The Juggernaut’s Top 15 Culture Stories of 2025
From the myth of the “smelly” South Asian to the iconic bandana girl and Indian baddies, our best stories on the trends, practices, and beliefs that shape us.
These are the culture stories that defined 2025 for our readers. We traced everything from the viral rise of Pakistani sister Onijah Robinson to the magical experimental world of Eid henna, from Amar Chitra Katha’s uneasy nostalgia to what Faizan Zaki’s spelling bee win means for the diaspora, from the iconic bandana girl to the Indian baddies who took over our timelines. In sum, these were the trends, anxieties, and moments that came into focus, revealing far more than we think about who we are and what we believe.