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Bollywood’s Hot Boys and Girls

How six-packs became a religion in the world’s largest film industry.

Qasim Rashid’s Uphill Battle for State Senate

He’s running to be Virginia’s first Muslim American state senator. Death threats and Islamophobia can’t keep him down.

Julie Sahni is Doing Just Fine

New York’s — if not the country’s — preeminent cooking teacher has eschewed fame for a simpler cause: making Indian food accessible without dumbing it down.

Why I Don’t Celebrate India Day

Kashmir may have become a union territory of India, but I will never celebrate India’s independence.

The World’s Biggest India Day Parade

With a record number of Indians living in the U.S., Manhattan’s India Day Parade has plenty to celebrate — as well as its fair share of challenges.

The Promised Land

What happens when a country’s foundation is built with a fundamental flaw?

In Little Pakistan, Independence Day Reveals Tensions

Younger and older generations clash in Brooklyn as locals fight over who gets to run New York's biggest Pakistan Independence Day parade.

Opinion: Not the Role Model We Need

It’s time we ask for more from Priyanka Chopra-Jonas.

Pakola, Pakistan’s Iconic Soda

How a neon-green soda helped build a national identity.

Making ‘Fraaaandship’ with Hatecopy

Artist Maria Qamar talks judgmental family, food, and politics leading up to her first solo New York exhibit.

Designing for Love

Brown people love to date other brown people. How do you design for that?

Good Woman, Bad Woman

Pakistan’s Aurat March opened the floodgates to dialogue that continues to thrive five months later.

Jackson Heights Doesn't Need Amazon to Be Expensive

Amazon may not have come to Queens, but the borough’s once-bustling Jackson Heights is still suffering.

Sunil Gupta’s Portrait Party

The photographer revisits documenting gay love in India, and consent in photography.

Alisha Rai is Making Brown Sex Sexy

The Indian American romance author is writing sexy, happy stories, and is ready to move on from tragic South Asian characters.

Diasporic Longing in Salman Toor’s East Village Iqbal Bano

Artist Salman Toor melds longing, desire, and a space for queer resistance in a small apartment in the East Village, as an ode to ghazal singer Iqbal Bano.

In Manhattan’s Curry Row, Innovate or Die

From bohemian to Instagrammable, South Asian vendors in Curry Row in the East Village must change to fit with the times — or fail.

India’s Strange Relationship With Hitler

For decades, Mein Kampf has remained a bestseller in India. But that doesn’t necessarily mean what you think.

Making Cricket Happen in America

Cricket could have become as popular as baseball, but it didn’t. With $1 billion in funding and a framework to go viral, cricket may soon be the next big thing in the U.S.

In the East Village, Madina Masjid Stands Still

In an ever-evolving neighborhood, the Bangladeshi-founded mosque has remained a constant.