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brown history substack subscribe sign in home podcast shop food books support us archive leaderboard about the guilt of spreading your wings nashia rizvi reflects on the freedom of moving out and the guilt of knowing that home will never feel quite the same without you aug 12 brown history 24 1 1 muhammad ali jinnah and ruttie an unknown bombay story alex thomas traces muhammad ali jinnah s life in bombay from his rise as a young barrister to his tragic end with ruttie petit aug 11 brown history 18 1 1 my name is khan and the burden of explaining yourself after 9 11 being brown in america meant answering for violence that was never yours navreet singh dhaliwal revisits my name is khan to show the aug 6 brown history 20 5 the real tragedy of brown guys saying the n word divya k examines what brown guys who use the n word reveal about identity ignorance and respect aug 5 brown history 32 3 4 the famines we inherited the colonial famines we were never taught about and their impact on south asian health dr mubin syed uncovers the colonial famines erased from south asian history and explores how their legacy may still be affecting our health today aug 4 brown history 31 1 6 most popular view all the quiet recalibration of brown bodies mar 19 brown history 14 2 2 india s right wing raves hindutva zionism and psychedelic trance sep 2 2025 brown history 141 17 the great south asian man child epidemic jun 4 brown history 125 7 24 heera mandi the real story behind lahore s red light district feb 1 2024 brown history 44 1 food view all the unspoken rule of periods in ramzan sara syed reflects on the unspoken rules of menstruation during ramzaan and the quiet performances women learn to navigate faith and family mar 5 brown history 28 3 learning the language of pakistani cooking in her mother s kitchen samar salman traces the unspoken structure and inherited precision of pakistani cooking feb 10 brown history 21 3 2 a british chain tried to trademark our word for vegetables yes seriously on sabzi oral tradition colonial paperwork and the strange afterlives of empire words by nishad sanzagiri dec 9 2025 brown history 21 5 the politics of plain food a deep dive on daal chawal words by aanya ismail nov 20 2025 brown history 39 5 the disappearing taste of home what we lose when we stop making sandan words by asfiyah qadri oct 30 2025 brown history 14 3 books view all a welsh ghost in pakistani literature yasmin begum supall explores how sara suleri s meatless days uncovers the overlooked ties between wales and pakistan revealing a forgotten history of jul 7 brown history 19 2 read your way through kohima to know kohima is to feel its quiet endurance held in its hills its roads and its people here hiya seb shares the books that open a way into its dec 6 2025 brown history 19 4 read your way through karachi to know karachi is to surrender to its motion a metropolis that expands contracts and reinvents itself each day here photographer umer sheikh nov 14 2025 brown history 75 7 18 read your way through mumbai a city of dreams on india s western coast mumbai shimmers with ambition and sea breeze writer zobia alam recommends books that capture its spirit and oct 31 2025 brown history 26 1 8 read your way through amritsar a golden city in the plains of punjab amritsar hums with memory and devotion harleen singh author of the lost heer recommends books that capture its jul 30 2025 brown history 33 3 4 recent posts view all anglo indians burghers and the cultures created in between michaela tranfield explores the layered histories of anglo indians and burghers and what it means to reclaim an identity shaped by empire jul 30 brown history 23 7 the curfew was the worst thing to happen to south asian daughters nashia rizvi writes about how the curfew shaped the lives of south asian daughters restricting not only their freedom but their friendships confidence jul 29 brown history 43 2 9 how shah rukh khan became the face of india s lost future aadit basu examines shah rukh khan as a symbol of india s fading middle class dream and the future promised by economic liberalization jul 28 brown history 21 2 3 who sold qawwali s aura manasvi frazear james traces qawwali s journey from the dargah to the digital screen and dinner table asking what happens when a sacred tradition jul 23 brown history 27 1 5 is he into me or just really into brown women divya k explores the uncomfortable line between interracial attraction cultural curiosity and fetishization jul 22 brown history 75 4 8 why are indian students protesting a patel looks at how a new generation is testing the limits of state power jul 20 brown history 80 1 14 see all subscribe 2026 ahsun zafar privacy terms collection notice start your substack get the app substack is the home for great culture this site requires javascript to run correctly please turn on javascript or unblock scripts