Sophia Green

This South Asian Heritage Month, DominAsian speaks to sisters Samantha and Sabrina of Malligai Films about ‘Erasure’, a movement film fusing contemporary dance with South Indian Kuthu to explore erasure, trauma and resistance. Fully self funded, the film launches its crowdfunding campaign on 11th July, and support during this window helps bring it to life.

What happens when you take something that has always just been there and make it impossible to ignore?

Berlin and India based creative studio and magazine, Two Odd, and Indian design brand, Notice, found the answer in the Bangle Vase. A 200 piece limited drop that is as much a cultural statement as it is a design object.

In 1947, six artists in Bombay refused to let empire, partition, or a hostile art establishment define what South Asian creativity could look like and what they built still has something to teach us now.

Keya Saxena’s journey as a storyteller is one that prioritises community, authenticity, and a fearless approach to creating meaningful work.

Explore the tension between utopia’s dreams of harmony and abundance, and dystopia’s nightmares of decay and control.