Kaneeka Kapur
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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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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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Shreya Sridharan
- May 29, 2021
- 10 min
The Desi Condition Podcast: Mental Health for the South Asian Community
Is mental health talked about in your family, or is it swept under the rug? The Desi Condition is a mental health podcast that seeks to...
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Michell Reddy
- May 15, 2021
- 10 min
That Desi Spark Podcast: Nuanced Conversations for Every South Asian
The Woke Desi strives to make space for others to have their identity and experiences talked about because there’s no one way to be “brown"
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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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Kaneeka Kapur
- Feb 27, 2021
- 5 min
Get Up Aisha: the web-series about a high-functioning depressed Pakistani girl we NEEDED
Get Up Aisha is a short-form digital series that focuses on Aisha Rehman after she becomes diagnosed with chronic depression.
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Joelle Charan
- Feb 25, 2021
- 5 min
The Sound of Healing
Born and raised in Amsterdam to a Catholic mother and Hindu father, Joelle Charan celebrates her Hindustani roots with her identity and...
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Kaneeka Kapur
- Feb 8, 2021
- 6 min
You NEED to check out Loudmouth Ladkis
Loudmouth Ladkis is a popular desi diasporic podcast hosted by Saniya Soni and Sapna Ramappa. Launched in 2019 after a shared desire to...
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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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Kaneeka Kapur
- Jan 22, 2021
- 3 min
Shravya Kamaraju - from 31k Tiktok followers to original music
Shravya Kamaraju is a freshman at Rutgers University on a pre-med track but moonlights as a singer-songwriter.
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Keerti Tadimeti
- Jan 18, 2021
- 6 min
Kalaakriti: NehaxStitch
The Kalaakriti series aims to highlight the stories of different artists with South Asian backgrounds. In today’s installation, check out...
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Pardesi
- Jan 12, 2021
- 6 min
"I broke out from my cage and spread my wings to fly high and free" - Jas Kaur
Jas Kaur, also known as Fit Kaur, is a personal trainer and podcaster, and founded the popular support group Brown Girls Rising.
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Pardesi
- Jan 11, 2021
- 5 min
Kalaakriti: Radhika (The Rad Life Channel)
Radhika is a beauty blogger with a YouTube channel called The Rad Life Channel.
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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 7, 2020
- 3 min
Meet 6 Badass #ForbesUnder30 South Asian Nominees
It’s only fair with this week’s edition of #Trending we celebrate the nominations of 6 marvellous South Asian women who made it to the list.
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