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Sikhs in Italy: From World War II Heroes to Disposable Workers
Masha Hassan revisits Sikh wartime valor against the quieter, ongoing reality of labor exploitation in Italy.
Jan 15
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Brown History
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What It Means to Marry the Eldest Son
When love competes with obligation in ways you don’t see coming
Jan 14
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How Rap Is Reviving a Fading Language in the Maldives
The Dhivehi language against English dominance
Jan 13
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Pepper, the Spice That Shaped the World
How a trade that powered empires was never allowed to become “world history”
Jan 8
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Phone-Addicted South Asian Seniors
Why Can’t Our Parents Stop Doomscrolling?
Jan 6
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India’s Right-Wing Raves: Hindutva, Zionism, and Psychedelic Trance
Sep 2, 2025
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Heera Mandi: The Real Story behind Lahore's Red Light District
Feb 1, 2024
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Gold Inheritance: the Quiet Feminism of South Asian Women
Nov 8, 2022
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Reena Virk: Beyond the Headlines
Sep 14, 2022
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A British Chain Tried to Trademark Our Word for Vegetables. Yes, Seriously.
On sabzi, oral tradition, colonial paperwork, and the strange afterlives of empire.
Dec 9, 2025
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The Politics of Plain Food: A Deep Dive on Daal Chawal
On taxation, famine, displacement, and the food that kept us alive
Nov 20, 2025
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The Disappearing Taste of Home: What We Lose When We Stop Making Sandan
As sandan fades from Kokni Muslim kitchens, it raises the question of what we lose when food traditions vanish.
Oct 30, 2025
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Niyāz in the Shi’a Diaspora: Sacred Offerings and Syncretism
Votive food offerings, koonday ki niyāz, and diasporic memory.
Oct 10, 2024
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The Many Legacies Of Shan Masala
How Shan Foods and their emblematic Shan Masalas have shaped - and been shaped - by the lives of Pakistanis, and even the nation itself.
Aug 27, 2024
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Read Your Way Through Kohima
To know Kohima is to feel its quiet endurance held in its hills its roads and its people. Here Hiya Seb shares the books that open a way into its…
Dec 6, 2025
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Read Your Way Through Karachi
To know Karachi is to surrender to its motion, a metropolis that expands, contracts, and reinvents itself each day. Here, photographer Umer Sheikh…
Nov 14, 2025
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Read Your Way Through Mumbai
A city of dreams on India’s western coast, Mumbai shimmers with ambition and sea breeze. Writer Zobia Alam recommends books that capture its spirit and…
Oct 31, 2025
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Read Your Way Through Amritsar
A golden city in the plains of Punjab, Amritsar hums with memory and devotion. Harleen Singh, author of The Lost Heer, recommends books that capture its…
Jul 30, 2025
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30 South Asian Novels to Read Before You Die
Full of life, rage, love, loss, and beauty.
Jun 11, 2025
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How the CIA Sabotaged Pakistan's Public Health
A tale of polio, espionage, and betrayal
Dec 23, 2025
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The Horrific Singh Spa Bath Murders
"I've got three bodies in a spa!"
Dec 18, 2025
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The Psychology of the South Asian Eldest Daughter
Growing Up First, Carrying the Most.
Dec 16, 2025
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How the West Wore South Asia
The untold colonial history behind the West’s obsession with South Asian aesthetics.
Dec 11, 2025
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A British Chain Tried to Trademark Our Word for Vegetables. Yes, Seriously.
On sabzi, oral tradition, colonial paperwork, and the strange afterlives of empire.
Dec 9, 2025
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Read Your Way Through Kohima
To know Kohima is to feel its quiet endurance held in its hills its roads and its people. Here Hiya Seb shares the books that open a way into its…
Dec 6, 2025
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