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Two Billion Beats: In Conversation with Playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya
Two Billion Beats, opening 5 February, is a captivating play about what it means to grow up as a South Asian teenage girl in a world...

Kaneeka Kapur
Feb 5, 20225 min read
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How Do You Talk to Your Kids About Skin Color?
One afternoon, my son came home and told me, ”My friends and I put our hands together and they said I was different. ” I told this...

Aditi Wardhan Singh
Feb 5, 20224 min read
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Future-Inspired Urban Fashion - Meet The Founder Of Mercury Dasha
Before launching Mercury Dasha, a future-inspired, urban fashion and design brand, Rita Sheth worked as a corporate lawyer for over ten...

Pardesi
Oct 29, 20216 min read
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Racism Alienated Me. Now I Help Others Navigate Their Experiences and Identities
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) reveals how being "othered" fueled her passion to help others navigate the same experiences. As...

Saarika Rao
Aug 9, 20215 min read
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What Do You Mean I "Don't Look Indian?"
The world has only recently begun to realise how intrinsic racism is. ‘Unconscious bias’ and ‘white privilege’ are at the forefront of...

Arka Raina
Jul 21, 20215 min read
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‘Never Have I Ever’ Season 2 Has Finally Found It's Feet
[Spoilers!] The second season of Mindy Kaling’s hit Netflix show hit our screens last week and we have a lot to talk about. The first...

Aleesa Nazeer
Jul 20, 20214 min read
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Beauty for Brown Skin - Meet the Founder of Brown Girl Beauty
Rather than adhere to beauty standards not made for us, I wanted to create something that actually celebrates our own features and heritage.

Shikha Gianchandani
Jul 3, 20214 min read
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The Desi Condition Podcast: Mental Health for the South Asian Community
Is mental health talked about in your family, or is it swept under the rug? The Desi Condition is a mental health podcast that seeks to...

Shreya Sridharan
May 29, 202110 min read
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That Desi Spark Podcast: Nuanced Conversations for Every South Asian
The Woke Desi strives to make space for others to have their identity and experiences talked about because there’s no one way to be “brown"
Michell Reddy
May 15, 202110 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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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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You NEED to check out Loudmouth Ladkis
Loudmouth Ladkis is a popular desi diasporic podcast hosted by Saniya Soni and Sapna Ramappa. Launched in 2019 after a shared desire to...

Kaneeka Kapur
Feb 8, 20216 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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Shravya Kamaraju - from 31k Tiktok followers to original music
Shravya Kamaraju is a freshman at Rutgers University on a pre-med track but moonlights as a singer-songwriter.

Kaneeka Kapur
Jan 22, 20213 min read
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Kalaakriti: NehaxStitch
The Kalaakriti series aims to highlight the stories of different artists with South Asian backgrounds. In today’s installation, check out...

Keerti Tadimeti
Jan 18, 20216 min read
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"I broke out from my cage and spread my wings to fly high and free" - Jas Kaur
Jas Kaur, also known as Fit Kaur, is a personal trainer and podcaster, and founded the popular support group Brown Girls Rising.

Pardesi
Jan 12, 20216 min read
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Kalaakriti: Radhika (The Rad Life Channel)
Radhika is a beauty blogger with a YouTube channel called The Rad Life Channel.

Pardesi
Jan 11, 20215 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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Meet 6 Badass #ForbesUnder30 South Asian Nominees
It’s only fair with this week’s edition of #Trending we celebrate the nominations of 6 marvellous South Asian women who made it to the list.

Shikha Gianchandani
Dec 7, 20203 min read
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