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The Rise of Indian Digital Media

New digital publications are trying to fill the gaps left by print media — but it’s not as easy as it seems.

The Great British Bake Off’s Multicultural Utopia

We can learn a lot more from the baking competition show than how to make a cake.

Apple’s Long-Awaited India Debut

Apple is finally opening its legendary physical stores and online store in India — but will it help the company corner the notoriously competitive market?

Bernie Sanders and the South Asian Progressives

Thanks to a host of factors, including the rise of Bernie Sanders, there’s a new group of South Asian progressives. They’re gunning for radical change — for all.

Heavy is the Head That Wears the Crown

Indian unicorns are raising more venture capital than ever before at pricey valuations. But are investors just betting on the status quo?

Finding South Asia on the Swahili Coast

East Africa and South Asia have been linked for centuries — this connection finds a delicious apex in Swahili food.

Counting South Asian Americans

The demographic is one of the fastest-growing populations in America. But will South Asians be fairly represented this upcoming decennial census?

Kamala Harris's Truth

Lessons from a historic and flailing candidacy.

India’s Unrequited Love Affair with the Oscars

For decades, the Academy has snubbed the world’s largest film industry. Fifty submissions later, India continues to hope.

India's Type Designers

How India’s digital boom led to a type design renaissance for the country’s diverse languages and scripts.

Desilicious Comes of Age

New York City’s original queer South Asian party is still going.

Ravinder Bhalla, Mayor to All

The Hoboken mayor tells us about his lifelong arc toward politics, why Hoboken matters, and the power of being a visible minority today.

An Ode to the Pressure Cooker

In an instant pot kind of world, it’s easy to forget the appliance — still loved by millions, even instant pot owners — that may have started it all.

How Activism Has Changed for Kashmiri Americans

The Kashmiris who moved West have seen the fight for statehood morph from an academic movement to something far larger.

For the NBA, India Can’t Replace China Just Yet

The NBA’s operations in China are already $4b. Its future in India may be just as rosy — but it comes with political choices and isn't as simple as swapping a billion-plus country for another.

Fatima Bhutto Looks East for Culture

The writer, from Pakistan’s dynastic family, grew up in exile around the world. In her new book, she talks about phenomena from Bollywood to Dizi, and the gaps that Western culture can’t fix.

How the Boston Brahmins Persist Today

The elitism of the Boston's upper crust — not to be confused with India’s Brahmins — may have sowed the seeds for the inequality and xenophobia America sees today.

Sholay Gets Its Streaming Moment

The Bollywood classic has long been relegated to cable and piracy. It’s now available on Amazon Prime — if anyone will watch.

Why South Asians Love Reagan

What the popularity of the father of modern conservatism among South Asian Americans tells us.

India’s First Female Pilot May Have Inspired a Generation

India is one of the world’s best places for women to fly — 12% of Indian pilots are women, far higher than the global average of 3%. That's due, in part, to Sarla Thakral.