Demystifying the Masala

Let’s face it: Nobody has the time anymore to stand over a simmering stew for hours on end. With Maya Kaimal’s fresh sauces, you don’t have to.

May 2005

The Many Faces of Navi Rawat

If you haven’t heard of this multi-talented maven yet, you will soon. Navi Rawat might just be Hollywood’s next big thing.

April 2005

Finding a Thoroughly Modern Male

In February, we ran “The (D)evolution of the Desi Dude,” wondering if the progressive South Asian guy exists. But Roxanna Kassam doesn’t believe the outlook is bleak. She offers five tips on how to bag your own thoroughly modern South Asian male.

April 2005

Innocent Abroad

When Nakasha Ahmad spent two years living in her parents’ native Pakistan, she’d never given much thought to her identity. But she found she had a lot to think about.

March 2005

Calling Karachi

Novelist Kamila Shamsie talks to Nirali about her city by the sea.

March 2005
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The (D)Evolution of the Desi Dude

Has the modern, North American-bred South Asian male come a long way from his subcontinental predecessor? talks to her readers to find out what desi ladies think.

February 2005

High Chai

Nirali looks at the steeping of tea in the South Asian tradition.

November 2004

Shameless: The Boys of Badmash

Nirali talks to the funnymen who brought Badmash, the first weekly South Asian comic strip, to life.

November 2004

Not-So Missing in Action

She performs under the moniker M.I.A., short for “missing in action,” but artist/musician Maya Arulpragasm is anything but. Nirali talks with M.I.A. to find out what makes this feisty Tamil tigress tick.

October 2004

Hoping for a Match

There are currently 31 South Asian American patients in desperate need of bone marrow or stem cell transplants, but the South Asian community faces a tragic lack of donors. A few courageous patients and volunteers are hoping to change that.

October 2004
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