America
Becoming Kamala Devi Harris
When Brahmin and Black identities converge.
Radhika Parameswaran and Pallavi Rao | Oct 28, 2020
Do Black lives matter to Southasians?
An account of Black-Southasian relations in modern history.
Dinyar Patel | Jul 04, 2020
Afghanistan after America
US-Taliban deal could end war, but jettison hard-won rights.
Thomas Ruttig | Mar 28, 2019
Foothold in history
At Bagram Airbase, the withdrawal of American troops is in full swing and everything must go
Noah Coburn | Mar 02, 2016
A heart of stone
FICTION: The mountains became my patience stone, and I hoped they could hold my secrets and sins.
Abu Taha | Jul 06, 2015
The ghosts of Harlem past
The history of Southasians in America is richer than the discourse suggests.
Krishnendu Ray | Mar 16, 2015
Whose currents?
Can an Indian American magazine speak for the larger Southasian diaspora?
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan | Dec 29, 2014
India (for Safdar Hashmi)
Mimicking Allen Ginsberg’s ‘America’, a poet’s scathing critique of the Indian nationalist project
Amitava Kumar | Jan 14, 2013
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