The Chapel Hill Shooting & The Importance Of Labels
Three Americans were executed near UNC Chapel Hill. And the country’s reaction is, to say the least, muted. Why? Because these three Americans happened to … Read more
Is There Now A Responsibility To Offend?
The caricatures of Mohammed, and of the “random Muslim dudes” often portrayed in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo that was the recent site of a terrible … Read more
Maulik Pancholy to Make Broadway Debut in It’s Only a Play
Move over Ronald Weasley, the show must go on. Maulik Pancholy is making his Broadway debut in It’s Only a Play, stepping in to play the … Read more
2014’s Most Popular Posts on The Aerogram
As we prepare to welcome 2015, let’s remember some of the stories in 2014 that you read and loved on The Aerogram. I Am Made … Read more
Our Name is Rebel: #Asians4BlackLives Protest Police Violence
On December 15, I chained my friends to the front door of the Oakland Police Department. Our group, called #Asians4BlackLives (http://a4bl.tumblr.com/), along with White and Latino … Read more
Did Serial’s Racialized Archetypes Work Against It?
In Aditya Desai’s recent piece in The Aerogram (Did Serial Fail South Asian Americans?), he argues that the main problem with the reporting in Serial is … Read more
Did Serial Fail South Asian Americans?
For the past two months, I’ve been quietly tolerating the podcast Serial, Sarah Koenig’s investigation into the 1999 murder of high school senior Hae Min … Read more
Hot News Mix: From Ferguson to Delhi, Everyone Needs to Be Heard
Yes, people are still protesting, chanting, and demanding to be heard. From Ferguson to Delhi, their words need to be heard until change happens. … Read more
What Ferguson Teaches Us About America’s Caste System
Before leaving the law to write, I was a civil litigator for eight years, though I did criminal appellate work during my first year of practice. … Read more
India’s Anti-Gay Law Forces Mumbai Fashion Boutique to Shut Doors
In a few weeks, we’ll be coming up on the one year anniversary of the reinstatement of India’s anti-gay law. I wrote a longread about it … Read more
