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The South Asian Women Breaking the Divorce Taboo

As ending marriages becomes increasingly common, a new generation is speaking out to end the stigma.

Huda Alvi, Jasmeet, and Annesa Mawani (from left to right, The Juggernaut)

Huda Alvi, Jasmeet, and Annesa Mawani (from left to right, The Juggernaut)

The South Asian Women Breaking the Divorce Taboo

As ending marriages becomes increasingly common, a new generation is speaking out to end the stigma.

Parineeti Chopra wedding (Parineeti Chopra Instagram)

Culture

Have South Asian Weddings Reached Peak Pastel?

Parineeti Chopra wedding (Parineeti Chopra Instagram)

Culture

Have South Asian Weddings Reached Peak Pastel?

Megan Suri in 'It Lives Inside' (2023)

Film & TV

How ‘It Lives Inside’ Brings Hindu Mythology to Horror

Megan Suri in 'It Lives Inside' (2023)

Film & TV

How ‘It Lives Inside’ Brings Hindu Mythology to Horror

An image of Hardeep Singh Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, on September 19, 2023 (DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the Future of Sikh Canada

An image of Hardeep Singh Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara temple in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, on September 19, 2023 (DON MACKINNON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Hardeep Singh Nijjar and the Future of Sikh Canada

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Black Pepper: From India’s “Black Gold” to Afterthought

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Who is Instacart’s Apoorva Mehta?

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Remembering 9/11, 22 Years On

Ten stories on how September 11 impacted the world, from the occupation of Afghanistan to anti-Muslim and -Sikh hate crimes.

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A Sikh wrapped in an American flag attends a candlelight vigil for victims of the World Trade Center attacks September 15, 2001 in Central Park in New York City (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

A Sikh wrapped in an American flag attends a candlelight vigil for victims of the World Trade Center attacks September 15, 2001 in Central Park in New York City (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Remembering 9/11, 22 Years On

Ten stories on how September 11 impacted the world, from the occupation of Afghanistan to anti-Muslim and -Sikh hate crimes.

The Juggernaut Editorial Team

Dilip Patel, 63, right, and wife Saroj, 60, owned a 7-Eleven store in Riverside for nearly two decades (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Celebrating Labor Day 2023

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Remembering Partition and Independence, 76 Years On

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Celebrating Pride Month: 2023

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Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: 2023

Nighties (Aziza Ahmad for The Juggernaut)

Celebrating Women’s History Month: 2023

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Our Top 15 Stories on Love: 2023

American civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta, both wearing garlands, are received by admirers after landing at the airport in New Delhi, India, Feb. 10, 1959. King, who is known in the U.S. as the American Gandhi, flew to India on what he calls a "four-week pilgrimage in India which to me means Mahatma Gandhi." (AP Photo/Rangaswamy Satakopan)

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How Humans of Bombay Lost at Its Own Game

The Mumbai-based company accused another account of plagiarism. When Humans of New York founder Brandon Stanton called out the hypocrisy, all hell broke loose.

Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York and Karishma Mehta of Humans of Bombay (The Juggernaut using Getty Images)

How Humans of Bombay Lost at Its Own Game

The Mumbai-based company accused another account of plagiarism. When Humans of New York founder Brandon Stanton called out the hypocrisy, all hell broke loose.

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Hasan Minhaj, Friend or Foe?

English writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) seated reading by a bookshelf of books in a living room at her home, Winterbrook House near Wallingford, Oxfordshire in 1949 (Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Agatha Christie, the Mystery Queen Who Won South Asian Hearts

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The Rise and Fall of Monkeys

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Why South Asians Prefer the Mother’s Side

DJ Rekha Wants to Make You Dance

The Basement Bhangra founder created a sanctuary for generations of South Asian Americans. The artist isn’t done anytime soon.

