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November 14, 2023
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Discourses I hated this week: Chris Brown defenders and Marvel slander

I'm tired of talking about Chris Brown.
November 24, 2022
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Did 'Love is Blind' bring the magic back?
Love is Blind season 3 is over and it’s time to see if it redeemed itself
November 17, 2022
What's trending

Abbott Elementary: a quintessential classic sitcom in the making
Abbott Elementary is a new must-watch sitcom providing much needed freshness to the TV guide
November 17, 2022
Conversation

Work in progress
"I’ll never be so 'healed' that I don’t still mess up from time to time."
November 17, 2022
Poetry

Brown Munde
"Turf wars over land your parents own, running these streets from a broken home"
November 14, 2022
Poetry

prayer 4 trans power

The latest release from 5XPoetry
November 14, 2022
Conversation

Discourses I hated this week: Elon Musk and Brown Twitter

Are we witnessing fall of twitter in real time?
November 10, 2022
Arts & culture

Falling in love behind the screens with Kiran and Ankush from Popshift’s ‘Desi Me Dating’
An exclusive update from the sweethearts from this season of Popshift's online dating show
November 9, 2022
Community

'Maluka': The novel unpacking histories of early 20th century Indian labour migrants in B.C.
Reading these stories tells those who continue to migrate for a better life, that we are not alone
November 9, 2022
Conversation

First comes love, then comes marriage, and then there’s the part no one talks about
How our community leaves South Asian women with more questions than answers after getting married
November 8, 2022
Arts & culture

Was AP Dhillon's Vancouver show really 'Out of This World'?
Fans of AP Dhillon paid big to see him live but many left feeling unsure if it was worth it
November 3, 2022
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Discourses I hated this week: TMZ, and people hating on international students
Let celebrities be and let international students experience joy
November 3, 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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11/17/21
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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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5X Weekly Roundup: Malala gets married, COP26, disaster at Astroworld & more.
5 stories you may have missed
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11/12/21
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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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11/12/21
Arts & culture

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
A roundup of 5 stories you may have missed this week.
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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
Community

Navigating identity and lack of representation as an Indo-Fijian
Navigating identity as an Indo-Fijian
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11/3/21

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