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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.

Traditional yoga practices are met with competition from a plethora of new yoga practices, including goat yoga and drunk yoga. (Abhilash Baddha)

Yoga’s Fine Balance

Traditional yoga has a hard time competing with modern yoga.

Keshav Pandya

India is wary of cryptocurrencies. (Abhilash Baddha)

Opinion: India’s Traditionalist Ban on Crypto

Financial innovation is okay – as long as it’s native to India.

Aditi Sriram

What Makes The Good Place so Good

The Good Place has taken primetime television to new heights (and new dimensions) with its diverse cast and its mindful omission of tired Hollywood tropes.

Ami Vora

Maya Deshmukh and Arti Gollapudi (Diwali Party)

Funny Women Are Everywhere

South Asian comics are transforming a scene into a community, creating their own shows, and holding each other accountable.

Aditi Natasha Kini

Most of the newer, more effective tuberculosis medicines are not available in India. (Abhilash Baddha)

Why India Has the Most Tuberculosis Deaths

Government bureaucracy, lax international guidelines, and high drug prices have created a toxic cocktail.

Charlotte Silver

Howdy Modi! attendees pose with a Modi cutout. (Snigdha Sur)

Modi’s Hindu Bubble

Few Howdy Modi! attendees made an effort to understand the protesters who stood outside. Maybe members of the diaspora can have honest conversations only when the patriotic music is turned off.

Meghna Rao

How Shyama Golden Made a Name for Herself

The Brooklyn-based artist had a long and winding journey to making art that was her own. Her first solo show opens today.

Meghna Rao

Yakku haunt people as they die. (Shyama Golden)

The Fearsome Yakku of Sri Lanka

In Sinhalese culture, yakku are demons that haunt people as they die. We revisit their history.

The Juggernaut

Justin Trudeau, posing with fellow teachers at an Arabian Nights-themed party in 2001. (Time)

Opinion: Trudeau’s Brownface is Yet Another Costume

The recent brownface allegations feel apt — Trudeau often pretends to be something he is not.

Jaya Sundaresh

Narendra Modi holds India's tri-color flag. (Narendra Modi)

Opinion: How Modi Capitalizes on the Diaspora

As India Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitches a worldwide Hindu agenda, the diaspora must decide whether feeling like they belong is enough to overlook what he stands for.

Meghna Rao

India’s First Female Freedom Fighter

Kittur Rani Chennamma, the ruler of South Indian princely state Kittur, is largely overlooked. Yet Karnataka's “Joan of Arc” beat the British at least once.

Parth Vohra

Red Dots for Kashmir Can Only Do So Much

Social media, flooded with red dots for Kashmir, has its pitfalls.

Aliya Amn Chaudhry

Why China Loves Bollywood

Bollywood movies have grown popular in China — some even make more money in China than in India. What’s the secret formula?

Michaela Stone Cross

Mahi, 26, a former hijra, now works as a waitress in Navi Mumbai. When asked if she identifies as a man or a woman she responds: "Neither, only human." (Michaela Stone Cross)

What Trans Women Think About India’s Third Gender

While activists in the West fight to introduce transness to the mainstream, India’s trans women face a different task: replacing centuries-old classifications.

Michaela Stone Cross