After years of essentially responding to allegations of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon being an allegedly racist caricature with little other than shrug emojis, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening dispelled any rumors of the character being written off on August 27, 2019. But despite receiving the all-clear that he could “Thank you, come…

While it wasn’t my first time flying to Seattle to see family, it was my first time flying Alaska Airlines. Having recently flown my first Delta flight, I didn’t know what to expect. Knowing it would be exactly 4 hours and 29 minutes between taking off from O’Hare and landing…

Torches were lit. Pitchforks were thrown. Minds were lost. On January 13, 2019, personal care brand and Procter & Gamble subsidiary Gillette shocked the internet with “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be”, a campaign advertisement that they believe represents the tagline they proudly donned for over three decades: “The…

I’m not just a first-generation American. I’m also a second generation Canadian since I was born there. With regards to the U.S., I’m what you call 1.75 generation, as it’s been specifically used to describe situations like mine where immigrants arrive before the age of five. As someone whose parents…

John Lennon once said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.” First time I heard that quote, I realized its truth. But before we get into that, I think we can all agree. There are few places in the world where we feel like regardless of how…

When I was returning to the campus of Purdue University in 2017 for my sophomore year as an undergrad, it still felt like something was missing. My first year, the whole life of being a college student had felt like being a fish out of water. As a first-generation Indian…

The years 2014 and 2015 made me proud to be an NBA fan and a person of Indian origin. On August 14, 2014, Sim Bhullar — despite going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft after a decorated college basketball career at New Mexico State — signed a contract with the…

November 19, 2019 proved to be a newsworthy day in America. Having already responded to subpoena and delivered a Congressional testimony behind closed doors the prior month, then-U.S. …

Some things are so rare, they happen only once in a lifetime. But rare things that happen twice in a lifetime? Even rarer. For example, every man lives to see Halley’s Comet — a periodic comet visible from Earth every 74–76 years — at least once in their life. But…