Ever wondered why Nicki Minaj and Hasan Minhaj have the same last name? The full story behind their shared last names is much darker than you’d expect.

Each historian adds something new to our understanding of what happened in the past.

Desis made up as much as 24% OF ALL DEATHS from the Spanish Flu.

All we know is that onnu plus onnu, whether Tamil or Korean, always equals two.

Tipu Sultan was a Thomas Edison-esque inventor who created a coinage system, a calendar, and an economic development plan that led to the highest wages and living standards in the world at that time!

When we have to fish cloves out from our pulao, we can’t blame the colonizers.

The British may never have won India without the help of the mighty Mahars.

This guy knew so little about the subcontinent that he couldn’t tell you whether Kashmir was a place or a food.

Thousands of people relocated out of fear and confusion, leaving homes, jobs, and family members behind.

Desis were largely self-sufficient so locals didn’t really need the goods foreign merchants had to offer. Instead, local traders asked for gold and silver.

Chai is so un-swadeshi that Gandhi & other Indian nationalists actively fought against it.

Tea is considered a symbol of civilization, but its history is absolutely barbaric - Mass famine, drug addiction, slavery, and wars can all be traced back to tea. 

Nothing unites the diaspora more than our outrage over chai tea lattes. But what if it's not actually our fight?

We often think of chai as an ancient Desi tradition, but even Coca-Cola has been around longer.