May 2013
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Uprooting Anti-Black Racism: Desi-African Musical... →
While on the one hand we learn through Sikhi that all people are equal regardless of their race, caste, or gender, we simultaneously learn that we should not socialize with black people and certainly not date them. We learn they are not to be trusted, that we should keep our distance. We learn that they are unattractive and that we most certainly want to keep our (brown) skin as wheatish and fair...
May 21st
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May 20th
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May 19th
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Q&A with Songstress Raveena Aurora →
Interview w/ Raveena Aurora over at The Aerogram. You often speak about your heritage as a Sikh-American on your website and in other interviews? Why is that important to you to get out? There’s not much representation in the mainstream media of Sikh-American artists. I’d be honored to be a positive role model one day for such an incredibly strong, peaceful, and loyal community — but  one that...
May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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May 13th
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May 12th
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May 11th
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May 10th
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May 9th
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Punk in Burma: Cultural Appropriation & Resistance... →
May 8th
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May 7th
Riz Ahmed: actor, rapper, ranter →
May 6th
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May 5th
Lil Wil - My Dougie (video) →
© 2008 WMG My Dougie (video) “The Dougie,” a dance popularized in California and the non-Southern US by Cali Swag District, was started by NOLA-born, Dallas-raised rapper Lil Wil. Both rap videos feature desis, but tell vastly different stories: Years before university bhangra groups were naach-ing to CSD, desi parents in Texas nervously herded their children away from neighborhood...
May 4th
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DJ Quik sampling Bappi Lahiri's "Thoda Resham... →
May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 2nd
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May 1st
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May 1st
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April 2013
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Apr 4th
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March 2013
26 posts
Saad Tasleem Was In A Punk Band →
I’m just going to place this here.
Mar 30th
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Holi hai →
The post may be a day late, but the song is timeless.
Mar 28th
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Tweet from T-Pain (@TPAIN)
T-Pain (@TPAIN) is in India whipping hos. (Hoes?) & then he instagramed it: I fuckin told you I was gonna ride in one of these things before I left Mumbai. Not only did i ride in… http://t.co/dKoGuaytcL (https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/315157688621359105)
Mar 25th
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Mar 23rd
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JAI PAUL MIXTAPE LEEEEEEAK!!!! →
Mar 22nd
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Mar 21st
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Mar 19th
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Mar 18th
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Mar 17th
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Mar 16th
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Mar 13th
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Mar 12th
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“Music fills the infinite between two souls.”
– Rabindranath Tagore (via samsaranmusing)
Mar 11th
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Khoon: An Ode to the Shia Community →
Mar 10th
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