MILLENNIALS

Me, Supervillain? How I Won $100,000 on Jeopardy! and Twice as Many Unkindest Cuts on Social Media

Appearing on the TV game show Jeopardy! was something Iā€™d dreamed of since watching it…

Pa Ranjithā€™s Tamil Film ā€˜Natchathiram Nagargiradhuā€™ is a Meditation on Love, Gender, Caste and Oppression

Tamil film ā€œNatchathiram Nagargiradhuā€ (The Star is Moving ) shows a theatre troupe grappling with…

Pasmanda v Ashraf Muslims: How the Leftā€™s Anti-Hindu Crusade Ignores Entrenched Caste Divides in Minority Religions

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawantā€™s January 24th press conference on the dangers of caste discrimination…

A Lollywood Renaissance: Pakistani Films Have Come of Age But Thereā€™s Need for More Creative Freedom

As a business post-graduate, I feel more inclined to think about movies as a business…

LoveĀ and Loathing: Being a Mindful Pakistani, I Wonder If Rupture and Ruin are the Destiny of My Beloved Karachi

ā€˜Kolachi,ā€™ ā€˜Kurachee,ā€™ and Karachiā€™ are the three names that this city has relished. More than…

Fake Accusations: Democratic Party of New Jersey Risks Losing the Support of Hindu Americans

Two weeks ago, in a most shocking resolution passed by the Teaneck Democratic Municipal Committee (TDMC) of…

Gen Z Hindu Americans Reckon With Their Faith and Politics on College Campuses

Three years ago, Abby Govindan, a Twitter personality and stand-up comic, was invited to perform…

How the Pandemic Didnā€™t Deter a Young Indian Girl From Carving Out a Niche in Los Angeles Film Community

Twenty-three-year-old Abhilasha F.N.U. landed in Los Angeles with a suitcase full of aspirations in 2020.…

Hinduphobic Attacks in N.Y. and Calif.: Indian American Community Must Look at its Own Role in the Erasure of Hindu Voices

ā€œDirtyā€¦ugly Hindu,ā€ the man spat while at the order counter in a Fremont, California Taco…

They Arrested My Father, Mother, and Sister and Demolished Our House Just Because We are Muslims

I am Afreen Fatima from Allahabad, India. My father has been unjustly and illegally arrested…

Gyanvapi Mosque: The Fight in Varanasi Today is Not a Dispute Over Well-Settled History, But Rather a Legal and Civilizational One

Since April 2022, the Indian city of Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh has…

Is There a Difference Between Authoritarianism and Illiberal Democracy? Two Cases Illustrate Similarities

In one of the defining scenes of courage on March 4, 2022, journalists from one…