GALLERY: Miss America Nina Davuluri Meets Vanessa Williams, Takes Selfies
As the Miss America Nina Davuluri hype cycle starts winding down, we’d be remiss if we didn’t cover her visit yesterday with former Miss America … Read more
Wild Mushrooms of Goa: A Seasonal Delicacy
For about two weeks at the beginning of August every year, clusters of villagers dot the Goan roadside hawking handpicked mushrooms known in Konkani as olmi. … Read more
This Lush and Verdant Land: ‘Malabar Diary’ Explores the Beauty of India’s West Coast
According to ancient mythological texts called the Puranas, Parshurama, a Priest-Warrior and the sixth avatar of Lord Vishnu, following a bloody campaign to annihilate the … Read more
The Subaltern Backbone of Mumbai: ‘Working Class Hero’ A Photo Essay by Vikram Zutshi
My work captures moments between words, thoughts and emotions. It attempts to freeze humanity at the cusp of epiphany, a pregnant pause, in the swirl … Read more
For Your Browsing Pleasure: Emceez Ansari
Today’s Meme of the Moment© comes from whoever the genius is behind the Emceez Ansari Tumblr. What is it? It is hip-hop aficionado/comedian Aziz Ansari’s … Read more
9 Reasons to Celebrate This Independence Day
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. On one hand we have two recent Supreme Court decisions that overturned the … Read more
Through Her Eyes: Sanaa Hamid Reinterprets the Self Portrait
Photographer Sanaa Hamid’s series entitled “Through Her Eyes” shows her attempts to conform to culturally inherited expectations and ideologies that are sometimes imposed on her. … Read more
July is for Blueberries: A Visit to Canada’s Blueberry Capital
July is blueberry season in Western Canada, especially in Abbotsford, forty miles east of Vancouver. Canada’s blueberry capital is also home to the country’s oldest … Read more
Notes on Photographing Walls in Rajasthan
For me, walls are mirrors: Mirrors which reflect the outside to show the inside. Looking inside the mirrors, you are looking inside yourself. Beneath the … Read more
Tell SAADA About Your First Day in America
On March 5, 1983, 39-year-old Rachel Chacko left Mumbai, India, and arrived at North 9th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She recalls her second day in … Read more
