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What Remains Between Us

What Remains Between Us

What Remains Between Us

Jonah Batambuze

2 days ago4 min read

We Were Placed Next to Each Other

We Were Placed Next to Each Other

We Were Placed Next to Each Other

Jonah Batambuze

May 63 min read

Taste Buds: A Chicago Youth Program Expanding Culture, Exposure, and Opportunity

Taste Buds: A Chicago Youth Program Expanding Culture, Exposure, and Opportunity

Taste Buds: A Chicago Youth Program Expanding Culture, Exposure, and Opportunity

Jonah Batambuze

Mar 302 min read

Tensions in The West

Tensions in The West

Tensions in The West

Sahil Desai

Mar 293 min read

BlindianProject Launches Campaign to Build Cultural Infrastructure for Black × Brown Solidarity

BlindianProject Launches Campaign to Build Cultural Infrastructure for Black × Brown Solidarity

BlindianProject Launches Campaign to Build Cultural Infrastructure for Black × Brown Solidarity

Jonah Batambuze

Mar 253 min read

Which Hand? On Food and the Rehearsal of Power

Which Hand? On Food and the Rehearsal of Power

Which Hand? On Food and the Rehearsal of Power

Jonah Batambuze

Feb 163 min read

Mwangi

Mwangi

Mwangi

Sahil Desai

Feb 135 min read

BlindianProject Welcomes Kavitha Rajagopalan as Board Member

BlindianProject Welcomes Kavitha Rajagopalan as Board Member

BlindianProject Welcomes Kavitha Rajagopalan as Board Member

Jonah Batambuze

Jan 213 min read

Gravity

Gravity

Gravity

Sahil Desai

Jan 215 min read

Indigenous Music

Indigenous Music

Indigenous Music

Sahil Desai

Jan 123 min read

Before Consent, There Was The Kitchen

Before Consent, There Was The Kitchen

Before Consent, There Was The Kitchen

Jonah Batambuze

Jan 73 min read

Aterere

Aterere

Aterere

Sahil Desai

Jan 23 min read

When African Authority Appears in India

When African Authority Appears in India

When African Authority Appears in India

Jonah Batambuze

Dec 20, 20252 min read

What Survives When Institutions Don’t

What Survives When Institutions Don’t

What Survives When Institutions Don’t

Jonah Batambuze

Dec 17, 20255 min read

Patriarchy Has No Gender: From a Berlin Sticker to a Rooftop in Guntur

Patriarchy Has No Gender: From a Berlin Sticker to a Rooftop in Guntur

Patriarchy Has No Gender: From a Berlin Sticker to a Rooftop in Guntur

Jonah Batambuze

Nov 24, 20255 min read

Kréol Fest — A Night for the Mixture to Move

Kréol Fest — A Night for the Mixture to Move

Kréol Fest — A Night for the Mixture to Move

Jonah Batambuze

Oct 22, 20255 min read

The Day Proximity Ran Out

The Day Proximity Ran Out

The Day Proximity Ran Out

Jonah Batambuze

Oct 14, 20255 min read

Members of the Pakistan League of America gather with African American and South Asian guests at a dinner honoring Congressman Arthur C. Klein, New York City, October 26, 1952. The photograph—featured in In Search of Bengali Harlem—captures a rare moment of mid-century Black and South Asian kinship, where shared struggles against segregation and exclusion gave rise to unexpected solidarities across faith, migration, and memory.

Members of the Pakistan League of America gather with African American and South Asian guests at a dinner honoring Congressman Arthur C. Klein, New York City, October 26, 1952. The photograph—featured in In Search of Bengali Harlem—captures a rare moment of mid-century Black and South Asian kinship, where shared struggles against segregation and exclusion gave rise to unexpected solidarities across faith, migration, and memory.

In Search of Bengali Harlem Comes to the UK: Stories of Black and South Asian Solidarity

Jonah Batambuze

Oct 10, 20255 min read

Why Black x Asian Love Disrupts Everything We Were Taught

Why Black x Asian Love Disrupts Everything We Were Taught

Why Black x Asian Love Disrupts Everything We Were Taught

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 13, 20256 min read

Flat lay of African wooden masks, Indian family photo, passports, spices, vintage Cunard Line ship ticket, and smartphone with glowing search bar — symbolizing Black and Indian migration, heritage, and identity.

Flat lay of African wooden masks, Indian family photo, passports, spices, vintage Cunard Line ship ticket, and smartphone with glowing search bar — symbolizing Black and Indian migration, heritage, and identity.

Black and Indian: What 18,100 Searches Can’t Tell You About Us

Jonah Batambuze

Aug 11, 20257 min read

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