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The Tragic Murder of Sara Sharif: How Violent Discipline is Normalized in South Asian Cultures

What India Gets From Israel?

How Bombay became the Epicenter of Indian Cinema

Is There Still Room for Traditional Kaliras Among South Asian Brides?

Virginity Testing: A British History of Dehumanizing South Asian Immigrants

How Gender Roles Influenced South Asian Architecture

The 2006 Noida Serial Murders

Punjab’s Unique Water Tanks and Statues

Blood Diamonds: How India’s diamond cutting industry conceals conflict gems

The Diwali Barbie Dilemma: Progress or Profit?

Bridging Two Worlds: The Role of Therapy for Children of Immigrants

The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement You’ve Never Heard Of

How Partition Affected the Lives of Women

The Ghost Stories that Migrate in and to Urban India

To Boycott Coke Studio or Not?

40 years on from the Sikh Genocide of 1984

The Brown Voters Failed by American Democracy

From Champi to Shampoo: The Indian Tradition that Traveled the World

When Heritage Becomes Hollow Imitation

The Making of The Moon: How the Moon Became a Symbol of Forbidden Romance in South Asia

EP 70: Anglo-Indians

Indigenous Peoples in Chittagong Hill Tracts: Struggle for Survival and Identity

Niyāz in the Shi’a Diaspora: Sacred Offerings and Syncretism

The Taliban’s New Era of Terror in Afghanistan

Ayad Akhtar Needs No Help

From the Shrine to Spotify: How has Qawwali changed?

Nazia Hassan: The Queen Who Defined Brown Pop

The Kohistani Video Murders

The Many Journeys of India’s Bene Israel Jews: of Shipwrecks and Layovers

How Sikhs Saved The Italian Cheese Industry

End Cabbie Debt: Bringing the Story of NYC’s Taxi Drivers to the Screen

The Anglicization of Indian Names: The Erasure of Cultural Identity

The Radical Voice of Dalit Literature in Love and Politics

EP 69: Kani Kusruti

Witch-hunts: Atrocities From Past And Present-Day India

The Rise of South Asia’s Javelin Stars

The Legal Personhood of Non-Human Entities in India

The Many Legacies Of Shan Masala

Why Has Lahore Turned Its Back On Its Greatest Contributor?

EP 68: Kerala and the Arab Gulf

Subhash Kapoor: Steal, Smuggle, Sell

How Thailand Became A Hub For Indian Revolutionaries During WW1

How Pakistan’s Khwaja Siras express Fashion and Identity in a complex Landscape

You’re Not Welcome Here!

After Overthrowing a Dictator, Bangladesh Must Now Build a Democracy

Pakistani Pop Music under Zia's Dictatorship

The Secret Legacy of Freemasonry in Post-Colonial Pakistan: Whispers of the Jadoo Ghars

Manual Scavenging in India and the Fight for Human Dignity

The True Lives of South Asians in Regency England vs. the Bridgerton Fantasy

The Bangladeshi Revolution Is Resisting A Brutal, Bloody Dictatorship

The Evolving Landscape of Queer Literature in South Asia

General Rani: The Mistress Who Ruled Pakistan from the Shadows

India's Relationship with Palestine: From Solidarity to Silence

Bangladesh and the Poetry of Liberation

Italy's Secret Slavery

Who is Responsible for the Bengal Famine of 1943?

Is Pakistan in Denial about its Caste Problem?

The Rise and Fall of the Dosa King

Decolonizing The Indian Police

The Driver Who Killed A Hockey Team

Settler Genocide in Bangladesh’s Tribal Lands

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When India put Chinese-Indians in Prison Camps

The Kolkata Derby: Asia’s Oldest and Fiercest Football Rivalry

Why Has India Forgotten The Violence In Its Struggle For Freedom?

How South Asian Diets Reflect Historical Struggles

The Gaja Gamini Walk: From Kama Sutra to its Current Revival in Heeramandi

EP 67: Fatima Farheen Mirza

Sikhs in the British Indian Army: Loyal Soldiers or Imperial Pawns?

A Statue with a Handbag: A symbol for emancipation, but for whom?

Murder in Norway: The Story of Faiza Ashraf

The Method to Manto’s Madness

The Colonial Gaze of Bollywood: The Cinematic Portrayal of Kashmir

EP 66: Pakistani Hindus

Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s Travelling Revolution: How Latin America Inspired Pakistani Intellectuals

The Killing of Anni Hindocha

How Folklore Can Break Caste Hegemony Within Academic Philosophy

Communism in India: An Influential History

Why are Indian Students Dying in the US?

Jain Cuisine: The Increasing Popularity of an Age-Old Diet

The Horrific Murder of Hannah Foster

Missing Girls: The Evil of Female Infanticide in South Asia

Miracle Seeds: How Millets, India’s “Forgotten” Food, are taking Centre Stage

EP 65: British Asians of the 1970s and 80s

The Brilliance of Hanif Kureishi

“Where is my child!?” - The Notorious Case of Javed Iqbal, Killer of 100 Children

How Enslaved Africans Rose to Great Powers in India

The Mystery of Chamkila: Diljit Dosanjh Portrays the Iconic Singer in his Latest Film

From Cheent to Chintz

India's Struggle to Bring Back the Cheetah

The Forgotten Wild West of Punjab

The Indian Politics of Hijab: The passport that reads “A Purdah Nashin Lady (A Veiled Lady)"

A Retrospective View on Religious Pluralism in South Asia

Kalai: The Ancient Art of Tinning Copper

Pakistan and Diana: A Cross-cultural Love

How British Colonizers used Photography to Justify the Occupation of India

How ‘Deewaar’ Inspired Hong Kong Cinema

The Babri Masjid Dispute: A Triumph of Fantasy over Reality

Why Are Nearly Half of Children in Pakistan Stunted?

Bebinca: The Queen of Goan Desserts

Imperial Gaze and The Great Exhibition of 1851: Tracing the colonial roots of exhibition design

Arundhati Roy and Sedition Under 'IPC 153A'

Heera Mandi: The Real Story behind Lahore's Red Light District

When The French Made Chiffon Sarees For Indian Princesses

Balochistan’s Enforced Disappearances: A curse Pakistan brought upon itself

Punjabiyat: The Evolution of Punjabi Identity

The Maritime Border of India and Pakistan: How fishermen become victims of invisible sea borders

Beyond the Erotic Art of the Khajuraho Temples

Madhuri and her Three Closeups

When A Greek King of India Embraced Buddhism: The History of the Indo-Greek Kingdom

Polish Refugees in India during World War II