Ayesha Le Breton

Jul 19, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

A British nabob’s mixed-race kids became U.S. citizens, attended Harvard and Yale, and earned plaudits. How? In the memoirs of a refugee from the French Revolution, Thomas Law, once a high-ranking administrator with the British East India Company, claims he had “married a very rich Brahmin widow,” with whom he had two sons. While the tale is only partly true, the full picture is far more thrilling.

Jul 18, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

The tie that binds together handkerchiefs, luxury bridal wear, and headscarves? One ancient Indian technique. “We have five minutes to do this thing,” says a concerned Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) to Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) in The Bear Season Two. “I got you, chef,” he responds. The countdown begins, as do flashbacks of the chaos the kitchen had endured, including Sydney accidentally stabbing Richie.

Jul 12, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

Why do others think it’s okay to tell us to be quiet? In A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), a well-meaning nurse convinces the terminally ill Sam (Lupita Nyong’o) to venture beyond the hospice to New York City for a day trip. Little do they know what awaits them: meteor-like objects suddenly obscure the sky and plummet to Earth, bringing with them extraterrestrials on a killing spree. The creatures are blind but possess heightened hearing. If you speak, you die.

Jul 10, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

Indian police took three years to catch his killers, while the family awaits justice. But that’s not what netizens are riled up about. On October 5, 2021, Dev Sunar drove a Punjab-registered truck into Vinod Bharara in Panipat, Haryana. Bharara’s legs were fractured, but he was lucky to survive. He wouldn’t be so lucky the next time: just months later, on December 15, Sunar shot and killed Bharara at his home.

Jul 3, 2024 | thejuggernaut.com | Ayesha Le Breton

It seems criminal to shave off that feathery soft, newborn hair. But for many South Asians, it’s tradition. For many people, growing up comes with the fear of balding. They wince at the possibility of their naked heads. Day after day, they combat their anxieties with cosmetic pills, baseball caps, buzz cuts, different shampoos, and prayers. They sigh with nostalgia, looking back at their youth. Yet, for many from the subcontinent, baldness comes before, not after, growing up.