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How South Asian Doctors Saved The NHS
They healed a broken nation. They kept it alive. But history forgets them.
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Can Curation Heal Colonial Theft?
At the British Museum's new Indian exhibit, the gods are still silent behind glass.
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Remembering Amina
She marched pregnant against apartheid, outwitted guards for a jailbreak, and turned down Nelson Mandela's marriage proposal.
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30 South Asian Novels to Read Before You Die
Full of life, rage, love, loss, and beauty.
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In Britain’s Classrooms, Colonial History is Still Written By The Victors
In British classrooms, colonialism is still taught as a civilizing mission — complete with railways, order, and grateful natives. But when empire is…
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How the West Backed 'Forced Sterilization' During the Emergency
To understand the policy of forced sterilization, we must look not only at Gandhi’s government, but also at the colonial hangover of foreign aid…
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Why Are South Asians In A Health Crisis? It May Start With Colonialism
Today, South Asians have some of the highest rates of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and kidney disease in the world. And it’s not just…
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May 2025

Fawad Khan: A Cross-border Star In Limbo
Once, Fawad Khan stood for possibility...
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What is South Asia, really?
A region drawn, redrawn, and still becoming.
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The Jinn-Saints of Feroz Shah Kotla
Every Thursday, devotees come not to remember the past, but to speak to it—leaving behind letters, incense, and hope.
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The Arrest of Jagtar Singh Johal
Seven years into Jagtar Singh Johal’s arbitrary imprisonment in India, what has the UK government done to free a citizen of their own?
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Badal Roy: The Tabla's Unseen Hand in the Jazz Revolution
Badal Roy didn’t just answer that question — he made jazz listen. With every tap of his tabla, he carried the pulse of centuries into the electric heart…
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