Nikita AsnaniApr 263 minLayers of My Lola: A Love Letter to My NaniMy grandparents migrated to India (Mumbai) from Sindh during the partition in 1947. After coming to India, my Nana (maternal grandfather)...
Saarika RaoAug 9, 20215 minRacism Alienated Me. Now I Help Others Navigate Their Experiences and IdentitiesA Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) reveals how being "othered" fueled her passion to help others navigate the same experiences. As...
Arka RainaJul 21, 20215 minWhat 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...
Jasmine JoshiApr 3, 202110 min6 South Asian Female Academics You Should Know AboutThis list will be updated weekly Being a Desi woman in the humanities can be daunting. Within the sea of whiteness that characterises...
Kaneeka KapurFeb 27, 20215 minGet Up Aisha: the web-series about a high-functioning depressed Pakistani girl we NEEDEDGet Up Aisha is a short-form digital series that focuses on Aisha Rehman after she becomes diagnosed with chronic depression.
Joelle CharanFeb 25, 20215 minThe Sound of HealingBorn and raised in Amsterdam to a Catholic mother and Hindu father, Joelle Charan celebrates her Hindustani roots with her identity and...
Anu KumarFeb 23, 20215 minBeginning the self-love journeyI didn't "do" self-love. What I did do was put my head down and grind out accomplishments, adding lines to a CV that would prove I was...
AndreaFeb 23, 20214 minBalancing 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...
Ketki MahabaleshwarkarJan 31, 20216 minTo the Not-Like-Other-Girls GirlsDedicated to a younger me. When did we, as collective members of the global sisterhood, come together and decide to strategically...
Keerti TadimetiJan 18, 20216 minKalaakriti: NehaxStitchThe Kalaakriti series aims to highlight the stories of different artists with South Asian backgrounds. In today’s installation, check out...
Avani Modi Sarkar Dec 21, 20206 minWhy does being bicultural feel like you're in no man's land? Avani Modi explores what it is like to be bicultural, and coming to terms with the feeling of "otherness".
Ketki MahabaleshwarkarNov 27, 20206 minReclaim the NameHow many of you have ever felt personally victimised by a substitute teacher taking the class register? I see you raising your hands.
Ketki MahabaleshwarkarOct 30, 20205 min“Where-are-you-really-from ism”Ketki Mahabaleshwarkar explores the question that we have all faced - "Where are you REALLY from?"
Laasya ShekaranSep 28, 202012 minMy Identity: Racism, Conflict and Resolution as a British Indian womanLaasya Shekaran dissects her identity as a South Asian living in the diaspora
PardesiSep 24, 20202 min#LetsTalkColorism: Icons to know!Aleesa Nazeer highlights some South Asian icons who have been involved in the fight against colourism.
Sophia SaeedSep 24, 20204 min#LetsTalkColorism Op-Ed: On ColorismSophia Saeed discusses her interaction with colourism and how this has led to her completing her final year dissertation on the subject.
PardesiSep 18, 20207 min"I’ve had people pigeonhole me and force me to choose one culture over the other" - Lana PatelWe had the chance to talk to Lana Patel, an Afro-Indo-Caribbean trans woman, who is an advocate for the equality of trans lives.