About 5X Press

Culture, community and conversation. 5X Press is the essential South Asian youth culture magazine in Canada, covering all things arts & culture, trending topics, news, & so much more. We connect our community to one another, and to the world. 5X Press is written and published in Surrey, BC, by a team of 14 writers. Edited by Interim Editor, Harpo Mander.

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Arts & culture

Turn Up with Our Top 10 Playlist for 2019

Turn up to our top 10 playlist created by members of the 5X Fam.
Conversation

No One Wants to Be India’s Daughter, But Is It Safe to Be Anyone’s Daughter?

Community

How Sandy Gill’s new collaboration with Reitman’s pays homage to her South Asian heritage.

Sandy Gill embraces her Punjabi heritage as one of the new diversity ambassadors for Reitmans.
Conversation

What my dream job as a puppy cuddler taught me about my mental health

Pet therapy is the mood booster we all need this winter.
What's trending

5 Trends dominating your FYP on TikTok this week

Using my guilty pleasure for good and diving into my favourite trending TikTok sounds.
Community

How CEO Anjali Sud reinvented Vimeo and took the company public

Meet Anjali Sud, the Indian-American CEO of Vimeo who took the video-streaming platform public.

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What's trending

The Oscars miss the mark on representation with performance of RRR’s 'Naatu Naatu'

RRR wins Best Original Song at the Oscars, failed to represent South Asians in their performance
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3/16/23
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3/16/23
News

Uber and Lyft drivers in Metro Vancouver are protesting for better working conditions, pay and transparency

With increased costs of living, drivers say they're making less money with few pathways for support
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3/2/23
Conversation

How I reinvented my idea of “home” after immigrating to Canada

Bhumika shares the journey of finding her home after leaving India in 2018.
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3/1/23
Poetry

Ancestral Tears

'I cry for the ancestors who knew we were destined for more'— the latest from 5X Poetry.
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2/27/23
Poetry

Roti

'Imagine a world where finger, tooth, and stomach divided roti evenly'— the latest from 5X Poetry.
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2/27/23
Poetry

Life Line

"A matter of vanishing fate, of pus that flows from wounds of late"— the latest from 5X Poetry.
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2/27/23
Community

Surjeet Kalsey on domestic violence in the South Asian community and the need for men to dismantle the patriarchy

The writer and family therapist dives into her experience handling cases of domestic violence.
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2/23/23

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