Sopan Deb Archives - Little India: Overseas Indian, NRI, Asian Indian, Indian American

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This Playwright Has Been Listening to Her Mother

While “India Pale Ale” is intensely personal for Backhaus, it’s not exactly autobiographical. It’s more about Bhira, her...
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A Grand Cross-Cultural Body Slam as WWE Star Turns Up the Heat

The WWE has historically struggled with its depictions of minorities, where villains like the Jinder Mahal character have...
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The Big Sick, South Asian Identity, and Marriage

I never told my Bengali parents about my first kiss. I was 14 and we were in the...

Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
The Rise Of The NRI, The Influential Non-voter

In 1936, Radhakamal Mukerjee, a famous Lucknow-based social scientist, wrote a book titled Migrant Asia that contained an...
Chetna Kapoor | February 28, 2019
Love And Marriage: Rebels Against An Indian Tradition That Endures In The U.S.

For years, my mom, Indira Pillay, told her American friends and colleagues that she and my dad had...
Chetna Kapoor | February 27, 2019
Integration Of Indian And African Flavors Accelerates

In the 2006 comedy movie “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” Mr. Bobby (played by Will Ferrell)...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
Oscars 2019: The Indian Sanitary Pad Makers’ Story Wins Award

Sneh was 15 when she started menstruating. The first time she bled, she had no idea what was...
Chetna Kapoor | February 26, 2019
India’s Rich Fancy These Foreign Destinations

In India, there is no dearth of wealth and the proof of this is the growing number of...

This Playwright Has Been Listening to Her Mother