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Blinded by the White: The Colonised Imaginations of Gurinder Chadha and Sarfraz Manzoor

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Like most of her work, Gurinder Chadha’s Blinded by the Light parades as a paean to diversity and inclusion while reinforcing white supremacy.

kavitab February 26, 2020 Britain, film, India, literature, postcolonialism, race, South Asia, whiteness

When duty texts, remember that you have read-receipt on

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A jittery world watches fascism on the march from Bolivia to India, and Twitter importantly doubles down on Indian food.

Alex Sayf Cummings November 30, 2019 Aneurysms, Best of

Green Cards and Red Lights: The Problem with Indian American Activism

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The constant emphasis on protecting the interests of “high-skilled” workers neglects everyone else and reveals the myopic biases of some migrants, argues anthropologist Stanley Thangaraj.

desiballer April 3, 2019 Asian American history, Asian Americans, class, conservatism, India, politics, race

Introducing the New “2019,” Now with 30% More Lemon Balm and Misogyny!

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It’s 2019, kids. There’s something in the air.  What is that smell?  Lemon balm?  Hope?  Silica particles from […]

Casey Baskin January 11, 2019 Aneurysms, Best of, feminism, gender, Housing, India, policing, transgender

The Allure of Small Things: Daniel Immerwahr on America’s Love Affair with Community Development

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What do the CIA and Gandhi have in common? Both were advocates of what historian Daniel Immerwahr calls “community development.”

Eric Michael Rhodes December 10, 2018 Asia, book reviews, Cold War, foreign policy, globalization, planning, Policy history, South Asia
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