when-certain-swathe-indias-population-considers-countrys-ancient-past-it-doesnt-see-country-fragmented-into-kingdoms-savaged-by-caste-divisions-mired-in-poverty-rather-whats-envi

theres-hustling-but-also-self-centred-vibe-you-can-get-from-people-in-delhi

if-india-hadnt-become-troubled-space-for-me-somehow-i-wouldnt-have-any-reason-to-write-about-it-so-fact-that-its-lost-love-something-is-why-i-keep-thinking-about-it-obsessively

american-life-is-based-on-reassurance-that-we-like-one-another-but-wont-violate-one-anothers-privacies-this-makes-it-land-small-talk

we-discount-physical-when-in-fact-much-life-is-physical-peoples-personalities-are-partly-formed-by-in-response-to-how-they-take-up-space-physical-mask-has-some-relation-howsoever

i-think-people-have-turned-terrorists-into-these-larger-than-life-devils-are-unable-to-write-about-them-in-obvious-way-which-is-as-human-petty-bumbling

i-lived-in-brooklyn-from-2007-to-2012-but-for-last-few-years-have-resided-in-austin-texas-where-my-world-especially-world-downtown-is-predominantly-white

the-deadpan-brilliance-john-mccrea-has-been-underrepresented-in-music-since-2004-when-cake-served-up-pressure-chief

after-post-bill-berry-softening-with-albums-like-up-reveal-rem-seems-to-be-toughening-up-again-on-strength-first-single-discoverer-bands-new-record-looks-to-continue-with-same-mu

this-is-not-that-dawn-is-remarkable-in-part-for-its-careful-sensitive-attention-to-womens-lives-also-for-its-harsh-critique-men-their-failure-to-stop-violence

as-punjabi-you-only-have-to-look-at-your-own-familys-past-to-find-horror-stories-about-arranged-marriages-brutality

yashpal-writing-in-nineteen-fifties-sought-to-indict-this-culture-men-hindus-muslims-alike-who-value-their-freedom-power-over-rights-lives-women

if-asian-america-exists-it-is-because-systemic-racism

asian-americans-are-still-regarded-as-other-by-many-their-fellow-citizens

when-more-chinese-started-coming-after-gold-rush-employed-on-large-projects-like-pacific-railroad-anti-chinese-sentiment-became-shrill

american-policies-toward-asians-reached-nadir-in-1924-with-implementation-law-that-sought-to-preserve-idea-american-homogeneity-denied-admission-to-country-to-most-non-whites-imm

in-delhi-where-i-grew-up-commerce-is-brusque-you-dont-ask-each-other-how-your-day-has-been-you-might-not-even-smile-im-not-saying-this-is-ideal-its-how-it-is-youre-tied-together-

i-had-thick-accent-people-didnt-understand-me-i-was-ashamed-i-fumbled-i-radiated-uncertain-energy-sometimes-baristas-sensed-this-wouldnt-try-to-talk-to-me-then-insecure-voice-in-

the-hindu-nationalists-see-religion-near-perfection-save-for-tampering-muslims-christians-so-they-fall-upon-these-groups-rather-than-try-to-reform-their-own-practices-by-drawing-