Latest stories

We’ve published over 1,650 stories at The Juggernaut diving into South Asian culture, politics, history, profiles, business, and tech. Here are all of our stories for you to peruse, with the most recent first.

Indian food at several farmers markets including the Penn Street Farmers Market including these mango lassi yogurt drinks (Harold Hoch/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

How Mango Lassi Conquered the World

A fruity yogurt concoction became the gateway drink to an entire cuisine — in only one generation.

Meher Mirza

Second lady Usha Chilukuri Vance and first lady Melania Trump in Emancipation Hall at the U.S Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

An Inauguration, A Hat, and Many Executive Orders

On day one, the Trump administration celebrated some immigrant success stories — and made others virtually impossible.

Snigdha Sur

Kiran Sampath

How ‘Black Warrant’ Became a Streaming Success

The show marks filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane’s return to helming a TV series — and he’s bringing new talent along.

Poulomi Das

Evacuees from the Eaton Fire take canned food from a table at a donation center in Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California, on January 13, 2025 (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

The South Asians Rebuilding After the L.A. Fires

From cooking 5,000 meals a week to organizing donation drives, many are turning to community service to heal.

Snigdha Sur

What Really Happened to Suchir Balaji?

Police dismissed the OpenAI whistleblower’s death as a suicide. His parents say there’s more going on.

Kiran Sampath

Ameesha Patel and Hrithik Roshan in 'Kaho Naa...Pyaar Hai' (2000)

The Female Gaze of ‘Kaho Naa…Pyaar Hai’

How screenwriter Honey Irani flipped the script on gender dynamics and created a superhit.

Snigdha Sur

Still from 'All We Imagine As Light' (2024)

The Juggernaut’s Top 15 Entertainment Stories of 2024

The best of film, TV, music, and theater: All We Imagine As Light, that Asoka trend, One Day, and more.

The Juggernaut

The Juggernaut’s Top 10 Profiles of 2024

Dive headfirst into the raw, unfiltered perspectives of restaurateur Vikas Khanna, actor Tabu, chef Dylan Bachelet, tech memer Dr. Parik Patel, and more.

The Juggernaut

Mumbai protesters on August 14, 2024 seeking justice for a woman trainee doctor who was raped and murdered on duty at R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata (Ashish Vaishnav/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Juggernaut’s Top 10 True Crime Stories of 2024

Murders, hate crimes, and the search for justice — from the Dotbusters to the Kolkata Horror.

The Juggernaut

Moushumi Das collects a blood sample of a school student to check for hemoglobin before providing medicine for anemia near Agartala, India (Majority World/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The Juggernaut’s Top 10 Health Stories of 2024

The South Asian aging paradox, the miracle of Boroline, why South Asian women disproportionately suffer from anemia, and more.

The Juggernaut

Untitled, anonymous, 1890s (Kalighat Pat) (DAG)

The Juggernaut’s Top 15 History Stories of 2024

How Tamil spread around the world, Europe claimed Indian math, an eclipse ended a genocide, and much more.

The Juggernaut

President Donald Trump signs an executive order to try to bring jobs back to American workers and revamp the H-1B visa guest worker program on April 18, 2017 in Kenosha, Wisconsin (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The Visa That Divided MAGA

How the H-1B program became a stand-in for racism against Indian “third world invaders.”

Kiran Sampath

The Juggernaut’s Top 10 Business Stories of 2024

From Toyota Camry to Coke Studio, these were the top stories on the brands and market trends that had our readers hooked.

The Juggernaut

Shahana Goswami in and as 'Santosh' (2024) (Taha Ahmad)

‘Santosh’: When Justice is a Performance

In Sandhya Suri’s Oscar-shortlisted film, a widow finds freedom and power in a police uniform — but at what cost?

Meher Manda

Alia Bhatt at Met Gala 2024 (John Shearer/WireImage/Getty)

The Juggernaut’s Top 15 Culture Stories of 2024

From why the region is the mother of maximalism to the appropriation of the dupatta, our best stories on the trends, practices, and beliefs that shape us.

The Juggernaut

R. Madhavan as Farhan and Aamir Khan as Rancho in '3 Idiots' (2009)

How ‘3 Idiots’ Redefined Success

The beloved film poignantly critiqued academic pressure. But are we any closer to a world where learning thrives over fear?

Snigdha Sur

Sri Lankan workers at the Link Natural factory sort through sachets of Samahan in Dompe on December 29, 2010 (AFP PHOTO/Ishara S. KODIKARA via Getty Images)

The Juggernaut’s Top 10 Food Stories of 2024

From how Samahan became a global sensation to how a bowl of fruit became a love language, these were the food stories our readers and editorial team devoured.

The Juggernaut