Nikita Asnani
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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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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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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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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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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Keerti Tadimeti
- Dec 27, 2020
- 4 min
Ishita Mili
Ishita is a Bengali American choreographer based in New Jersey. She founded IMGE Dance in 2017 as a way to use storytelling through dance.
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Keerti Tadimeti
- Nov 12, 2020
- 5 min
Effect of COVID on South Asian Womxn
Keerti dissects the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on South Asian women worldwide.
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Anon
- Oct 3, 2020
- 3 min
Op-ed: The Perils of Compromise Culture
A member of the Pardesi Community writes about the perils of compromise culture and the disproportionate impact on women.
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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.
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Shubhra Ramineni
- Sep 22, 2020
- 3 min
Potato Pockets (Toasties) with Cumin Sautéed Potatoes
Shubhra Ramineni teaches us how to make a childhood favourite - jeera aloo toasties!
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Pardesi
- Sep 18, 2020
- 7 min
"I’ve had people pigeonhole me and force me to choose one culture over the other" - Lana Patel
We had the chance to talk to Lana Patel, an Afro-Indo-Caribbean trans woman, who is an advocate for the equality of trans lives.
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Pardesi
- Sep 7, 2020
- 10 min
In Conversation with: Himani Jadeja
We spoke to Himani Jadeja about her fashion account and social justice.
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- Sep 3, 2020
- 5 min
South Asian Feminists from History You Need to Know
Welcome to our new monthly series where each month we will introduce you to an iconic South Asian feminist from history.
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