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Layers of My Lola: A Love Letter to My Nani
My grandparents migrated to India (Mumbai) from Sindh during the partition in 1947. After coming to India, my Nana (maternal grandfather)...

Nikita Asnani
Apr 26, 20223 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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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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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: 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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Ishita Mili
Ishita is a Bengali American choreographer based in New Jersey. She founded IMGE Dance in 2017 as a way to use storytelling through dance.

Keerti Tadimeti
Dec 27, 20204 min read
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Effect of COVID on South Asian Womxn
Keerti dissects the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on South Asian women worldwide.

Keerti Tadimeti
Nov 12, 20205 min read
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Shikha Gianchandani
Nov 1, 20202 min read
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Op-ed: The Perils of Compromise Culture
A member of the Pardesi Community writes about the perils of compromise culture and the disproportionate impact on women.
Anon
Oct 3, 20203 min read
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#LetsTalkColorism Op-Ed: On Colorism
Sophia Saeed discusses her interaction with colourism and how this has led to her completing her final year dissertation on the subject.
Sophia Saeed
Sep 24, 20204 min read
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Potato Pockets (Toasties) with Cumin Sautéed Potatoes
Shubhra Ramineni teaches us how to make a childhood favourite - jeera aloo toasties!

Shubhra Ramineni
Sep 22, 20203 min read
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"I’ve had people pigeonhole me and force me to choose one culture over the other" - Lana Patel
We had the chance to talk to Lana Patel, an Afro-Indo-Caribbean trans woman, who is an advocate for the equality of trans lives.

Pardesi
Sep 18, 20207 min read
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In Conversation with: Himani Jadeja
We spoke to Himani Jadeja about her fashion account and social justice.

Pardesi
Sep 7, 202010 min read
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South Asian Feminists from History You Need to Know
Welcome to our new monthly series where each month we will introduce you to an iconic South Asian feminist from history.
zsarkarpatel
Sep 3, 20205 min read
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