Category
11 articles
Shaadi apps promised to modernize matchmaking. Instead, they generated a burnout so universal it has its own support infrastructure — thousands of group chats where second-generation Desis vent, compare notes, and quietly redefine what compatibility means.
Desi American media loves to tell the stories of mothers and daughters, but the immigrant father remains a closed book — even to the people who share his roof. An argument for finally asking him what it all felt like.
Netflix and Amazon can't seem to stop greenlighting desi comedy specials — and American audiences can't stop watching them. From arranged-marriage bits to airport-dad material, here's why the most specific jokes in the world are suddenly landing everywhere.
The South Asian mental health movement has finally broken through decades of stigma — but now it's hitting a different wall. There simply aren't enough desi therapists to meet the demand, and the ones who are out there are completely swamped. So what happens to the people left waiting?
Indian American professionals are spending real money and real emotional energy trying to sound 'less foreign' in offices that never asked their French or Australian colleagues to do the same. We talked to the people navigating this quiet, exhausting double standard — and the ones who've decided they're done apologizing for how they sound.
Yoga is a $37 billion industry in the United States. Ayurveda is showing up in Goop gift guides and Whole Foods supplements. But somewhere between the Sanskrit chants and the coconut oil face masks, a question keeps surfacing: who gets to decide what survives the translation? We went looking for answers — and found a lot of complicated feelings.
For decades, the path was clear: engineering degree, tech job, stock options, done. But a growing number of second-generation Indian Americans are quietly closing their laptops on that script — and building something their parents never saw coming.
A new wave of Indian-American therapists and wellness creators is quietly dismantling one of desi culture's most stubborn taboos. Gen-Z is leading the charge — and they're bringing their reluctant parents along for the ride. Here's what's actually changing inside Brown households when it comes to mental health.
She has a 4.0 GPA, plays violin, volunteers on weekends, and hasn't slept properly in three years. The Indian American 'good girl' is everywhere — and she's quietly falling apart. We spoke to therapists, community advocates, and young women themselves about the mental health crisis that desi families aren't ready to name.
Indian cuisine has officially crossed over — from the strip-mall buffet to the James Beard spotlight, from 'exotic' to essential. But what does it actually mean when a culture's food goes mainstream, and who gets to decide when it's arrived?
From Never Have I Ever to The Mindy Project to Little America, American television has been slowly, awkwardly, and sometimes beautifully learning how to put South Asian families on screen. But are these portrayals actually resonating with the people they claim to represent — or are they still writing for the gaze of someone who's never been to a puja?