July Horoscopes: Gothic Short Poems
We see light because we know darkness. On July 9th, the Capricorn full moon signifies…
Why Don’t Brown Women Deserve Love Onscreen?
Why are brown men so infatuated with white women onscreen, BuzzFeed writer Imran Siddiquee asks…
M.I.A. Pens Passionate Defense of Julian Assange, Dismissing the Rape Allegations Against Him
In M.I.A.’s latest attempt to be relevant, she has come out in defense of alleged rapist Julian Assange. Following the news that Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is no longer…
June Horoscopes: Make Love Not War
Creativity and kisses for all. Summer is when the fog lifts, the water mist sits, the…
WNYC’s New Podcast United States of Anxiety Takes On a Myopic View of Brown America
The highly-anticipated podcast falls short in representing all of us. The second season of radio station…
Nicki Minaj Has Been Sending Money for Years to Develop a Small Indian Village
Forgiver of student debt and queen of our hearts, Nicki Minaj has reportedly been sending…
Performing Gender Across Epochs and Continents: A Visual Conversation with Shreyas R. Krishnan
From Rosie the Riveter to Kali to Mother India, how empowerment takes many forms. Shreyas R.…
The New Trailer for Hasan Minhaj’s Netflix Special is Here
Homecoming King is coming to a laptop near you May 23. After debuting his one-man show…
May Horoscopes: Spells for Love and Money
Tap into your soul’s alchemy. When you were a child, you could imagine the most fantastical…
Tara Anand and Anoushka Agrawal’s Shade Cards Talk About Colorism Through Poetry
Last week, artist Tara Anand began posting curious illustrations to her Instagram: girls of varying…
On Grief, My Grandmother, and Never Having the Right Words
In March 2015, six months after relocating to the U.S., I found myself unexpectedly back…
This is Not a Dev Patel Movie
A preemptive South Asian diaspora confessional I will go to Mumbai this summer and I…
Depression, Anxiety, and All That Bakwaas
It was my own fault. I looked to a Bollywood movie for validation; Alia Bhatt…
It was only three years ago that India passed The Rights of Transgender Persons Bill to end discrimination against trans people in the country. Since then,…
To fight back and stay alive. We are living in scary times — with the inauguration next week of the country’s first Dorito-in-Chief and the beginning of the ACA…
It accepts students who want to continue their education. The Sahaj International School, which opened at the beginning of the year, is the first of its…
She’s producing experimental, synthy music for far-flung internet children. Here’s the backdrop: an entire generation of would-be inventors hammer out lines of computer code in their…