'A Wonderful Alchemy': Inside the Music (and Mind) of Zain Alam
Zain Alam, the musician behind Humeysha, layers new sounds over archival audio to test traditional ideas of authenticity.
Varun Nayar
Varun Nayar is a former associate editor at Pacific Standard, where he helped oversee editorial and social strategy for PSmag.com. He was previously a Time Inc. editorial intern at Fortune and an American Society of Magazine Editors fellow at Fast Company. He currently lives in Scotland.
Dispatches: Creating a Multimedia Site for Our Second-Annual Photo Issue
News and notes from Pacific Standard staff and contributors.
South Asia's Growing Climate Crisis (in Photos)
Economic inequality and unregulated carbon emissions are predicted to continue to exacerbate damage in an already-vulnerable region of the world.
Scenes From the Capital Gazette Shooting in Maryland (in Photos)
Maryland resident Jarrod Ramos opened fire in the Capital Gazette newspaper offices in Annapolis, shooting and killing five employees.
Saudi Women Gear Up as the Country Prepares to Lift Its Discriminatory Driving Ban (in Photos)
Saudi Arabia is set to lift its decades-old ban on women driving on Sunday.
PS Picks: Geoff Dyer on the Photography of Garry Winogrand
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
A New Memoir Addresses America's Cruelest Immigration Policies From Inside the Border Patrol
Francisco Cantú's memoir of his time as a Border Patrol agent asks some important questions about violence, complicity, and the blurred lines between people and the institutions they serve.
PS Picks: Emily Mester's Sharply Observed BuzzFeed Essay on Costco
PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.
After a Historic Election, Nepal, a Former Hindu Monarchy, Has Chosen a Communist Coalition
Last month, the former Hindu monarchy overwhelmingly voted for a communist prime minister who promises economic growth and political stability. How did they get to this point?
Stories We Wish We Had Published in 2017
Our favorite stories from 2017 that were published elsewhere, chosen by the Pacific Standard staff.
Reframing Migration: A Conversation With Historian Sunil Amrith
The 2017 MacArthur Genius Fellowship recipient's interdisciplinary work on the Bay of Bengal teaches us that movement and migration are central forces in the making of Asian—and global—history.
What It Means to Be Working in America Today
For Labor Day, a selection of our most recent stories on the American worker.
Celebrating the Fourth of July in 2017
A look at some of our stories for U.S. independence day.
The Radical Generosity of Arundhati Roy
After a 20-year hiatus from fiction, the Indian writer and activist returns to challenge the limits of the contemporary Indian novel.
India Launches Satellite Aboard Most Powerful Rocket in Country's History
The rocket helped propel a three-tonne GSAT-19 satellite into orbit, the country's largest to date.
