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The Many Sides of Nithya Raman: Nerd. Activist. Backstabber. Socialist. Malayali. Tamilian

Most incumbents keep an eye on their opponents. Karen Bass should have kept an eye…

Beyond the War and Wallet: GOP Extremism is As Important a Reason As Any for Its Decimation in the Midterms

Commendably, or calculatingly, notable Republicans stepped up to the plate to admit their party stumbled…

Beyond the Democratic Triumph: Majorities Born of Economic Grievance Come With an Expiry Date, Not a Blank Check

By Wednesday morning the midterms had already been reduced to a sentence: a Democratic wave…

Midterm Shellacking: The Victory Gives Democrats Some Teeth. Will They Use Them for Biting or Chewing has to be Seen

As I drive around New York City, I often notice long lines forming on sidewalks.…

A Blunami: The Outcome Was Never Really in Doubt. The Size of Republican Rout Was

The outcome was never really in doubt. The size of it was. By late evening,…

Blue is the Warmest Color: How the November Night Turned Out For Democrats and America

It may have been the warmest election day and night I have ever lived through.…

Jan Mahabhiyog: The Door to India’s Parliament Did Not Slam Shut. It Simply Did Not Open

There is an irony that history did not plan but would not have bothered to…

Netflix’s ‘Dorothy’: A Tamil Gangster Saga With a (Transgender) Love Story Few Would Dare to Tell

Karthik Subbaraj has spent more than a decade making films about men who have watched…

The Modi Factor: Anti-Immigrant Sentiment in the U.S. Unlikely to Trigger Reverse Indian Migration

The actor Imran Khan, a U.S. citizen and an OCI (Overseas Citizen of India), became…

Indian Americans Don’t Owe Vivek Ramaswmy Anything — Not Our Silence, and Certainly Not Our Loyalty

During the 2024 presidential primaries, I wrote about Vivek Ramaswamy and called out what looked…

Progressive Indian Americans Protest Outside San Francisco Consulate, Demand Protection of Democratic Rights in India

Around 50 Indian citizens and Indian Americans gathered outside the Indian Consulate in San Francisco…

Seeking Justice for Ankita Bhandari: At the Delhi Protests With Just Enough Hindi to Order Tea

On October 11, 2026, my last day as a policy consultant assistant in Chennai, my…