DJ Rekha playing at a club for Diwali 2022 (Instagram, DJ Rekha)

DJ Rekha playing at a club for Diwali 2022 (Instagram, DJ Rekha)

DJ Rekha Wants to Make You Dance

The Basement Bhangra founder created a sanctuary for generations of South Asian Americans. The artist isn’t done anytime soon.

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Zarna Garg, the Indian Mom Making the World Laugh

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How Gaurav Gupta Won the Red Carpet

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Madhur Jaffrey, Always the Perfectionist

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Raymond Ablack is Heating Up

Deepika Padukone is Ready to Build an Empire

Sabaysachi Mukherjee at his New York City store at 160 Christopher Street (Madison McGaw/BFA.com)

How Sabyasachi Found Himself

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Young the Giant is Changing the Face of Indie Rock

Hasan Minhaj in 'The King's Jester' (Netflix)

Hasan Minhaj, Friend or Foe?

The comedian recently admitted to fabricating major incidents in his comedy specials, leaving South Asians split over his “emotional truths.”

Hasan Minhaj in 'The King's Jester' (Netflix)

Hasan Minhaj, Friend or Foe?

The comedian recently admitted to fabricating major incidents in his comedy specials, leaving South Asians split over his “emotional truths.”

English writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976) seated reading by a bookshelf of books in a living room at her home, Winterbrook House near Wallingford, Oxfordshire in 1949 (Popperfoto via Getty Images)

Agatha Christie, the Mystery Queen Who Won South Asian Hearts

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‘Jawan’: What’s Old is New Again — And More Relevant Than Ever

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Maldives and Sri Lanka May Hold the Secrets to Long Life

Life expectancy in Maldives, at 80, and Sri Lanka, at 76, are years higher than the world average, but are understudied compared to Blue Zones. Why don’t we talk about it more?

Local men playing chess in a village on September 27, 2009 on Fedu Island, Maldives (by EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

Local men playing chess in a village on September 27, 2009 on Fedu Island, Maldives (by EyesWideOpen/Getty Images)

Maldives and Sri Lanka May Hold the Secrets to Long Life

Life expectancy in Maldives, at 80, and Sri Lanka, at 76, are years higher than the world average, but are understudied compared to Blue Zones. Why don’t we talk about it more?

Shah Rukh Khan in 'Pathaan' and Amitabh Bachchan in 'Mohabbatein' were the same age, 57 (The Juggernaut)

Brown Don’t Frown: The Science of South Asian Aging

An ampule of glutathione used for skin lightening, July 17, 2018 (STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Glutathione: The Injectable, Modern-Day Fair & Lovely

Dr. Moneim Fadali, cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, examines patient Ahmed Muhnee during a heart and lung evaluation at his office in Los Angeles (Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

U.K. Study: Common Heart Medicine Doesn’t Work For Most South Asians

An Indian artisan puts a nose ring as he gives finishing touches on a clay idol of the Hindu Goddess Durga at his workshop in Chennai. (Photo credit should read ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

How India Invented the Nose Job

An Ayurveda practitioner checking a patient's pulse (BSIP/UIG, Getty Images)

Is Eastern Medicine the Answer for Infertility?

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Welcome to the Only Child Generation

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South Asians Need to Talk About Dementia — Before It’s Too Late

Black Pepper: From India’s “Black Gold” to Afterthought

Europeans colonized India in its quest for the once priceless spice. How did we start taking salt’s best friend for granted?

Calicut, India has a long spice trading history, exporting black pepper and other spices (Soltan Frédéric/Sygma via Getty Images)

Calicut, India has a long spice trading history, exporting black pepper and other spices (Soltan Frédéric/Sygma via Getty Images)

Black Pepper: From India’s “Black Gold” to Afterthought

Europeans colonized India in its quest for the once priceless spice. How did we start taking salt’s best friend for granted?

