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Sepia Tone


a Catapult column


The Women Who Don’t Bend in ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ - April 2021

On ‘Mississippi Masala’ and the Politics of Desire - September 2021

Who Gets to Tell Stories About India and Its People? - April 2022
The Fraught Identity of ‘Where’s the Party Yaar’ - June 2021

‘The Namesake’ and the Stories We Tell About Our Parents - January 2022

Finding Nostalgia in Diasporic Film - July 2022

More Writing


Essays



HAZLITT 2017

My ‘Just in Case’ Inheritance




QUARTZ 2017


The Pursuit of White Women



PopSugar 2017 

We Need to Talk About This Issue With the Women’s March






iD 2019

The Women Taking on India’s Sexual Harassment Problem


TEEN VOGUE 2017


Dressing Like My Immigrant Mother in Donald Trump's America


Profiles & Interviews




Raveena Is Taking Advice from the Moon




Meet Lazybones, The MS Paint Artist Acting As Tumblr's Unlicensed Therapist





Curator Kimberly Drew on Black Art, Social Media, and Taking Selfies in Museums




The Immaculate Kingdom of Anik Khan




The Shining World of Kohinoorgasm


Papi Juice Is the NYC Party Making Space For Queer Artists of Color




Mitski Tells Us What’s On Her Mind




Meet the Plus-size Japanese Instagram Star Leading a Body-image Revolution


Features





How the Healthcare System Fails People Who Don't Speak English, SPLINTER



How Indian Streetwear Brand NorBlack NorWhite Is Changing
the Fashion Industry,
TEEN VOGUE




The Webseries 'Brown Girls' Is a Love Letter to Queer Women of Color, BROADLY


This All-Girl Punjabi Dance Team is Crushing Their Male Competitors, BROADLY




This Modeling Agency Is On A Mission To Mainstream Trans Beauty, HUFFPOST



Generation Revolution’ Explores Protests and Activist Groups in the U.K., TEEN VOGUE




Papi Juice Is the NYC Party Making Space For Queer Artists of Color, TEEN VOGUE


There's 'Bad Rap' and Then There's Brown Rap, PAPER




How A Traditional Indian Dance Form Found A Home In American Colleges, HUFFPOST