Unfreedom Falters In Bold Attempt To Tackle Critical Social Issues
“Are we going backward or forward?” By the time this dialogue appeared in the film Unfreedom, it was hard to be sure whether the characters … Read more
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Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Too Lazy to Google About House of Cards’ Poorna Jagannathan
If you, like me, spent entirely too many hours this past weekend holed up indoors binge-watching the latest season of House of Cards, you probably … Read more
Why the Oscars Hurt — And Yet, Still Mattered
Last Friday, some friends at Teachers College put together a #BlackLivesMatter event centered around telling stories. We sat in a large auditorium, in all shapes … Read more
Why I Went To See Narendra Modi At Madison Square Garden
“Why?” If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me last week why I was going to the Narendra Modi event in Madison Square … Read more
Hot News Mix: Priyanka Chopra and a Bunch of Other Bollywood Celebrities Skipped Voting in India’s Election
Priyanka Chopra Can’t Make You Love Her (Or Can She?). Priyanka Chopra’s new single “I Can’t Make You Love Me” released this week, as she continues … Read more
Hot New Mix: Aziz Ansari’s New Web Series, British Muslims are ‘Happy’, and More
Aziz’s ‘Food Club’ Makes a Splash. Aziz Ansari and his friends Eric Wareheim and Jason Woliner (who directed Ansari in the MTV sketch show Human Giant) … Read more
Hot News Mix: This 97-year-old Man was the First Person to Cast a Ballot in Independent India
The Power of Voting. Google India has released yet another emotional ad. In 1951 — the year of the country’s first election — Shyam Negi … Read more
Basement Bhangra Celebrates 17 Years in NYC
New York-based DJ Rekha has brought bhangra to new heights with her founding of Basement Bhangra, a monthly party in New York City that aims to … Read more
Director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad Returns to His Roots with New Thriller ‘Jinn’
Growing up in a South Asian Muslim family in Detroit, filmmaker Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad (It’s a Mismatch and Alliance) used to hear folklore about jinns — supernatural … Read more
Hot News Mix: Apple to ‘Diversify’ Emojis, Karachi’s Emerging Indie Music Scene, Lata Mangeshkar Death Hoax, and More
Via Apple iOS7 Beyond the Turban: Bringing Diversity to Emojis. Apple has announced plans to roll out more “diverse” emojis (current options are limited to an … Read more
