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Aasif Mandvi

Kurt Andersen talks with Aasif Mandvi.

Aasif Mandvi on the novelty of playing a guy named Ben

Arts, Culture & Media

The comedian talks about “The Daily Show,” his dramatic beginnings and his new CBS show “Evil.”

Actor Aasif Mandvi and others speak about divesristy at UnConvention panel in NYC

How fear of diversity has led to the ‘civil war’ of this election

Election 2016
A photo of Tam Duong's family during Lunar New Year in the early 1990s. Tam, on the right in the red dress, is from Los Angeles and now lives in Boston. Her parents are from Vietnam and Duong says she was confused as to why Santa never came to their home.

There’s nothing traditional about an immigrant Christmas

Belief
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