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Let’s Talk About When Mindy Met Neepa

January 1, 2016January 13, 2015 by Rohin Guha

Yes, we’re here again, but with good reason. Recently, The Mindy Project aired an episode where Mindy Lahiri goes off to Stanford to start a fellowship … Read more

Maulik Pancholy to Make Broadway Debut in It’s Only a Play

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 by Monica Luhar

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

Did Serial’s Racialized Archetypes Work Against It?

February 5, 2019December 20, 2014 by Akhila Ananth and Vivek Mittal

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?

February 5, 2019December 16, 2014 by Aditya Desai

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

Superwoman Lilly Singh Keeps It Real For Her Fans

January 5, 2015December 10, 2014 by Nishat Kurwa

Lilly Singh says she was using the nickname “Superwoman” long before her popular YouTube series based on the character — a post-collegiate, mid-twenties South Asian … Read more

Archie Panjabi to Exit The Good Wife and Head to Fox’s Black-ish-style Dramedy?

April 26, 2016October 16, 2014 by Rohin Guha

You guys. Archie Panjabi is quitting The Good Wife at the end of the current season. Yes, I’m torn up that this means we might see … Read more

Debunking the Model Minority Myth with Humor: The Rise of the South Asian Comedian

October 15, 2014October 15, 2014 by Lakshmi Sarah

One of Hari Kondabolu’s jokes begins with his observations while sitting on a bus in New York City. He describes a woman who is teaching … Read more

Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Too Lazy To Google About Project Runway Designer Sandhya Garg

September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 by Anisha Jhaveri

Indian-born, London-educated and Birmingham, Alabama-based designer Sandhya Garg ruffled more than a just a few sleeves on season 13 of Project Runway. At times a … Read more

Finding Fanny Star Deepika Padukone Calls Times of India Out on Its Male Gaze

January 2, 2024September 15, 2014 by Rohin Guha

Tsk tsk, Times of India, we expected better from you, but alas. We’ll let Finding Fanny star Deepika Padukone’s exchange with you do all the talking: Supposedly … Read more