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Why it's time to break the cycle around caste and dating in 2021
I spoke with a few people who have been personally impacted by the caste system.
December 1, 2021
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"Why I eloped instead of having a lavish South Asian wedding"
“Sometimes we need to save our parents from parents from themselves”
December 1, 2021
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“Working in the industry, you see a lot of fluff.” An Indian wedding vendor’s take on the wedding planning process
Anita, from Toronto, is also planning her own wedding.
November 25, 2021
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The Transition Generation: Intergenerational trauma, healing, and guilt
The ‘transition generation’ on their journey of community healing is breaking away from toxic cycles
November 24, 2021
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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
November 16, 2021
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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.
November 12, 2021
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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
November 3, 2021
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I’m tired of the exhausting performance of identity on social media, but there really is no escaping it.
Instagram was down for a few hours and I momentarily was at peace. Am I the problem?
October 14, 2021
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On my own journey to healing, I ended up taking my mother along.
On recognizing the importance of caring for myself, and bringing my mother with me.
October 6, 2021
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It’s time we stop protecting abusers and start showing up for survivors of sexual violence
The protection of abusers come at a cost for survivors of sexual violence
October 6, 2021
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G. Sidhu’s new song raises awareness around mental health in the South Asian community
G. Sidhu is a popular Punjabi singer who is attempting to create awareness around mental health.
October 5, 2021
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Why I as a South Asian woman, have no interest in marriage

Breaking out of society’s expectation of how a South Asian woman should be, look like, and act.
September 28, 2021

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