India Currents

Long before they wrote and directed the horror-satire masala movie Namaslay, brothers Rish and Kanish were just two actors in Hollywood, turning up at auditions that stereotyped the South Asian experience in roles the brothers call “lackluster” and “downright insulting.”...

The next foodborne illness outbreak could be much worse.

That’s the concern of food safety leaders across the U.S. who are raising alarms over federal cuts they say have made it harder to detect and stop the spread of foodborne illnesses, such as the recent outbreaks of cyclospora, which has

AACI (Asian Americans for Community Involvement) has announced the return of its annual Back-to-School Health Fair, according to an organization press release. The free, family-friendly event is dedicated to helping local children and families prepare for the upcoming school year and will take place on Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 10 AM to 1 PM at 2400 Moorpark Avenue in S...

70-year old Asif Chida has lived with diabetes for over 20 years. For most of that time, he did everything his doctors told him to: watched what he ate, took his medications, stayed disciplined. But his HbA1c — the three-month blood sugar average that clinicians use to track diabetes control — kept climbing. By the summer of 2025, when he visited the South Asian Heart Center...

Reporter Srishti Prabha first produced this story for KALW.

Anjali Rimi has spent eight years building Parivar Bay Area. It’s one of the country’s only Kinnar and Hijra-serving organizations — terms used across South Asia for trans and third-gender communities. Mo...