American Orientalism
From the late nineteenth century to our post-9/11 era, Americans have imagined South Asians simultaneously as exotic and barbaric, magical and menacing—to the detriment of those immigrants who are already most vulnerable.
Winter 2026
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India’s Daughter and How Not to Talk About Rape
Before India’s Daughter premiered in New York the day after International Women’s Day, Meryl Streep lit a candle to honor the protagonist of Leslee Udwin’s new documentary. “She was India’s daughter,” declared Streep, referring to twenty-three-year-old Jyoti Singh Pandey, the …
