Artwork: Sresta Aitharaju Tamil actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan shot up in popularity after the release of the Netflix show Never Have I Ever. The teen drama showcases the life of an Indian American teen, following her life in high school as she struggles to make sense of love, family, and identity. Devi, played by Maitreyi, navigates …
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“Naatu Naatu” from the Indian action epic “RRR” is performed at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday. None of the dancers onstage were confirmed to be of Indian descent.(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) RRR, an Indian movie made in the Telugu language about the harms of colonization, made history at the 2023 Oscars. …
Artwork by Ella Sun Rebecca F. Kuang is a Chinese American writer who has recently wowed audiences with her novels. Kuang graduated with a Mcphil in Chinese studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. While continuing her writing, she is currently pursuing a PHD at Yale in East Asian Studies …
Artwork by Siri Raghunayakala When Never Have I Ever, an HBO comedy co-created by Mindy Kaling, first came out on Netflix, I was overjoyed. It was exciting to watch a show starring an Indian American teenage girl, around the same age as I was when the first episodes came out. I drank in every small …
A White man masquerading as a famous Chinese poet, a nerdy fiancé with an Asian fetish, and a conservative-turned-leftist Asian activist – all characters that are brought to life in Disorientation.
Hear Our Voices Magazine interviewed Indian American model Sarina Mahapatra about her experience as an Asian American in the modeling industry.
