Satire: An IYD Yoga Sequence to Embrace a Common Nationalist Heritage
*This sequence is inspired by the June 20 International Yoga Day (IYD) 2019 video message tweet by Sri Lankan President Maitripala Sirisena to Indian Prime … Read more
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Facing India’s Nightmare: Confronting India’s Occupation of Kashmir & The Hindu Right
In an interview with Democracy Now, award-winning Indian journalist, academic, and author, Siddhartha Deb, when reflecting on the 2019 landslide BJP victory in India’s national … Read more
Will You Say No To Tulsi 2020?
#Tulsigottago is a national campaign started by Queer, Trans, Muslim, South Asian, and Arab Americans to stop Tulsi Gabbard’s 2020 presidential run. The movement came … Read more
Confronting Caste Privilege & The Need To End Hinduism (As We Know It)
I was 11 years old when I completed what my family describes as the “thread ceremony.” It took place in our ancestral village in West … Read more
Novelist Arundhati Roy & Her Mission To Inspire In The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
Anjula Gogia, the activist bookseller from Another Story Bookshop in Toronto, had patiently nudged me over a few weeks to introduce and host Arundhati Roy … Read more
A Case Of Willful Blindness? POTUS’ Endorsement of Modi Ignores Human Rights Violations
This month Time magazine released its annual “TIME 100” list of the year’s most influential people and included Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After all, he … Read more
Why I Went To See Narendra Modi At Madison Square Garden
“Why?” If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me last week why I was going to the Narendra Modi event in Madison Square … Read more
Hot News Mix: Dosa With a Side of Murder, Mumbai’s Seatbelt Crew + More
Extra gunpowder, please. For a man who’s built a colossal empire on the “holy trinity of south Indian snacks” (dosa, idli and vada, for those … Read more
India Elections 2014: Is it Time to Update the File on Narendra Modi?
So it appears that Narendra Modi is on the cusp of becoming India’s next Prime Minister. We’ll begin to get a real picture of the … Read more
Hot News Mix: Are Intellectuals Really Backing the Hateful BJP? + More
• Oh, dear. Apparently Indian intellectuals are backing Narendra Modi and the BJP, whose most greatest hits include supporting Section 377. [Quartz] • The Hundred-Foot Journey … Read more
