Harleen Singh’s ‘Drawn Together’ Highlights Comic Artists Fighting Racism
This year’s CAAMFest in San Francisco and Oakland — the Center for Asian American Media’s celebration of film, music and food — boasts an incredible lineup of Asian American and[...] The post Harleen...
View ArticleThoughts on the Sunken Place, Wakanda, & the Model Minority Myth
I sometimes wish I could go back in time and be my own guardian angel. I would reach down into that dark place of the Model Minority Myth and pull[...] The post Thoughts on the Sunken Place, Wakanda,...
View ArticleFirst Day: The Joy of Coming Together for Ramadan
It is always the hardest, that’s what everyone says. There is some truth to it, I suppose. If you’re not used to fasting on a regular basis, don’t find yourself[...] The post First Day: The Joy of...
View ArticleRead Original Poetry: “Kali”
It was my mother’s fault that she birthed Me on the banks of Kaveri For try as they did they could not wash the black alluvial soil off my skin.[...] The post Read Original Poetry: “Kali” appeared...
View Article‘Do We Belong?’ Shares Sunayana Dumala’s Story of Hate, Murder & Activism
In a short film from Capital K Pictures, Sunayana Dumala shares the story of hate and murder that took her husband Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s life last year on February 22, 2017,[...] The post ‘Do We...
View ArticleImmigrant Status, Power & Politics in the South Asian Diaspora
As someone who became an immigrant at the age of 9, I talk about my experiences quite often. Looking back there’s a lot of material I can write about. From[...] The post Immigrant Status, Power &...
View ArticleA Slice of South Asian Americana: My Ahmedabad Clothes
I have a small stack of clothes which I refer to as my Ahmedabad clothes: pairs of long cotton tunics that fall below the knees, with short or three-quarter length[...] The post A Slice of South Asian...
View ArticleOn Aspiration, Anthony Bourdain & Learning How to Live
Tony Bourdain gave me agency and taught me, a young Indian woman who wanted to see the world, how to live. I got the news about Anthony Bourdain’s death in[...] The post On Aspiration, Anthony Bourdain...
View ArticleAbout Onions: A Letter to My Daughter
A letter to my daughter (who is still tiny and can’t really read) *** When you were tiny — even tinier than you are now — the only times you’d[...] The post About Onions: A Letter to My Daughter...
View ArticleFrameline Film Fest Features Desi-led Queer Shorts
In honor of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Manhattan that represented a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States, we celebrate Pride Month every year in[...] The post Frameline...
View ArticleOn Yoga, Diversity Lite, & the Empire of American Wellness
I started learning Yoga at the age of 20 in Mumbai at The Yoga Institute, the oldest organized Yoga center in the world. I was in good health, had zero[...] The post On Yoga, Diversity Lite, & the...
View ArticleWhen Gay Pride Was Excluded From India Pride
The following piece is part of The Aerogram’s collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. *** YouTube...
View ArticleReview: The Good, The Bad, & The WTF! of Biopic ‘Sanju’
A few years ago, Maanayata Dutt, Hindi film actor Sanjay Dutt’s wife, asked popular filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani to consider making a movie about the controversial star. Dutt’s life truly has[...] The...
View ArticleWhat Does an Indian Look & Sound Like?
It was the year 1999 when I stepped inside my very first nail salon in NYC. “Did your mommy mix daddies?” the Korean owner at the nail salon enquired. “You[...] The post What Does an Indian Look &...
View ArticleA Q&A With Comics Creator Shebani Rao
Shebani Rao is an artist, writer, illustrator, and researcher who is almost always creating. She’s also a part of the wonderful team that makes The Aerogram possible, contributing her vibrant,[...] The...
View ArticleBreaking Ice in Finland — A True Story
The taxi meter was rising, and I realized that I wouldn’t have enough Finnish marks for the museum ticket and the return trip if I didn’t halt the taxi and[...] The post Breaking Ice in Finland — A...
View ArticleComing to America From Bangladesh: Those First Days
The following piece is part of The Aerogram’s collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive, which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. * * * Immigrating[...] The...
View ArticleKid Lit Titles ‘Always Anjali’&‘Meet Yasmin’ Teach Without the Preach For the...
Books about inclusion and valuing difference have never been more important, but how do you get kids to absorb the good stuff when they’re unwilling to be overtly educated? Fortunately,[...] The post...
View ArticleStoryteller: Kalyani & The Voice From the Well
It was summer and Kalyani’s daughter, her son-in-law, and grandkids who had come from Bombay, were all stuffed into her humble abode in Palakkad, the little house almost bursting at[...] The post...
View ArticleKannada: A Love Letter
I grew up in a family of talkers. Even though there were only four of us — my parents, my brother and me (plus my grandmother, if she was visiting),[...] The post Kannada: A Love Letter appeared first...
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