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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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5 Must Watch Movies/TV Shows for Positive Desi Representation
In honour of our first birthday last week, we’re going to switch it up and take a minute to look back and highlight some must watch...

Aleesa Nazeer
Apr 6, 20213 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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Kalaakriti: Reedesignx
The Kalaakriti series aims to highlight the stories of different artists with South Asian backgrounds. In today’s installation, check out...

Keerti Tadimeti
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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Redefining ABCD: a reaffirming podcast on the diaspora identity
Keerthi and Sneha were friends since childhood, growing up in the same Indian community in an Ohio suburb. They regularly rode their...

Anu Kumar
Mar 30, 20217 min read
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Kalaakriti: Swathi Jaisankar
The Kalaakriti series aims to highlight the stories of different artists with South Asian backgrounds. In today’s installation, check out...

Keerti Tadimeti
Mar 25, 20217 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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Is Namaste Wahala Helping to Normalise Interracial Relationships?
Namaste Wahala is a 2020 Bollywood-Nollywood crossover that tells the story of lovestruck Raj and Didi who try to break free of their...

Aleesa Nazeer
Mar 13, 20212 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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Kalaakriti: Puravi Nath
The Kalaakriti series aims to highlight the stories of different artists with South Asian backgrounds. In today’s installation, check out...

Keerti Tadimeti
Mar 11, 20214 min read
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Get Up Aisha: the web-series about a high-functioning depressed Pakistani girl we NEEDED
Get Up Aisha is a short-form digital series that focuses on Aisha Rehman after she becomes diagnosed with chronic depression.

Kaneeka Kapur
Feb 27, 20215 min read
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The Sound of Healing
Born and raised in Amsterdam to a Catholic mother and Hindu father, Joelle Charan celebrates her Hindustani roots with her identity and...
Joelle Charan
Feb 25, 20215 min read
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Beginning the self-love journey
I didn't "do" self-love. What I did do was put my head down and grind out accomplishments, adding lines to a CV that would prove I was...

Anu Kumar
Feb 23, 20215 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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The Notebook
Before Galentines was memorialised in pop-culture by iconoclast and generally iconic lady, Leslie Knope, there was nine-year-old me who,...

Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
Feb 15, 20214 min read
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Let's Talk About: Begum Nawazish Ali
Ali Saleem, or better known by his alter-ego Begum Nawazish Ali, is a popular Pakistani TV host and actor. While trying to shape his...

Aleesa Nazeer
Feb 14, 20212 min read
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