Shakuntala Pines for King Dushyanta, With Priyamvada and Anusuya (Raja Ravi Varma)

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Anirudh Pisharody as Des in "Never Have I Ever" (Netflix)

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Shah Rukh Khan and Jaya Bhaduri in 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham' (2001)

Jaya Bhaduri, who plays the matriarch of a wealthy family in 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani' (2023)

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Naomi Scott as Princess Jasmine ("Aladdin" 2019)

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Neils/Neals/Neels (Collage by Samyu Sridhar for The Juggernaut)

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Huda Alvi, Jasmeet, and Annesa Mawani (from left to right, The Juggernaut)

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An Indian artist dressed as Hindu Goddess Kali performs the traditional ‘Kali Swang’ during Dussehra in Allahabad, India (Prabhat Kumar Verma/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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The Kumon Math Challenge at the University of Maryland, Shady Grove. Ravij Metha during the 1st grade math test (Getty Images)


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The Bakshi sisters (Bride and Prejudice) 

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Fruit market in Nausori, Fiji, November 1987 (François LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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American physicist Dr. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967), points to a picture of the atomic bomb explosion over Nagasaki, Japan as scientist Henry D. Smyth (1898 - 1986) (second left), major General Kenneth D. Nichols (1907 - 2000) (second right), and scientist Glenn Seaborg (1912 - 1999) look on, 1940s (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Parineeti Chopra wedding (Parineeti Chopra Instagram)

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Mahira Khan as Khirad and Fawad Khan as Ashar in Humsafar (Hum TV)

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From why so many South Asian men are mama’s boys to the lost ritual of soi patano, the best stories on the trends, practices, and beliefs that shape us.

The Juggernaut’s Top 15 Culture Stories of 2023

From why so many South Asian men are mama’s boys to the lost ritual of soi patano, the best stories on the trends, practices, and beliefs that shape us.