‘Quantico’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 6, ‘Aquiline’
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) “So we have a lot of suspects, doing a whole lot of nothing.” For once,…
Rae Na Lee, ’19, is Second Student Death at Yale in Past Week
In a message circulated late yesterday to members of the Yale University community, Yale University dean of students Jonathan Holloway…
Rami Malek is set to play Freddie Mercury in the upcoming Queen biopic
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) After seeing Hollywood green-light projects that actively erase Asian Americans from the silver screen (think…
Who Should Play Huma Abedin in The Inevitable 2016 Campaign Movie?
By Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) and Asha Sundararaman (@mixedtck) Of course Anthony Weiner had to pop up in the news during…
‘Quantico’ Recap: Season 2. Episode 5, ‘KMForget’
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) There were hints long before Sunday that I would be completely weirded out and disturbed…
Korean American Adoptee to be Deported after Four Decades in United States
I first posted about this story back in March 2015, when the AAPI community first began organizing on behalf of…
‘Ambush Journalist’ Jesse Watters is Ambushed by Guerilla Comedians, and it is Amazing
Karma is amazing. So-called “guerilla comedians” Justin Selvig and Davram Stiefler posted a video this morning documenting an exchange between…
Sen. Mark Kirk apologizes after racist remark against Rep. Tammy Duckworth
Senator Mark Kirk apologized Friday after he made a racist remark against Representative Tammy Duckworth at a televised debate on…
‘Designated Survivor’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 5, ‘The Mission’
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Remember when Designated Survivor first began and I was extremely impressed by the newly-inaugurated president’s…
‘Quantico’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 4, ‘Kubark’
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Remember a few weeks ago when Raina openly wondered why the terrorists hadn’t killed her…
16-year-old Dylan Yang Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison after Homicide Conviction
In a trial that has deeply shaken the Black and Asian communities of Wisconsin, 16-year-old Dylan Yang, who is Hmong…
When the Donald Embraced ‘The Hindu’
By Guest Contributors: Lakshmi Gandhi (@lakshmigandhi) and Asha Sundararaman (@mixedtck) Lakshmi: If you follow lots of South Asians on Twitter (as…