Alisha Sahay

4 days ago | huffpost.com | Alisha Sahay

Late Tuesday night, it became clear that democratic socialist and state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani would win New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary election. This year’s election made our collective foreheads sweat, not just from the 100-degree heat wave that’s been blasting the city, but also because Mamdani’s biggest obstacle in the race was former New York Gov.

2 months ago | huffpost.com | Alisha Sahay

It took only one sniff to transport me and my editor, Raj, back to childhood — and while we grew up in different places and times, certain scents are so integrally tied to South Asian culture that nostalgia hit hard. We were at Passerine, a new Indian restaurant in lower Manhattan, at a beauty event hosted by skincare brand Ranavat. There, we applied a few drops of a new product, their Brightening Saffron Essence, to the backs of our hands.

2 months ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Alisha Sahay

2 months ago | teenvogue.com | Alisha Sahay

At the second presidential debate of the 2024 campaign, Donald Trump promoted a conspiracy theory about Springfield, Ohio's Haitian community: “They’re eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what’s happening in our country, and it’s a shame.”Haitians and immigrants, in general, had no choice but to watch the lie spread like wildfire. After all, white politicians have long wielded the dog-eating trope against immigrants in the US, especially Asian immigrants.

2 months ago | huffpost.com | Alisha Sahay

Spring is finally upon us and, if you’re very lucky, with it comes the joyful anticipation of summer travel. Plans might include sprawling out in front of a glittering ocean or traversing the streets of a beautiful city somewhere far away. (After all, what is Instagram good for if not for soft-launching your new partner or showcasing a vacation destination?) This year, though, travel has taken on insidious undertones with recent actions from the Trump administration.