Twitter On The Smell Of Basmati Rice (aka Terror Rice)
The investigation into Wednesday’s senseless and tragic shooting in San Bernardino, California, which killed at least 14 people and wounded 21 is ongoing. As it began … Read more
Bringing it Home: South Asians Talking To Our Parents About Sureshbhai Patel, Police Brutality, And Black Lives Matter
On February 6, 2015 in Madison, Alabama, Sureshbhai Patel, a 57-year-old Indian grandfather from Pij, Gujarat, was outside his son’s house when a neighbor called … Read more
Sacrilege in Punjab, Aftershocks In Canada
In early October, ripped out pages from a Sikh holy book were found strewn over a rubbish heap in the Punjab. Four weeks later the … Read more
Diversity Matters: Contextualizing Sureshbhai Patel’s Trial
The legal profession has long been an elitist, white man’s world. Increasing numbers of female lawyers address part of this homogenous history, but white privilege … Read more
Review: The Not So Unexpected Twist in Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced
After concluding its run at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced premieres on the West Coast November 6 at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, with performances through … Read more
Five Reasons to See This Year’s San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival
One of the first and most intense film festivals I ever attended was the Kerala International Film Festival in Kerala, India. Ten days, over sixty … Read more
Shaandaar Soundtrack Just Okay, Not So Fabulous
The highly anticipated Shaandaar starring Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is slated for an October 22 release. Directed by Vikas Bahl of Queen fame, and … Read more
Open Letter: We Need to Talk About How Mental Health Affects South Asian Men
To my brown brothers, It’s been a year and two months since most of my time was occupied by my severe anxiety. Before anxiety hit, … Read more
5 Fierce Desi Women Making Indie Music Right Now
We have a major gender problem in independent music, but the issue of racial representation is even worse. When only a few women of color … Read more
New Theater Group Drama-Wallah Cuts its Teeth with Invasion!
Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s Invasion! begins with a metatheatrical interruption. A group of students are on a school trip to see Signora Luna, a Swedish play … Read more
