Nandini Vadera
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...
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Mathuza Senthivel
- 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...
Urmi Hossain
- Feb 9, 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...
Nikita Asnani
- Apr 26, 2022
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)...
Priya Patel
- Apr 18, 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....
Pardesi
- Apr 2, 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...
Kaneeka Kapur
- Feb 5, 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...
Aditi Wardhan Singh
- 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...
Rushi Ner
- Jan 20, 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
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