16 Unforgettable Moments in 2013: The Aerogram Edition
The year 2013 brought us its share of unforgettable moments in news and pop culture that found us glued to the Internet. Scandals were born, … Read more
20 Years After ‘Bhaji on the Beach’: Meera Syal on South Asians in Film & TV
2013 marks the 20th anniversary of Meera Syal’s acclaimed film Bhaji on the Beach, directed by Gurinder Chadha. Focusing on a group of South Asian … Read more
Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Too Lazy to Google About Fitz’s Overworked Secretary on ‘Scandal’
On a high-stakes political thriller like Scandal, it’s easy to overlook some of the bit parts that keep the White House war machine churning. One … Read more
Hot News Mix: Nigel Barker Has a Dare for the Fashion Industry
Nigel Barker Thinks Designers Need to Step it Up: Fashion photographer Nigel Barker (whose mother was born in Sri Lanka) recently teamed up with the … Read more
6 South Asian Comics We’d Like to See on ‘Saturday Night Live’
Earlier this week, Roxane Gay sharply critiqued last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, which featured actress Kerry Washington. Washington is only the eighth black … Read more
Hot News Mix: Padma Lakshmi’s Mom is Not Impressed, Julian Assange Opens for M.I.A. and More
Padma Lakshmi visits Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi was on Fallon on Friday dishing about the latest season of the … Read more
Is It Time to Kill Off the Word ‘Desi’?
During a job interview with an LGBT magazine once, the hiring manager looked me dead in the eye and asked me if I was “desi” … Read more
It’s OK to Be Proud That an Indian American is Miss America
In her post “Why I’m Not Proud an Indian-American Is Miss America” Gawker’s Beejoli Shah argues that there is no reason to be proud that … Read more
Hot News Mix: Organic Gardening All the Rage in India, Get Some Gupta Kush, + More
• Not just for hipsters. With health concerns mounting over the treatment of vegetables with pesticides and chemicals, more and more Indians are turning to … Read more
Q&A With ‘The Internship’s’ Tiya Sircar: ‘Hollywood Has a Long Way to Go’
Ever since Tiya Sircar’s role in this summer’s The Internship as Neha Patel, we’ve been keeping a close eye on this burgeoning young talent. We soon … Read more