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Pretextual Airport Stops
Recently, while traveling from Washington D.C. to sunny Florida, Transportation and Security Administration (TSA) sent me to secondary inspection at the airport. Apparently, my bag had an object that they could not identify. They asked me to identify the Read More …
#Asians4BlackLives
I am never quite sure how to begin talking about anti-black racism among diasporic South Asians and Pacific Islander communities. After all, indigenous Fijians are essentially black. Many Indians brought to Fiji to work as indentured servants were also much darker-skinned, when Read More …
The Triple Package Review: Debunking Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld
In their newly released book, The Triple Package, Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld propose that some groups are naturally better than the others due to certain cultural traits they possess. I was on HuffPost Live to discuss the book, and Read More …
Dedh Ishqiya – How To Make Your Regressive Audience Watch a Gay Movie
Dedh Ishqiya, the sequel to Ishqiya, is brilliant for its subtlety and in the way that viewers have been left to wonder in amazement about the relationship between Madhuri Dixit and Huma Qureshi, the two leading ladies in the movie. Here is the ultimate movie Read More …
13 for 2013 – The Year’s Best Music! (Bollywood)
My favorite music from 2013, arranged in no particular order. Titli (Chennai-Express) Once in a while, megastar Shahrukh Khan comes around with yet another mindless movie that reminds you of his Ram Jaane days (Yes, we haven’t forgotten). In Chennai Read More …