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Girl on a Mission

Former History Teacher Releases Anthology Book Celebrating 13 Powerful Indian Women

Former History Teacher Releases Anthology Book Celebrating 13 Powerful Indian Women

Author Shetal Shah grew up to the sounds of Bollywood and the delicious smells of her mother’s Indian cooking in the suburbs of New York City. As a second-generation Indian-American, […]

Contributors

Powerful Memoir Details First-Time Author’s Escape From Domestic Abuse Into The Arms of Freedom

Powerful Memoir Details First-Time Author’s Escape From Domestic Abuse Into The Arms of Freedom

According to The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. Within the South […]

Interviews

Author Takes Us On A Journey Through Her South Asian Heritage & Fave Cuisine In New Book ‘Khabaar’

Author Takes Us On A Journey Through Her South Asian Heritage & Fave Cuisine In New Book ‘Khabaar’

In 2020, scientist and writer Madushree Ghosh, wrote an essay for Longreads about her family’s South Asian cultural heritage, honoring her late parents’ through vivid memories of her immigrant family’s […]

Entertainment

'The Bengali' - Fatima Shaik in a field in Khori Village. Image by River Films.

African-American Author Fatima Shaik Makes Unlikely Quest From New Orleans To India In Kavery Kaul’s “The Bengali”

Fatima Shaik, an African-American author (Economy Hall) from New Orleans, and whose family has lived in Louisiana for four generations, embarks upon an unlikely quest from The Big Easy to […]

Causes

South Asian Women Create Social Media Campaign To Challenge Stigma Around Dark Skin

South Asian Women Create Social Media Campaign To Challenge Stigma Around Dark Skin

The idea that fair skin is the epitome of beauty is a concept that has been perpetuated in accordance with Eurocentric standards for many generations. In South Asian countries like […]