Join our GLOBAL community slack!

  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
MOCKUP_1-3.png
  • HOME

  • About Pardesi

    • About us
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
  • Get Involved

    • Events
    • Opportunities
    • Write for us
    • Newsletter
  • Lifestyle

    • All Lifestyle
    • #Trending
    • Sex, Love & Dating
  • Entertainment

    • Movies & TV Shows
    • Kalaakriti
  • People & Community

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • ALL POSTS
    • Stories
    • Culture
    • Decolonisation
    • #Trending
    • South Africa
    • USA
    • South Asia
    • South East Asia
    • UK
    • Race
    • Feminisim/Empowerment
    • Social Activism
    • Food and Recipes
    • Colorism
    • Movie Reviews
    • Ketki & The City
    • Lifestyle
    • Kalaakriti
    • Podcasts
    • Music
    • Sex, Love & Dating
    • Book Review
    Search
    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...
    69 views0 comments
    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...
    36 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.
    49 views0 comments
    The Desi Condition Podcast: Mental Health for the South Asian Community
    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...
    92 views0 comments
    That Desi Spark Podcast: Nuanced Conversations for Every South Asian
    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"
    84 views0 comments
    "No one is going to love you until you love yourself" is a damaging narrative for South Asian women
    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...
    147 views0 comments
    6 South Asian Female Academics You Should Know About
    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...
    185 views0 comments
    Get Up Aisha: the web-series about a high-functioning depressed Pakistani girl we NEEDED
    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.
    89 views0 comments
    The Notebook
    Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar
    • Feb 15, 2021
    • 4 min

    The Notebook

    Before Galentines was memorialised in pop-culture by iconoclast and generally iconic lady, Leslie Knope, there was nine-year-old me who,...
    52 views0 comments
    You NEED to check out Loudmouth Ladkis
    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...
    112 views0 comments
    To the Not-Like-Other-Girls Girls
    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...
    143 views0 comments
    Kalaakriti: NehaxStitch
    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...
    41 views2 comments
    "I broke out from my cage and spread my wings to fly high and free" - Jas Kaur
    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.
    174 views1 comment
    How empowering women elevates us all: in conversation with Shana Abraham, author of RISE
    Kavya Sebastian
    • Nov 4, 2020
    • 4 min

    How empowering women elevates us all: in conversation with Shana Abraham, author of RISE

    An excerpt with an interview with Shana Abraham, author of RISE.
    92 views0 comments
    3 Must-Follow South Asian History Accounts
    Shikha Gianchandani
    • Nov 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    3 Must-Follow South Asian History Accounts

    3
    125 views0 comments
    Financial Independence with Boss Betis
    Pardesi
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 4 min

    Financial Independence with Boss Betis

    Aashka Piprottar is a recent graduate working in financial services who is passionate about promoting financial empowerment for desi womxn.
    116 views0 comments
    #LetsTalkColorism Op-Ed: On Colorism
    Sophia Saeed
    • Sep 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    #LetsTalkColorism Op-Ed: On Colorism

    Sophia Saeed discusses her interaction with colourism and how this has led to her completing her final year dissertation on the subject.
    185 views0 comments
    Op-Ed: Skin Bleaching - the next epidemic
    Ria Verma
    • Sep 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    Op-Ed: Skin Bleaching - the next epidemic

    Ria Verma analyses the Skin Bleaching epidemic that has taken its grip over South Asia for decades and it showing no sign of slowing down.
    153 views4 comments
    Pardesi is an online community and platform for the millions of South Asian women worldwide. It is a community and safe space for us all to share our thoughts, opinions and ideas, and also to uplift and empower each other. 

    We all have powerful experiences and a story to share, so if you would like to share yours with Pardesi, whether anonymously or otherwise, please contact us!


    Email: [email protected]
    • HOME
    • About Pardesi
      • About us
      • Our Team
      • Contact Us
    • Get Involved
      • Events
      • Opportunities
      • Write for us
      • Newsletter
    • Lifestyle
      • All Lifestyle
      • #Trending
      • Sex, Love & Dating
    • Entertainment
      • Movies & TV Shows
      • Kalaakriti
    • People & Community
    Sign up for our monthly newsletter
    MOCKUP_1-3.png
    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • Facebook
    Subscribe here!

    © 2022 Pardesi

    Privacy Policy