Recently, I was listening to a talk about faith, activism, and responses to harassment online. The talk, given by Balpreet Kaur, was beauti...

"These personal accounts allow us to glimpse an alternate picture of South Asian American history, one in which migrants from the sub...

Purdah: A social practice throughout South Asia that involves separating men from women ; it was used historically as a way to keep men an...

Whenever we have the chance, my father and I dive into philosophical discussion. After dinner, before going to sleep, upon waking up (at...

This is part three in a series of posts on Asian Americans, inspired by and in concert with a charity event being put on by the Columbia...

This is part two in a series of posts on Asian Americans, inspired by and in concert with CultureSHOCK , a charity event being put on by th...

This weekend, Asian American Alliance (a campus group that I am a part of) is putting on their annual charity culture show, called Cult...

Image credit: The Poetry Foundation This article caught my attention (and held it rapt) quite some time ago, but I just now have had a mo...

Image via DesiStudios This movie came out in 1996, and I didn't hear about it until college. Clearly, I was deprived of some amazing wo...

Summer is fast on the approach in the northern hemisphere, and though it may be a blessing to some, it can seem a curse to those who want to...

I want to explore a little bit more about South Asian identity and where it comes from for young South Asian Americans. I grew in a multi-ra...

I went through many of my old posts this week to make my new About Me page, and was struck by The South Asian Question in a New York Minute...

I have been experimenting with short fiction this week, or at least scenes that tell a standalone story; I have written about everything fro...

A project that I have wanted to launch for a while, but have not yet dared to test out, is to read some of my work aloud and read them as po...

Home has been a strange concept for me since moving to New York , and perhaps even since I started thinking about my own cultural identity. ...

The New York Minute Living in New York is a mixture of fast and slow moments - this week, I've experienced the latter half. But, even ...