Treat Yo Self: Watch The Trailer For Aziz Ansari’s Master of None Comedy Series
The first full-length trailer for Aziz Ansari’s new series Master of None offers some hilarious moments from the life of Dev Shah, a 30-year old … Read more
Comedy
Comedian Prateek Srivastava (aka Petite Sriracha) On The Topic Of A Black James Bond
Recently, the author of the next James Bond novel dismissed fan favorite Idris Elba as “too street” an actor to portray Agent 007, a reference that … Read more
A Little Bit Of Ha Ha Hee Hee For Your Summer
With apologies to Meera Syal, here’s a mini-roundup of comedy shows and tours featuring desi comedians this summer. Got an upcoming show or event to … Read more
Superwoman Lilly Singh Keeps It Real For Her Fans
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
Debunking the Model Minority Myth with Humor: The Rise of the South Asian Comedian
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
A New Web Series For All the ‘Bad Indians’ Out There
The new trailer for Janaki Tambe’s new webseries begins with a series of facts that are probably familiar to many of the Indian Americans reading … Read more
Hot News Mix: An OkCupid For Single Muslim Hipsters, Priyanka Chopra Will Make a Great Wife, + More
• A dating site for single Muslim hipsters — one of a few niches that OkCupid hasn’t been able to figure out. [NPR] • Indie rockers … Read more
A Look At Netflix’s Very First Comedy Special: Russell Peters’ ‘Notorious’
Long before Aziz and Kumail, one South Asian comedian was winning fans the globe over. Russell Peters, a fast-talking Indo-Canadian comic, went viral on YouTube … Read more
Review: ‘Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive’
Aziz Ansari is growing up… the only problem is that he’s not quite ready to do so yet. While his friends are getting married and … Read more
Twitter Users Defend Marvel’s New Muslim Superheroine After Conan O’Brien Joke
You might’ve heard that Marvel has rolled out an awesome new Pakistani-American superheroine. Her name is Kamala Khan and she also happens to be Muslim. … Read more
