News Flash: Not Everyone Celebrates Diwali
The holiday has become so mainstream, we tend to overlook the subcontinent’s rich diversity of fall harvest traditions.
Mayesha Soshi
The Bengalis Keeping Adda Alive
How a beloved style of conversation transcended class, gender, and Calcutta.
Why We Can’t Help But Compare
Long before social media, South Asians have felt trapped in a pecking order they can’t escape.
South Asians Can’t Give Up Tobacco. It’s Killing Us.
The region’s long history of paan, gutka, and hookah use has made us blind to a major health risk, especially in the American diaspora.
Is Bengali Really the World’s Sweetest Language?
The linguistics behind the sounds of the subcontinental tongue.
Bangladeshi Hindus are No Stranger to Violence
Language and other shared traditions birthed the country. So why have attacks against the religious minority become a pattern?
Why Aruna Shanbaug Still Matters
The 1973 rape of a Bombay nurse reminds us that, in India, sexual violence and systemic injustice often go hand in hand.
Are South Asians Very Demure, Very Mindful?
How a TikTok trend revealed the judgmental aspects of subcontinental culture.
How Sylhetis Sailed Across the World
One unassuming region has produced one of the largest global Bangladeshi diasporas.
Kolkata Horror: India Needs More than Justice
Over a decade since Nirbhaya, the country continues to fail its women.
