Mahatma Gandhi has been caught up in the anti-racism movement's campaign for removing statues and memorials in what has been called a culture war and the White House has decried the targeting of the Father of India
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South Asians in the diaspora are facing heightened racism, from online hate to detentions and deportations. But too often, the instinct is to treat these crises as uniquely South Asian, disconnected from the very systems that have long harmed Black communities. A few people will gesture toward broader solidarity, but the structural analysis stops at the border of identity.
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The Promise Of Light: Honouring a Pakistani American Scientific Trailblazer
As friends, colleagues, mentees, and admirers gathered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to celebrate her 80th birthday in November 2025, what became clear was that the accolades tell only part of the story and don’t explain why a roomful of people from across the world came to honour her.
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