Hong Kong, Feb. 3 -- Two years and 1,381 posts later, Instagram handle Brown History has a loyal readership of over 400k, along with a podcast featuring interviews and talks with historians, authors, cultural experts, and artists. Started by Ahsun Zafar, an electrical engineer in Canada, Brown History is a digital archive exhibiting anecdotes focused on South Asians from all over the world. Ahsun Zafar

Historically speaking, we, South Asians, are the underdogs in the western world. Our stories have long been narrated by others, setting a premeditated idea of how we want to be perceived. While many may have attempted to change this via books, television, movies, and other pop-culture representatives, but nothing as powerful with a lasting...