PERSPECTIVES

What an Incorrigible Non-Cuber Like Me Did at Rubik’s 2025 WCA World Championship in Seattle

Goddess Saraswati’s greatest gift to us is perhaps the ability to know that you don’t…

Banu Mushtaq’s Award-Winning ‘Heart Lamp’ Hums With Centuries of Secrets and Quiet Rebellions

Banu Mushtaq (born 3 April 1948) is an Indian Kannada-language writer, activist, and lawyer from…

The Heart of Resistance: How Adivasi Women Have Stood Their Ground in the Face of Relentless State Oppression

Robertsgunj/Sonebhadra, UP — Inside the dense forests of the Central Provinces, there is a liberated…

Pakhala, From Odisha With Love: Memory, Identity, and the Ecology of No-Waste Sustenance

During this July 4th weekend, at the 56th OSA Convention in Dallas, Texas, the most…

‘108: An Eco-Thriller’: A Tale of Hope in the Face of Ecological Grief Provoked By Environmental Loss

While Western novelists are getting increasingly drawn to South Asia as an arena for exploring…

A Voyage Through Inside Passage: Into the Wild of Jack London’s World and Beyond

Seventeen of us, a spirited group of friends, boarded the Royal Princess in Seattle, bound…

‘Heads of State’ : A Glossy Global Romp Where Priyanka Chopra Jonas Does Not Play Third Fiddle to the Male Leads

“Heads of State” kicks off in the thick of geopolitical chaos, with a distractingly cheesy…

‘Sarangapani Jathakam’ and ‘Bhool Chuk Maaf’: Two Timely Tales from Tollywood and Bollywood

Two recent movies about love and marriage in contemporary India caught my attention for the…

My Joy is Tempered With Trepidation: Reflections On Zohran Mamdani Perceived Through a South Asian Lens

These are interesting times to be an immigrant in the United States and a New…

Soft Antisemitism? Zohran Mamdani’s Muslim Faith Quickly Targeted After His Shocking Victory in NYC Mayoral Primary

Zohran Mamdani, the Muslim state assemblyman running for mayor in New York, led the Democratic…

In ‘Echoes of the Silenced,’ Personal Stories Shed Light on Oppression of Hindus Over the Last 100 Years

When a group of college-age Hindus created an educational Instagram account about Hinduism in 2020,…

Lisa Barr’s ‘The Goddess of Warsaw’ is a ‘Vengeful’ Reflection on History, Identity, and Redemption

Lisa Barr’s “The Goddess of Warsaw” is a haunting, dramatic story of war, resistance, love,…