PERSPECTIVES

The Private Sovereignty of Platforms: In the Age of Social Media, Power Without Accountability is No Longer Acceptable

The email arrived without warning. In March 2026, a veteran journalist who had spent years…

Six Yards of Everything – Part III: Revival, Reinvention, and the Diaspora Statement

Let me tell you where this series began. I grew up Tamil. A boy on…

In ‘Daughter of a Refugee,’ Tanya Momi Paints the Unspoken Traumas of India’s Partition

“A line drawn in haste on a paper map can permanently scar the geography and…

‘Bait’: A Meditation on Islamophobia, Aspiration, Trauma, and the Fractured Mirror of Postmodern Culture

A series like “Bait” — smart, self-aware, and unsettling — does not merely tell a story; it…

Desi Prince of Denmark: Reimagining Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ From a South Asian Perspective

Riz Ahmed stars in a modern, London-set film adaptation of Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy, “Hamlet,”…

Six Yards of Everything — Part II: The Cost and Caste of Making and Wearing the Most Complicated Garment in the World

I grew up Tamil, which means I grew up surrounded by sarees. My Paattis wore…

Rām or Rāma? The Linguistic Story Behind a Sensationalized Debate Triggered By Amitabh Bachchan

If you celebrated Sri Rāma Navami a few days ago, the name Rāma and some…

Six Yards of Everything: A Love Letter to Saree, the Most Complicated Garment in the World — Part I

If you asked me to close my eyes and describe the women who raised me…

What Does ‘Dhurandhar’ Mean? A Hanuman Jayanthi Reflection On a Lesser Known Epithet of Hanuman

On this Hanuman Jayanthi (Chaitra Purnima), it seems befitting to note that the only time…

From Riverside to the World: What AI Governance Demands of the Indian-American Diaspora

There is a quiet but consequential shift underway in how artificial intelligence is governed, and…

To Be or Not To Be Bond: Watch ‘Bait,’ But Let Bond Be Bond, Whatever the Color

Full disclosure — I am one of those people who’s always declaring, “This TV show is…

Educating India: We Built the Largest Education System in Human History. But are the Children Learning?

There is a boy sitting in a village in Bihar. He is in the fifth…