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Finding the Words: Is Mental Health Stigma Deep-Rooted in Our Languages?
I have always found it difficult to find the words in Gujarati to describe my general well-being, let alone talk about mental health....

Priya Patel
Apr 18, 20226 min read
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Addressing Mental Health In A South Asian Household
Rushi Ner explores the duality of secrecy of mental health in South Asian households and the responsibility on the children to be therapists
Rushi Ner
Jan 20, 20225 min read
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Pardesi's Guide to the 25 BEST Gifts by South Asian Owned Businesses 2021
We have curated a list of 25 gifts from South Asian owned businesses for this holiday season!

Pardesi
Nov 30, 20219 min read
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5 of Our Favourite Rom-Coms Desi-fied
I’m just a girl, standing in front of a TV, asking Netflix to show me more desi rom-coms. Like most millennial girls I grew up obsessed...

Mariska Ariya
Nov 16, 20214 min read
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BTB - Back from Burnout
As I was running over the list of reasons to explain my almost 4-month long writing hiatus, I found myself growing increasingly hesitant...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Jul 1, 20216 min read
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"No one is going to love you until you love yourself" is a damaging narrative for South Asian women
"No one is going to love you until you love yourself" is a toxic and damaging narrative to all women, but especially to South Asian...

Kaneeka Kapur
May 5, 20217 min read
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5 Desi Influencers to Get You Ready for Garam Girl Summer
Ladies, we have a little under three months to prep for Garam (Hot) Girl Summer! 📣 It's time to shed those quarantine sweats and tie-dye...

Shikha Gianchandani
Apr 18, 20212 min read
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Why We Need to Prioritise Self Love
Self-love to me has always felt like such a faraway concept. Something I have always been vaguely aware of, but never something I...

Anam Peeran
Apr 9, 20216 min read
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6 Desi Aesthetic Accounts You Should Follow
With the constantly changing Instagram algorithm, scrolling through the app can feel tedious very quickly. If like us, you’re tired of...

Shikha Gianchandani
Apr 4, 20213 min read
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6 South Asian Female Academics You Should Know About
This list will be updated weekly Being a Desi woman in the humanities can be daunting. Within the sea of whiteness that characterises...

Jasmine Joshi
Apr 3, 202110 min read
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5 of the Most Influential South Asian Women of 2021
When I first started writing the #Trending column, I often gravitated towards more light-hearted content, where I knew it would be...

Shikha Gianchandani
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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"Self-Care" as a Fiji-Indian in New Zealand
Self-care entered our vocabulary around 2016 and prompted an evolution, almost a rebellion, from neoliberal work values. From quaint...
Michell Reddy
Mar 11, 20219 min read
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Balancing Two Cultures in One Relationship (My Interracial Relationship)
I'm Andrea, a Sri Lankan-Canadian, and I met my fiancé, a Caucasian man, on Tinder. Though my family is Sri Lankan, I was born and raised...
Andrea
Feb 23, 20214 min read
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It's Time to Reclaim our Sexuality as South Asian Women
First, second, and even third-generation south Asian immigrant women often find themselves balancing their two worlds. A western world,...
Aman Kalkat
Feb 22, 20214 min read
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4 Successful South Asian Women-led Startup Stories
Earlier this week Bumble became a public company, and the app’s CEO and founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd, became America’s youngest...

Shikha Gianchandani
Feb 21, 20213 min read
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Pardesi's Guide to the Ultimate Valentine's and Galentine's Day
Today we're talking about Valentine's/Galentine's Day. Whether you're looking for cute activity ideas with your partner, nursing a broken...

Shikha Gianchandani
Feb 7, 20215 min read
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To the Not-Like-Other-Girls Girls
Dedicated to a younger me. When did we, as collective members of the global sisterhood, come together and decide to strategically...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Jan 31, 20216 min read
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20 Things I Learnt at 20 (in 2020) – with RIKA
Ketki talks to British-Indian pop sensation RIKA about 20 things she learned at 20 years old.

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Jan 4, 202110 min read
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4 Must-Follow Desi Accounts to Boss Up for the New Year:
It’s been a challenging year for all of us - let's explore ways to make 2021 more under our control.

Shikha Gianchandani
Dec 20, 20202 min read
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Adventuring in Datingland with Preeti Roy
Question—What do you get when you combine a ferocious fur-baby, 11 disappointing dates, and a healthy dose of relationship cynicism?

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Dec 11, 20209 min read
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