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The stigma of being a working mom in the South Asian community
You don't stop being a person when you become a mom
May 4, 2022
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Kim Kardashian’s Marilyn Monroe moment is about more than just the dress
It’s time we stop glamorizing disordered eating and fad diets
May 4, 2022
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Interracial Dating as an Indo-Canadian man
Family dynamics, family functions, and unlearning ingrained biases.
May 4, 2022
Conversation

How I've come to deal with my relationship to toxic productivity
A series of musings on our societal culture of toxic productivity.
May 4, 2022
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Discourses I hated: When the obsession with celebrity and fixation with true crime intersect

Johnny Depp, Megan Fox, Selling Sunset & more.
April 29, 2022
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How this local yoga therapist is “Reclaiming Joy” and creating safe spaces for women of colour

A conversation with yoga therapist Harmeet Kaur, discussing joy and creating safe spaces for BIPOC.
April 26, 2022
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Sh*t you can't ask your parents: My friend's boyfriend sucks
"She thinks she won’t find anyone else if they break up."
April 25, 2022

Meet You at the Light: a beautiful depiction of love, responsibility and patience
A sit down with the music video's director Alexander Farah after the video's win at SXSW.
April 20, 2022

Financial Literacy: The language I was never taught to speak in my South Asian home
Financial literacy was not in my lexicon growing up.
April 20, 2022
Community

Sikh Heritage BC celebrates Sikh Heritage Month by welcoming us home
An immersive installation entitled “True Home,” kicked off Sikh Heritage BC’s events this month
April 13, 2022
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OOTD’s in Punjabi & more: Here are 5 trends dominating your FYP on TikTok
TikTok is a guilty pleasure for many—but we’ll indulge and talk about some of the current trends.
April 13, 2022
Conversation

The gross misinterpretation of "decolonizing" by Diaspora influencers
Seerat Saini’s profile has people thinking if influencers play any role in decolonization.
April 13, 2022

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Trisha Paytas appropriates Hinduism online -- but there’s more to it than meets the eye
While we cringe at goras documenting their spiritual appropriation online, India welcomes it.
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Happy pictures, unhappy people: A breakdown of the impact of the Indian wedding industrial complex
How our focus on external validation is costing us so much more than the price of the wedding
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11/16/21
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Quick math: The financial and emotional cost of a big fat Indian wedding

A bride shares the costs, financial and emotional, for her upcoming wedding.
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Artist Jessie Sohpaul on creating art that reflects his Punjabi experience

Sohpaul showcases his work in a new short film titled “Coming Home”
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11/10/21
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The South Asian bride to influencer pipeline: Making sense of the micro-celebrity created by lavish South Asian weddings
An unexpected byproduct of lavish Indian weddings? A new brand of micro celebrity.
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11/8/21
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5X Weekly Roundup: Bollywood ruining perfectly good songs, Kal Penn’s wedding might be officiated by Cardi B & much more
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11/5/21
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Ranjit Bawa’s new song incites misogyny and homophobia
Ranjit Bawa’s new song proves that the Punjabi music industry still has a lot of work to do
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11/3/21
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Navigating identity and lack of representation as an Indo-Fijian
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