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We’ve published over 1,650 stories at The Juggernaut diving into South Asian culture, politics, history, profiles, business, and tech. Here are all of our stories for you to peruse, with the most recent first.

Indian American family visiting Johnson Space Center

How Indians Became So Space-Crazy

From sages who travel across realms to NASA scientists, the subcontinent is no stranger to the call of the cosmos.

Kiran Sampath

Vinod Bharara and Nidhi Dutt (Courtesy of Pramod Bharara)

Vinod Bharara’s Murder Isn’t a Case Against Women

Indian police took three years to catch his killers. But that’s not what netizens are riled up about.

Ayesha Le Breton

Is South Asian Blood Thicker Than Water?

In the U.S. and U.K., family estrangement is on the rise. The subcontinental diaspora is finding they aren’t immune.

Kiran Sampath

Sharmin Hossain, a 20 year old Bangladeshi-American, speaks on her cell phone while shopping January 2, 2012 in a thrift store in Brooklyn, New York (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

The Kids Want to Thrift. Their Parents Won’t Have It.

South Asians are the masters of reusing everything from Danish tins to yogurt containers. But don’t mention other people’s clothes.

Kiran Sampath

Sharmila Tagore during the ‘’Gata Rahe Mera Dil’' award event at Siri Fort Auditorium, on October 24, 2017 in New Delhi, India (Prabhas Roy/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Being Sharmila Tagore

The first Bollywood actor to wear a bikini wasn’t trying to make a statement. That’s what makes her radical.

Isha Banerjee

abour Party leader Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak attend the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall on November 13, 2022 in London, England (Toby Melville - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The U.K. Elections Don’t Matter

Today’s vote will likely end Rishi Sunak’s premiership. But a Labour government won’t reverse Britain’s decline.

Hassaan Bin Sabir

Why You’re Bald in Your Baby Photos

The science and tradition behind shaving off that feathery soft, newborn hair.

Ayesha Le Breton

India Molded Math. Then Europe Claimed It.

We all know the quadratic formula and the Fibonacci sequence. Why don’t we talk about their roots?

Isha Banerjee

Home is Where Your Shoes Aren’t

A viral article claimed it’s rude to ask guests to remove their shoes. South Asians would like to have a word.

Kiran Sampath

‘Kalki 2898 AD’: A Future We’ve Seen Before

Nag Ashwin’s sci-fi universe harnesses Indian mythology and a superstar cast, but its all-too-familiar packaging dampens its ambition.

Meher Manda

R.D. Burman (Kelsea Peterson for The Juggernaut)

R.D. Burman’s Musical Magic

You definitely know his tunes, but do you know him?

Isha Banerjee

Rekha (L), from New Delhi, and Shabnam from Bombay sipping cups of tea in Varanasi during a convention (PAWAN KUMAR/AFP via Getty Images)

America Ruined Caffeine. Can South Asia Save It?

How a pillar of community building became a drug for productivity.

Ayesha Le Breton

Calligrapher Mohammad Ghalib at a bookstore in Urdu Bazaar, Old Delhi (Mir Umar)

How India Forgot Its Calligraphers

The artisans left their mark on historic monuments and manuscripts. Today, their reality is a far cry from that.

Mir Umar

Ardhanarisvara, a deity composed of both Siva and his consort Parvati, representing the masculine and feminine energies of Hinduism (The British Museum)

Ardhanarishvara, the Gender-Bending Deity

The half-male, half-female Hindu god has reemerged in different avatars over millennia. What it stands for is entirely up to you.

Ayesha Le Breton

Saurabh Netravalkar of Team USA celebrates victory during the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup 2024 match with Pakistan at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium on June 6, 2024 in Dallas, Texas (Matt Roberts-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)

How Cricket’s Saurabh Netravalkar Engineers Victory

He’s who your mom compares you to: Oracle engineer, Cornell grad, star cricketer.

Isha Banerjee

Emma D'Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in 'House of the Dragon' (Max)

Why We’re Still Watching ‘House of the Dragon’

The draw of epic storytelling, from Ayodhya to Westeros.

Kiran Sampath

Graphic by Macy Sinreich for The Juggernaut

Kamaladevi, the Activist for All

She saw no struggle as separate, fighting injustice everywhere — from Jim Crow America to British-ruled India.

Isha Banerjee

Still from 'Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam' (1999)

‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ Recast Masculinity

And we’re here for it.

Snigdha Sur

A painting of a youth and dervish from the early to mid 17th century (The MET Museum)

How Shah Hussain Became Madho Lal

The Punjabi Sufi saint reportedly fell in love with a teenage boy. Some deny it to this day, but his poetry tells a different story.

Ayesha Le Breton

Still from ‘Bridgerton’ Season 3 (Netflix)

‘Bridgerton’ Season 3, Part 2: Women Finally Get to Have it All

Must it always be about the marriage mart? The Regency Era drama concludes this season: definitely not.

Snigdha Sur