Priya Patel
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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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
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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!
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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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Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
- Jul 1, 2021
- 6 min
BTB - Back from Burnout
As I was running over the list of reasons to explain my almost 4-month long writing hiatus, I found myself growing increasingly hesitant...
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Kaneeka Kapur
- May 5, 2021
- 7 min
"No one is going to love you until you love yourself" is a damaging narrative for South Asian women
"No one is going to love you until you love yourself" is a toxic and damaging narrative to all women, but especially to South Asian...
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Shikha Gianchandani
- Apr 18, 2021
- 2 min
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...
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Anam Peeran
- Apr 9, 2021
- 6 min
Why We Need to Prioritise Self Love
Self-love to me has always felt like such a faraway concept. Something I have always been vaguely aware of, but never something I...
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Shikha Gianchandani
- Apr 4, 2021
- 3 min
6 Desi Aesthetic Accounts You Should Follow
With the constantly changing Instagram algorithm, scrolling through the app can feel tedious very quickly. If like us, you’re tired of...
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Jasmine Joshi
- Apr 3, 2021
- 10 min
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...
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Shikha Gianchandani
- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
5 of the Most Influential South Asian Women of 2021
When I first started writing the #Trending column, I often gravitated towards more light-hearted content, where I knew it would be...
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Michell Reddy
- Mar 11, 2021
- 9 min
"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...
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Andrea
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
Balancing Two Cultures in One Relationship (My Interracial Relationship)
I'm Andrea, a Sri Lankan-Canadian, and I met my fiancé, a Caucasian man, on Tinder. Though my family is Sri Lankan, I was born and raised...
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Aman Kalkat
- Feb 22, 2021
- 4 min
It's Time to Reclaim our Sexuality as South Asian Women
First, second, and even third-generation south Asian immigrant women often find themselves balancing their two worlds. A western world,...
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Shikha Gianchandani
- Feb 21, 2021
- 3 min
4 Successful South Asian Women-led Startup Stories
Earlier this week Bumble became a public company, and the app’s CEO and founder, Whitney Wolfe Herd, became America’s youngest...
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Shikha Gianchandani
- Feb 7, 2021
- 5 min
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...
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Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
- Jan 31, 2021
- 6 min
To the Not-Like-Other-Girls Girls
Dedicated to a younger me. When did we, as collective members of the global sisterhood, come together and decide to strategically...
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Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
- Jan 4, 2021
- 10 min
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.
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Shikha Gianchandani
- Dec 20, 2020
- 2 min
4 Must-Follow Desi Accounts to Boss Up for the New Year:
It’s been a challenging year for all of us - let's explore ways to make 2021 more under our control.
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Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
- Dec 11, 2020
- 9 min
Adventuring in Datingland with Preeti Roy
Question—What do you get when you combine a ferocious fur-baby, 11 disappointing dates, and a healthy dose of relationship cynicism?
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