Crappy or Cultured: One Man’s Journey to Eat All the Indian Food at Trader Joe’s
By Teja Dusanapudi Hold on to your saris, folks! Today, Trader Joe’s is becoming “Trader Raja’s.” Starting with a meal of fish korma
“They say the airport search is random / But if it’s always me, it ain’t random” – The Politics of the Random Airport Search
By Saranjit Uppal It’s not just Riz Ahmed’s recent song “Mogambo” that inspired this piece; a casual conversation amongst staff members of this
Guava Island Movie Review
By Talia Basma Directed by Hiro Murai Released 2019 Who would have thunk it? Amazon released Guava Island and only had 55 minutes
Call Me Bobby: The Politics of Naming
By Teja Dusanapudi Smiling, happy, and picturesque, the faces of the Brady Bunch are icons of the 1970s to many, but perhaps to
South Asian Artists in Hip Hop
By Teja Dusanapudi So says Anik Khan in his breakout song “Big Fax,” lounging on cars and rapping about “mixing up the masla
Miram Madrese
By Kiana Borjian first day of “Women in Islamicate Societies:” Why are you taking this class? I begin swirling like the dervishes my
Diaspora Dysphoria
By Kimia Akbari I’m floating by in twilight anesthesiaas Disgraceland overtly stares backfrom a distance;watching the jousting matchOf sufi mystics above polluted cloudswith
State-Sponsored Islamophobia in China: The Detainment and Abuse of over One Million Uighur Muslims
by Aarya Chidambaram Over 1 million Uighur Muslims have been detained in China across at least 1000 internment camps. They have been subjected
“Every War Should Be Endless” – Reese Erlich on US-Iran Relations
By Teja Dusanapudi “What if Iran had murdered Jamal Khashoggi?” posed journalist Reese Erlich, an arresting statement that prefaced the remainder of his
South Indian Snacks to Cure your Winter Quarter Blues
By Aarya Chidambaram Easily one of the worst parts of attending college some five hundred miles away from home is the fact that
Rohingya Refugees: Personal Stories of Fleeing Persecution
“I remember my husband staring at me as the Myanmar Soldier put the gun towards his head and pulled the trigger,” recalled Mumtaz,
Our Namesake: How Edward Said Empowers Us to Reclaim “Other”
“Other,” a quite ordinary word, means something completely different to those who identify with the regions represented by Other Collective, including West Asia,
Dry Mango
I sat in our study lounge for the fourth consecutive hour, when my phone flashed with a message from my mom. As usual,
Why English?
Summer 2018 was a blast indeed. I left Davis as soon as Finals got over and came back to Eid festivities and holidays
From a Jewish Perspective: Boycott Birthright
For Jewish individuals living in diaspora today, such as myself, we’ve pondered the thought of taking a free trip to Israel with Birthright,