner of Indian … Read more
