Sikh Character Included In Tender TV Moment On This Is Us
One of TV’s most popular shows included a Sikh character in an emotional moment at a hardware store. In the season’s sixth episode, directed by … Read more
SNL Host Kumail Nanjiani To Racists: Step Up Your Game
Kumail Nanjiani hosted Saturday Night Live, performing a monologue that drew on his stand-up comedy strengths and included among its topics Islamophobia, racism, his film … Read more
Historic Emmy Winner Riz Ahmed Shouts Out South Asian Youth Action & Innocence Project
Riz Ahmed used his historic Emmy moment to bring attention to Islamophobia and injustice in the justice system. He won the Emmy award for Outstanding … Read more
Can We Please Just Stop Calling It The Indian Super Bowl?
A girl named Ananya Vinay (yes, she happens to be Indian American and yes, that’s ten years in a row, fam) won the Scripps National Spelling Bee … Read more
Bacon & (Un)Belief: Religion & American Secularism in Master of None
Warning: This post contains spoilers from Season 2 of Master of None. As the first week of Ramadan is celebrated around the world, food is … Read more
WATCH: “Geeta’s Guide To Moving On” Tackles Post-Heartbreak Life In Chicago
You might recognize Puja Mohindra from her kindly cutting comedic response to Ashton Kutcher’s infamous brownface Popchips incident, or perhaps from her blonde-wigged persona in … Read more
Finding Myself Through The Great British Baking Show
It’s no secret to my friends, family, or anyone who follows me on Instagram that I love to bake. It makes sense, really, when I … Read more
On SNL, Ansari Called Out Trump, White Supremacy, & Islamophobia On Day 1
This past weekend’s Saturday Night Live episode was a moment to remember in TV history. The show’s first-ever South Asian American host, Aziz Ansari, deftly took … Read more
Kal Penn Makes Tacos, Wins $25K For Refugees & Almost Loses An Eye
Actor and civil servant Kal Penn cooked his heart out on MasterChef Celebrity Showdown, making tacos from scratch and taking a tong in the eye, … Read more
Hasan Minhaj On Trump’s Bigotry, Blockbuster Video, And 9/11 To 11/9
Actor and comedian Hasan Minhaj speaks truth to power, time after time. And The Daily Show’s senior political analyst didn’t hold back on the day after the election, 11/9. … Read more
