How Snapchat Lost India
And how Bytedance — and TikTok — managed to win the market.
Neil Arora
The Momo Queen
Her restaurant has won accolades, but owner Yamuna Shrestha has left family behind in Nepal, and may just want to go home.
Meghna Rao
How Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Loves All
Pakistan’s top tennis player, 39, is past the average retirement age. But Qureshi plays tennis for reasons beyond trophies.
Emaad Akhtar
Not All Shows Are Made in Heaven
“Made in Heaven” — as one of Amazon Prime Video’s first Indian originals — had the opportunity to break many rules. Yet, it stuck to formulas Bollywood has explored for years.
Shabnaj Chowdhury
How We Get the Job Done: Fatima Farheen Mirza
The novelist explains how she decided to honor an Indian-American family for her debut novel.
Ahmed Ali Akbar
Sanctity Can’t Save India’s Cows
In an environment where India must chase growth, cows are still mistreated in two of the country's largest industries — leather and dairy.
Puja Changoiwala
Afternoon Tea at Janam’s
One woman is trying to make afternoon Indian tea happen. Can she avoid the colonial comparisons?
Making Room for Oneness
A group of Indo-Caribbeans is leading the charge to help those left out of mainstream Hinduism fit into the religion’s tenets.
Harsha Nahata
A Night Market in the Valley of Ashes
John Wang, a Taiwanese-American from Texas, has started a phenomenon: a weekly international night market in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens that runs through the summer.
In Queens, the Bombay Theatre Persists
New York City’s last remaining Bollywood theater faces multiple threats: streaming, multiplexes, and changing demographics.
Siddhant Adlakha
Does Religion Really Affect Your Cholesterol?
According to a new MASALA study, there might be a link between religion and high levels of “bad” cholesterol — but the study misses out on diverse diets within religions.
How Zareen’s Feeds Silicon Valley
The Pakistani American entrepreneur has built a beloved brand in the heart of Silicon Valley by testing and scaling different South Asian food concepts.
Snigdha Sur
If They Come For Us, We Stand Together
How Emmy-nominated poet Fatimah Asghar confronts loneliness and the violence of colonialism.
Jeevika Verma
When NRI Husbands Leave
Bureaucracy, cultural norms, and apathy have allowed the social malaise to thrive. Some hope to change it.
Payal Mohta
The Whitefying of Queerness
What it means to rarely see yourself depicted, and to be told that who you are is a product of the West.
Fariha Róisín
Bhutanese Americans, By the Numbers
Nearly 99% of Bhutanese Americans immigrated to the U.S. in the past two decades, driven by forced migration and a refugee crisis.
Making Millets Cool Again
They’re a superfood and might just be the solution to India’s agrarian crisis. One Indian state is leading the charge.
Joanna Lobo
A Student Protest in London Rallies On
At Goldsmiths, student protestors attempt to make academic spaces more friendly to minority students, in a protest that has passed the 100 day mark.
Ananya Gambhir
How We Get the Job Done: Diaspora Co's Sana Javeri Kadri
The founder of Diaspora Co. explains why her direct trade turmeric is worth it.
The Taboo of the Sex Talk
Decades of South Asian Americans haven’t had the sex talk. What has it meant?