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The Hindu Temple That Sits Quietly in Southern China

The temple recalls an interconnected, cosmopolitan past that challenges our beliefs today.

Jingoism Isn't the Answer for South Asian Millennials

Ten South Asian millennials, living abroad and in their home countries, share how they see beyond national media.

For South Asian Dance Teams, Does the Story End After College?

College South Asian dance teams can be intense, with students risking time, money, and physical health. But what happens after they graduate?

Where Frida Kahlo Meets Kalighat Pat

The Bengali art of portraiture, and the artist who makes them.

How We Get The Job Done: Leo Kalyan

How a musician found his talent in being himself.

Photocopies of the Real Thing

Just as phool patti truck art became revered in Pakistan after an American anthropologist "discovered" it, Pakistani car decals are a new art form, waiting to be found.

Progressive Indian Cuisine Finds a Home in Lower Manhattan

At Chef Sujan Sarkar's Baar Baar, 'progressive' Indian cuisine pairs flavors in combinations both familiar and new.

How We Get the Job Done: Brightland's Aishwarya Iyer

Aishwarya's premium olive oil is up against stiff competition from cheap, low-quality products, but she's not discouraged by that. "Live your biggest, boldest life," she says.

The Oscar-winning ‘Pad Man’ of India

A man’s pursuit to ensure menstrual hygiene for his wife sparked a revolution in the sanitary napkin industry, bringing affordable pads to 3.5 million women across India and many more across the world.

Learning About the Curry Within

Viral Facebook group 'Subtle Curry Traits' has become a platform for South Asians to commiserate and celebrate the comical side of their culture-straddling heritage.

Can Netflix Save Indian Television?

Many young artists are pinning their hopes on Netflix to revitalize Indian TV. But are their hopes justified?

How We Get the Job Done: Malai's Pooja Bavishi

The ice cream founder wants to convince you that Indian-inspired flavors are the frozen aisle's next big thing.

The Other Crazy Rich Asians in Preti Taneja's We That Are Young

How does Shakespeare's King Lear map onto modern India, where billionaires rule amid extreme inequality?

How We Get the Job Done: The Buttermilk Company's Mitra Raman

Mitra Raman wants to bring South Asian cooking hacks to the world through products like instant poha, upma, and khichdi — just add water.

Fighting to Make India's Cinemas Disability-Friendly

Though a national legislation requires businesses to be disability-friendly, few have complied ahead of its July deadline.

Re-Examining Freddie Mercury

What led to the erasure of Farrokh Bulsara's Brownness?

From Beauty to Fashion: Nykaa Does it All

How much of its beauty playbook can Nykaa follow as it builds its fashion vertical? And what must it create anew?

How We Get the Job Done: Kolkata Chai Co's Ayan Sanyal

The co-founder has a plan to take the South Asian drink mainstream. Can he beat out the competition?

Tea Can Be Cool: Re-envisioning Chai

Fine dining veteran Christopher Bunet brings fine dining principles (experimentation, precision, presentation) to chai at The Hideout Chai Bar in the Lower East Side.

The Audacity of Hari Kondabolu

Who gave the Queens native permission to ruin the joke and make things uncomfortable? And how do we create more of him?