Dule Rockerrr

Duleshwar Tandi, better known these days as Rapper Dule Rocker, is one of the most successful and influential rappers to have ever come out of the Kalahandi...

A primer on South Asians and Desis

I often talk about South Asian people, or how I identify as being an American of South Asian descent. Many folks outside of our communities don’t always know...

Why, Bobby Jindal?

Presidential candidate Piyush “Bobby” Jindal has said he’ll take questions over social media today. I’ve got some questions, but let’s start first with some...

It’s time for Asian American men to stop being the “Model Minority” in tech.

We all know tech is excluding most people from participating. But one group is actually over represented. And we’ve been conspicuously silent. The major tech...

Bringing Water to A Town Like Ours

I’ve had the good fortune to get to speak in public hundreds of times, about any manner of subjects. But I’ve never, never had the moments following one of my...

Rain, Rice, Gods and Gems

For the first two weeks in February, I joined my family in a trip to India. Though I was born here in the U.S., we used to go back to visit family in India...

South Asian Marrow Registry Drive

South Asians with blood disorders only have a 1 in 20,000 chance of finding compatible marrow donors, in part due to the fact that less than 1% of those...

Green and Orange

Following up on Indian Mango Alert Level: Orangish-Green and A Matter of National Security , some data points: The national flag of India has stripes of orange...

A Matter of National Security

As I was reveling in earlier , Indian mangoes are coming to the United States. As I mentioned in my last post, Indian mangoes had essentially been off-limits...

MTV for Americans, and Niharika Desai

I’d be remiss if I didn’t pass along the NYTimes story on MTV Desi from last week. There’s a lot of different reactions this prompts from me, but perhaps the...

Star and Bucwild can kiss my ass

Given the reports from Stan (with updates ) and Jay , it seems like my fears are confirmed: Some parts of the hip hop community feel that Indians are good...

The Multiracial Activist - United States v. Thind, 261 U.S. 204 (1923)

From United States v. Thind , 261 U.S. 204 (1923): It may be true that the blond Scandinavian and the brown Hindu have a common ancestor in the dim reaches of...