PERSPECTIVES

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 Exposé 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…

‘Jago Hua Savera’: A Classic Pakistani Film Based on an Indian Novel Set in East Bengal

Night falls on a river. The village around it thickens with darkness. Not the river.…

I Used to Think My Parents Were Islamaphobic Master Exaggerators. After Watching ‘The Kashmir Files’ I Stand Chastened

The Holocaust was a genocide that has since been etched into the hearts and minds…

March is Reading Month. And Storytelling is an Inherent Part of My Indian Heritage

During “March is Reading Month,” I reap the rewards of being a legislator: reading to…

Kolams: The Geometrical and Mathematical Beauty of Traditional Indian Art

Ancient traditional art forms from around the world fascinate me, but it was not always…