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    Ms. Marvel is the Desi Superhero We Deserve, and the ‘Noor’ at the End of the Tunnel
    Aleesa Nazeer
    • 2 days ago
    • 6 min

    Ms. Marvel is the Desi Superhero We Deserve, and the ‘Noor’ at the End of the Tunnel

    DISCLAIMER: this review WILL contain spoilers for Ms. Marvel Season 1. The ‘Ms. Marvel’ season finale premiered this week, and now is as...
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    Pardesi Book Reviews: The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman
    Anu Kumar
    • 7 days ago
    • 6 min

    Pardesi Book Reviews: The Ivory Key by Akshaya Raman

    A family's legacy has the power to save or destroy their country. How do you shoulder the expectations of legacy? For many, we’re taught...
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    Erasing South Asian Women Activists Won't Help the Climate Crisis
    Aman Kalkat
    • Jun 15
    • 4 min

    Erasing South Asian Women Activists Won't Help the Climate Crisis

    Climate change is one of the greatest worldwide challenges to exist in the twenty-first century. People are impacted differently based on...
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    Lotus Beauty Review: Play Explores Multigenerational Trauma in South Asian Community
    Priya Patel
    • May 31
    • 4 min

    Lotus Beauty Review: Play Explores Multigenerational Trauma in South Asian Community

    “Women come, women go. We pamper them, preen them, make them beautiful. Make small talk. Never know what’s really under their skin.” As...
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    Layers of My Lola: A Love Letter to My Nani
    Nikita Asnani
    • Apr 26
    • 3 min

    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)...
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    Finding the Words: Is Mental Health Stigma Deep-Rooted in Our Languages?
    Priya Patel
    • Apr 18
    • 6 min

    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....
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    EXHIBITION: From City Of Empire To City Of Diversity: A Visual Journey at the Library of Birmingham
    Pardesi
    • Apr 2
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Pardesi Book Reviews: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
    Anam Peeran
    • Mar 22
    • 5 min

    Pardesi Book Reviews: The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

    "Fate had not named her. But the choices men had made, and the choices she had made—when her brother had pressed a knife to her neck,...
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    Two Billion Beats: In Conversation with Playwright Sonali Bhattacharyya
    Kaneeka Kapur
    • Feb 5
    • 5 min

    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...
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    How Do You Talk to Your Kids About Skin Color?
    Aditi Wardhan Singh
    • Feb 5
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Addressing Mental Health In A South Asian Household
    Rushi Ner
    • Jan 20
    • 5 min

    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
    152 views0 comments
    Pardesi's Guide to the 25 BEST Gifts by South Asian Owned Businesses 2021
    Pardesi
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 9 min

    Pardesi's Guide to the 25 BEST Gifts by South Asian Owned Businesses 2021

    We have curated a list of 25 gifts from South Asian owned businesses for this holiday season!
    203 views0 comments
    5 of Our Favourite Rom-Coms Desi-fied
    Mariska Ariya
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 4 min

    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...
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    Future-Inspired Urban Fashion - Meet The Founder Of Mercury Dasha
    Pardesi
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 6 min

    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...
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    Gnarly x Nikita Gill: we felt seen, we felt validated, and most importantly, empowered
    Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
    • Oct 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Gnarly x Nikita Gill: we felt seen, we felt validated, and most importantly, empowered

    The Gnarly x Nikita Gill event was transformative and (not to be dramatic) life changing. The crowd grew hushed as the lights dimmed down
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    Book Review: Love, Chai, and Other Four Letter Words by Annika Sharma
    Anu Kumar
    • Oct 6, 2021
    • 5 min

    Book Review: Love, Chai, and Other Four Letter Words by Annika Sharma

    Would you risk everything for your soulmate? Anu Kumar and Shreya Sridharan review Annika Sharma's, Love, Chai and Other Four Letter Words.
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    Racism Alienated Me. Now I Help Others Navigate Their Experiences and Identities
    Saarika Rao
    • Aug 9, 2021
    • 5 min

    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...
    177 views0 comments
    What Do You Mean I "Don't Look Indian?"
    Arka Raina
    • Jul 21, 2021
    • 5 min

    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...
    218 views0 comments
    ‘Never Have I Ever’ Season 2 Has Finally Found It's Feet
    Aleesa Nazeer
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 4 min

    ‘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...
    57 views0 comments
    Beauty for Brown Skin - Meet the Founder of Brown Girl Beauty
    Shikha Gianchandani
    • Jul 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    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.
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