Post Grid – Style 9

Madame President: How Kamala Harris Can Upend Republican Effort to Actualize the Handmaid’s Tale

Four years ago I published an article in the iconic American feminist magazine, Ms. Magazine on the symbolic value of the then Senator Kamala Harris as the VP nominee for the Democratic…

Artisan India: My Visit to a Small Weaving Village in Odisha Known for its Organically Dyed Fabrics and Motifs

Last month, I took a nine-seater flight, the smallest I have flown in my life, from Bhubaneswar to Jeypore. The aim of the trip was to learn about the Panikas, the weavers…

Me, Myself and Morocco: A Selfish Trip to the Land of the Unknown

Moving on! Got tired of sitting on the sidelines. A short pause that turned into an eternity of silence — awkward, unkind, and unbearable. And the dilemma … To do or not…

South Brunswick Teen is Lone Indian American Among New Jersey’s Top 75 High School Football Players

Indian American teen Jai Patel of South Brunswick, New Jersey is among the state’s top 75 high school football players for the upcoming season, according to a list culled by NJ Advance…

Lockdown Liberation: Sari Sakhis for Earth Day

We are a group of sari lovers in Southern California. We met again for the first time in one and half years since Covid lockdown. The location was a winery in Temecula,…

Pakistan Film ‘Zindagi Tamasha’ Banned for Being ‘Blasphemous’ is Tapped for Oscars 2021

A film that set off a storm of controversy in Pakistan is now the country’s official entry to the Oscars this year, thumbing their nose at objections from religious and political groups.  The drama…

The Trump of Tamil Nadu: Why Vijay’s Rise Should Terrify Us All — And Why I’m Done Being Polite About It

Back in late September, a few days after the Karur stampede, in which 41 lives were lost at actor-turned-politician Vijay’s rally, I wrote about the broader Indian pathology of movie star worship,…

Behind the Glass Cubicle: Confessions of a Working Woman Who Walked Away, and Other Musings

I remember the moment something felt completely off. I was in one of those soundproof glass offices, where everyone could see through, but no one really knew what was going on inside.…

Charge and Punishment: The Case of Umar Khalid Inverted the Moral Grammar of Justice

Every democracy faces a moment when it must look at itself without illusion. India’s moment arrives in the quiet, unending wait of a man who has not yet been tried but has…

How Venture Capitalist Asha Jadeja Motwani Became Most Prominent Indian American Ally of President Trump

On a weekend in late 2025, Asha Jadeja Motwani drove through the gates of Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach and spent time in proximity to the President of the United States. She came…

‘The FBI Director Is MIA’: Allegations of Excessive Drinking, and a Year of Mounting Questions for Kash Patel

On the evening of Friday, April 17, 2026, The Atlantic published an investigation into FBI Director Kash Patel under the headline “The FBI Director Is MIA.” Within hours, the story — and…

The Quiet Extinction: In America, As In India, Press Freedom Dies Without a Shot Being Fired

In February 2026, a regional court in a Southeast Asian democracy ordered a digital news platform to remove an investigative report on military procurement contracts within six hours or face a $2…