Searching For Nuance In Today’s Landscape Of South Asian Children’s Stories
In March, Equality Labs — a South Asian community technology organization — released the first survey of caste in the United States. The facts are … Read more
Swear to Allah, I Luv Ya Babe!
I attend an all-girls conservative high school in Saudi Arabia. Our uniform is gray, grazes the ankles, and resembles something Queen Victoria would wear at … Read more
Q&A: Louisiana Catch Author Sweta Vikram Raises Awareness Of Marital Rape
My name is Dr. Shruti Kapoor and I am the founder of Sayfty, a global organization focused on educating and empowering young women and girls … Read more
Poetry & Beats Collide in Eat More Mango’s Nocturne
What happens when two talented Desis from two different cities come together on the west coast to kick it? The poetry and beats project Eat … Read more
Review: Cycling Across Small-town India In Nautanki Diaries
Nautanki Diaries By Dominic Franks Rupa Publications (Feb. 2018) 272 Pages *** When 30-year-old Dominic Franks decided to do a cross-country bicycle ride from Bengaluru … Read more
Private Lives In Public: 6 Short Stories By Indian Women (1932-2014)
Reading about the early decades of Indian contemporary literature revealed to me that the short story form of creative writing gained traction among women writers … Read more
“astronomy” (based on ‘Jungle Peace’ by William Beebe)
astronomy (based on Jungle Peace* by William Beebe) so, astronomer-like, I took notebook and pencil and calculated how long it would take for her … Read more
Scientific Possibility Brushes Up Against Human Narrative In Vandana Singh’s New Collection
Reading Ambiguity Machines and Other Stories (February 2018), the new collection from Small Beer Press by writer and physicist Vandana Singh, I couldn’t help but … Read more
South Asian Authors Nominated For Science-Fiction & Fantasy Writing Awards
This year’s Locus Awards ballot features the literary work of South Asian nominees across multiple award categories. The awards, inaugurated in 1971 by the monthly … Read more
Q&A With Maya Makker, Founder Of Nala — A Retreat For Young South Asian Women
Museum educator Maya Makker is launching Nala this summer, a free three-day retreat exploring what it means to grow up as a South Asian woman … Read more
