A curated take on South Asian art, literature, life and news
Rohin Guha 
• Not just for hipsters. With health concerns mounting over the treatment of vegetables with pesticides and chemicals, more and more Indians are turning to … Read more
This week, we all learned of the horrors one passenger faced when JetBlue kicked him off a flight, after he attempted to travel from New … Read more
Lady Gaga is an icon who’s proved herself more than capable of chucking out some solidly danceable tunes — “Bad Romance” ranks high on the … Read more
First! The town of Morrisville, NC, has four Indian-Americans running for seats in the Town Council. If all are elected, it’d be the first … Read more
You may remember Indira Varma from that one time she butted heads with Aishwarya Rai in 2005’s Bride & Prejudice–Gurinder Chadha’s weak film adaptation of … Read more
“[W]hat she’s experiencing is an absolutely necessary struggle — an attempt by an artist who’s defined herself through opposition to engage with the system that … Read more
Blush is the world’s first pan-Asian girl group. Assembled in 2010 by FarWest Entertainment, Blush consists of ambassadors from India, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, … Read more
Bollywood-style camera pans of exotic beaches? Check. A dizzying number of colorful costume changes? Double check. An exorbitant amount of eye make-up? Uh-huh. Obligatory cutaways … Read more
“Remember that it’s both possible and even necessary to simultaneously enjoy media while being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.” — Anita Sarkeesian, … Read more
It’s extraordinary how much you can learn about critics when they’re forced to reconcile with something like cultural appropriation. Wired magazine’s Bruce Sterling excuses the … Read more
