Making the desi scene in New York.

South Asian American men are not usually depicted as ideal American men. They struggle against popular representations as either threatening terrorists or geeky

Desi Rap is a collection of essays from South Asian American activists, academics, and hip-hop artists that explores four main ideas: hip-hop as a means of expr

Desi Land is Shalini Shankar’s lively ethnographic account of South Asian American teen culture during the Silicon Valley dot-com boom. Shankar focuses on how

"That certain groups do much better in America than others—as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on—is difficult to talk about. In