Say His Name: Hasan Minhaj Slays At 2017 WHCA Dinner
Nicki Minaj bombing. #WHCD A post shared by Hasan Minhaj (@hasanminhaj) on Apr 29, 2017 at 9:31pm PDT Hasan Minhaj was on point as the guest entertainer at the 2017[...] The post Say His Name: Hasan...
View ArticleMannMukti Launches Website & Podcast To Speak Up About South Asian Mental Health
A new mental health resource website for South Asian Americans called MannMukti launched this month, a month designated in the U.S. as Mental Health Awareness Month. MannMukti’s website features...
View ArticleCan 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 and in her CNN appearance after the[...] The post Can We...
View ArticleWe Killed Nabra By Not Challenging The Narrative Of Hatred
When I heard about Nabra Hassanen, how she was kidnapped and murdered after praying at her local mosque in Virginia, I instantly thought of another incident that took place a[...] The post We Killed...
View ArticleClimate Change, Global Media, & Neocolonial Storytelling
Soon after the U.S. President withdrew participation from the Paris Agreement, another country made headlines for its eco-consciousness. In July 2017, Western media with a global reach lauded India...
View ArticleSouth Asian American Groups Condemn Shiva Ayyadurai’s Participation In Boston...
In advance of today’s self-described “free speech” rally in Boston, a coalition of South Asian American groups released a statement condemning one of the event’s speakers, U.S. Senate candidate Shiva...
View ArticleClimate Change & Amitav Ghosh’s The Great Derangement
As I write this, much of the American West is on fire, unprecedented floods have swept across Texas in the U.S. as well as a wide swath of South Asia,[...] The post Climate Change & Amitav Ghosh’s...
View ArticleA Dirty Truth: Caste Prejudice Keeps Too Many Indians Defecating Outdoors
India is a great country — the world’s largest democracy, the home of Bollywood, and even the record holder for most satellites launched on a single rocket. But there’s one[...] The post A Dirty Truth:...
View ArticleRohingya Tell Heartbreaking Stories Of Loss & Forced Migration
“They shot my two daughters in front of me.” If there’s anything positive about the sprawling Rohingya refugee camps near Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh, it’s that the residents — despite their[...] The post...
View ArticleBrexit Blues In Newham, London
In this heavily South Asian borough, discussions about Brexit that dominated during the referendum season have been replaced by conversations about a more immediate reality of daily life: debt....
View ArticleSF BART: Stop Giving A Platform To Hate Groups
SF BART is once again, giving a platform to white supremacists. An organization that calls itself Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), has placed posters at various BART stations, aimed at[...]...
View ArticleQuantico, Twitter Trolls, & Resisting The Erosion of Truth
Mega star Priyanka Chopra would not be able to pick me out of a police line-up, yet since June 6, we have been linked nearly 100 times over in the[...] The post <em>Quantico</em>, Twitter...
View ArticlePodcast Shares South Asian Women’s Diaspora Stories of Growing Up Around The...
Women who grew up in Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and beyond are sharing their fascinating stories about what it means to them to be part of[...] The post Podcast Shares South...
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