A plate of tandoori meat (GupShup NYC on Instagram)

The Succulent World of South Asian Barbecue

Choriz and pulao at O Pedro (O Pedro)

Goan Food is Much More than Vindaloo

Shan Masala at Patel Brothers (Trisha Gopal for The Juggernaut)

How Shan Masala Spiced Up Diaspora Tables

Haleem at Tagmo (Tagmo)

Haleem, Now Available Near You

Padma Lakshmi in 'Taste the Nation' Season 2 (Hulu)

Padma Lakshmi on ‘Taste the Nation’ Season 2: “To Eat is Political”

Aneesa (Megan Suri) gifts Ferrero Rocher to Nalini (Poorna Jagannathan) in Never Have I Ever Season 2 (Netflix)

How Ferrero Rocher Melted South Asian Hearts

An Indian shopper browses at a supermarket in Mumbai in front of an aisle full of chocolate malt drinks such as Horlicks, Bournvita, Boost, etc. (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP via Getty Images)

How Horlicks, Bournvita, and Complan Took Over India

Who is Instacart’s Apoorva Mehta?

As the grocery delivery company goes public today, the mysterious India-born founder’s journey leaves more questions than answers.

Instacart founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta, stands in the Bi-Rite Market on Divisadero Street on Thursday, July 24, 2014 in San Francisco (Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Instacart founder and CEO Apoorva Mehta, stands in the Bi-Rite Market on Divisadero Street on Thursday, July 24, 2014 in San Francisco (Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Who is Instacart’s Apoorva Mehta?

As the grocery delivery company goes public today, the mysterious India-born founder’s journey leaves more questions than answers.

Indian businessman Vijay Mallya smokes during a break in his extradition ruling at Westminster Magistrates Court on December 10, 2018 in London, England (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

The Undoing of Vijay Mallya, the “King of Good Times”

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Glutathione: The Injectable, Modern-Day Fair & Lovely

An Indian girl plays with Barbie dolls in Bangalore (Sabina von Kessel, Wikimedia)

How Barbie Failed Black and Brown Girls

P.R. Man Singh poses beside bottles of imported alcohol at his store in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on August 28, 2013 (NOAH SEELAM/AFP via Getty Images)

How Whiskey Won India

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South Asia’s Stinkiest Beloved Treat? A Laxative.

Dilip Patel, 63, right, and wife Saroj, 60, owned a 7-Eleven store in Riverside for nearly two decades (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

7-Eleven and South Asians, An American Success Story

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How India Got Its Name

For a country that has renamed cities and states, the latest “Bharat” debate is about much more than nomenclature.

The Battle of the Hydaspes, in what is now Punjab, between tAlexander the Great and the Indian king Porus, 326 BC; from the Faits du Grand Alexandre, c. 1470

The Battle of the Hydaspes, in what is now Punjab, between tAlexander the Great and the Indian king Porus, 326 BC; from the Faits du Grand Alexandre, c. 1470

How India Got Its Name

For a country that has renamed cities and states, the latest “Bharat” debate is about much more than nomenclature.

Chandrayaan-3 (ISRO)

India Lands on the Moon, First to Reach Lunar South Pole

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"Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru & Mr M.A. Jinnah [walking together in the grounds of Viceregal Lodge, Simla.]" (1946, British Library)

Nehru and Jinnah’s Star-Crossed Bromance

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Affirmative Action is No More. Now What?

Official State Visit Of Indian Prime Minister Modi To The U.S. (Anna Moneymaker, Getty Images)

Modi’s U.S. State Visit Reveals America’s Growing Reliance on India

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Does Yale Discriminate Against Asian Americans?

Amritpal Singh (C) along with devotees takes part in a Sikh initiation rite ceremony also known as Amrit Sanskar at Akal Takht Sahib in the Golden Temple in Amritsar on October 30, 2022 (NARINDER NANU/AFP via Getty Images)

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Dancers perform 'Naatu Naatu' from "RRR" at the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Los Angeles, California (Rich Polk/Variety via Getty Images)

“Naatu Naatu” at the Oscars: A Cultural Triumph Gone Wrong

South Asians asked why there were no Indian lead dancers on stage. The Academy and the dance troupe responded with excuses.

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