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Clean Bowled: How Imran Khan’s Innings as Prime Minister Came to an Inglorious End

Imran Khan has been voted out of office as Pakistan’s Prime Minister. A vote of…

The Grapes of Wrath: How the Indian Mob has Turned Tables on the Leadership and is Firmly in Control

Liberals are lamenting communal incidents in non-BJP-ruled states (Rajasthan, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra) without realizing that the genie is…

‘Bridgerton Season 2’: Dark-skinned South Indian Girls Need No Longer Feel ‘Never Been Kissed’

Truth be told, I can’t stop watching “Bridgerton Season 2.” Eyerolll. I know, I get…

Hindu American Organizations’ Argument That Caste Protections ‘Unjustly Target’ South Asians Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny

Earlier this year the California State University Board of Trustees unanimously ratified the California Faculty Association’s Collective…

Survey of Caste in America: Another Ideologically Driven Crusade Predisposed to Malign Hindu Culture

About a month ago, I was forwarded a link to complete a survey “about caste…

My South Indian Feminism is a New York City Story: Womanhood, Resistance, Activism and Culture Creating Community

I moved to New York City on September 4, 2001, after living and working as…

‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 Turns Out to be ‘Brownerton’ Steeped in Romantic Magnetism Fueled by Forbidden Desire

I suppose we all fell in love with Shonda Rhimes’ American period drama “Bridgerton” Season…

‘Roudram Ranam Rudhiram’: Revolutionaries Dripping with Blood, Gore and Ripped Muscles Too

Koduri Srisaila Sri Rajamouli’s much-awaited film (“Rise Roar Revolt” in English and “Roudram Ranam Rudhiram”…

It is Nauseating That a Film Claiming to Highlight Horrors Inflicted on Kashmiri Pandits has Become Part of State Propaganda

Let me start with a disclaimer. I have not seen “The Kashmir Files.” Nor do…

Relativity of Race and Caste: The Pride and Prejudice of First Generation Indian Americans

‘America is not a racist country at all, at least there isn’t as much discrimination…

Close Encounters of the Brown Kind: Hollywood is Finally Paying Attention to Desis

In the last six months or so, leading up to the 94th Academy Awards on…

‘The Kashmir Files’ is a Graphic ExposĂ© of the Genocide of Pandits. It is Also One-sided

“The Kashmir Files” is a necessary, yet dangerous film for Indian audiences. Our current generation…