Brown Skin, White Masks & The Need For A New South Asian American Politics
At first glance, Oak Tree Road in Iselin, New Jersey, looked deserted. Cars were parked along the sidewalks but no one was outside, as the wind slammed … Read more
Nikki Haley
The Critical Responsibilities Of South Asian American Leadership
I dread seeing South Asian American leaders in the news these days. A few weeks ago it was Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications … Read more
Haley Has 3 Words For Trump & They’re Not “Kiss My Grits”
Yesterday, about 22 minutes after Presidential contender (and Super Tuesday Republican winner) Donald Trump tweeted that “The people of South Carolina are embarrassed by Nikki … Read more
Dear Nikki Haley, Who Are You?
Dear Nikki Haley, It’s me, Rohin. You don’t know me. You may never know me. That’s okay! I won’t really know you either–but for a different … Read more
Gov. Nikki Haley: “Time Has Come” To Take Down Confederate Flag
On Monday afternoon, in the aftermath of last week’s Charleston church massacre, Governor Nikki Randhawa Haley called on the state legislature to remove the Confederate … Read more
South Asian American Candidates, Nicknames & The Politics of Assimilation
In 2013, I began an ambitious project to track the South Asian experience in America with the creation of the South Asian American Political Activity … Read more
Hot News Mix: Welcome to the Hotel WhatsApp, A Petition for a Desi Freddie Mercury, + More
• There is a small hotel in India…named Hotel WhatsApp. Well, then. [Twitter] • But in news pertaining to the actual mobile app that Facebook … Read more
Hot News Mix: Santa Brought Nikki Haley a Gun for Christmas and the Best of #BuzzfeedPakistan
Santa brought Gov. Nikki Haley a Beretta for Christmas: “Our family had a wonderful Christmas together! I must have been good Santa gave me a … Read more
Hot News Mix: U.S. Attorney Releases Statement on Indian Diplomat Charged with Exploiting Nanny + More
• File under: Things that’d make for a compelling episode of Scandal. The full statement of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on the arrest of Devyani … Read more
Hot News Mix: Is Zayn Malik the Least Popular Member of One Direction?
One Direction’s least popular member is… Zayn? While One Directioner Zayn Malik recently surpassed 11 million Twitter followers, Mirror Online reveals Malik is still the … Read more
