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Divorce Is Not A Dirty Word
Despite actually being divorced, it's not a word I hear often. A whirlwind romance and dream wedding made way for two things: a caved-in...

Nandini Vadera
Mar 1, 2023


Rolling Away From Labels: Finding Freedom from Restrictive Labels through Rollerblading
For as long as I can remember I’ve been stuck floating in limbo, no sense of self or idea of how I fit into the world. I've always just...

Mathuza Senthivel
Mar 1, 2023


"What Would People Say?" - Movie Showcases A South Asian Girl's Struggles and Her Persistence
“What would people say?” - the most popular, and detested phrase that many South Asian young adults have heard at least once in their...

Urmi Hossain
Feb 9, 2023


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, 2022


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, 2022


EXHIBITION: From City Of Empire To City Of Diversity: A Visual Journey at the Library of Birmingham
A major photographic exhibition, ‘From City Of Empire To City Of Diversity: A Visual Journey,' featuring 1,000s of images of Birmingham...

Pardesi
Apr 2, 2022


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, 2022


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, 2022


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, 2022
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