PERSPECTIVES

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,…

Indian Diaspora at Crossroads: Sadhvi Rithambara’s Hindu Nationalism Versus Ambedkar’s Vision of Caste Equity

When I pulled into the parking lot of the Hanuman Temple of Greater Chicago on…

Indian Government Targets Indian American Community While Weaponizing a Small Part of Hindu American Diaspora

Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Canada for the G-7 Summit, where Prime…

Baltics With a View: Latvian Capital Riga is a City of Quiet Strength, Ever Vigilant of the Bear Next Door

On the afternoon of June 24th, as we left the Grand Poet Hotel, our taxi…