Browngirlgazin Re-defines Beauty Standards for Women in India
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Images we see shape our world, and have the potential to create fundamental changes in our belief and ideology.
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South Asians on the Small Screen
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Cheap laughs sponsored by offensive stereotypes are becoming a thing of the past, but lately it seems television has gone too far in the other direction.
Read MoreWhy Bend It Like Beckham Meant So Much To Me Growing Up
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I empathised with the outrage Jess felt when her traditionally-minded Asian family made sweeping judgements based on little information or logic
Read MoreYou Can’t Invent A New Colour
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If white is a blank canvas, a slate clean of connotations, brown is one stained with the shadows of the people who came before you and the expectation of who you are supposed to be.
Read MoreKollywood and the Old Saying 'Maida Over Melanin'
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As the old saying goes maida (wheat flour) is considered more beautiful than melanin. But never have I thought of my skin-tone as a shortcut to anything in life.
Read MoreReturn to Mauritius
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I threw myself into the traditions of Mauritian weddings as my cousin got married, and my judgement of how young she was, to be committing so early, crumbled away like the henna drying on her hands.
Read MoreThe Importance of Female Solidarity
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Every time a woman rises and demands that her cause be heard, men will viciously taint her name and attempt to erase her voice from the conversation.
Read MoreA Movement of Change
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The benefits of social media allow a deep level of access to knowledge, the flip side is often a feeling of helplessness towards a tangible solution, once an issue has been internalised, discussed, and vociferously condemned online.
Read MoreI'm Bisexual and Scared To Come Out
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I soon realised she meant more to me than just comparing body hair and secretly touching each other’s bodies in the dark.
Read MoreWhen Love Turns Sour
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I felt so comfortable that I fell right into it; into the oblivion of him. That smell, his torso holding my collapsed body, the feeling of a tender embrace, maybe for the first time - I closed my eyes and I was gone.
Read MoreIn Conversation with The Yoniverse
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These first steps were really important for us to establish the ethos of the group, namely one that was as diverse as possible and didn’t just showcase fair-skinned, North Indian, Muslim and Hindu women.
Read MoreWe Speak To Some #BOBBAExhibition Artists 6 Months Later
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we speak to some of the BOBBA artists to see what they're doing now and what the exhibition meant to them.
Read MoreIlluminating India: Photography 1857 - 2017 at the Science Museum
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The section of the photography exhibit documenting the fight for independence and the struggle of partition is particularly striking.
Read MoreDisrupting Narratives With #TrailblazingMuslimWomen
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The photo series features women from diverse industries, with a desire to transform and disrupt the restrictive narratives of the Muslim woman.
Read MoreNorBlack NorWhite: The Desi's Of Design And Discovery
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As designers their responsibility is in their trade, to challenge the expectations of an industry steeped in capitalist and colonial mindset.
Read MoreBereavement & Navigating A Community That Attaches Guilt To Moving On
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As a community, we aren't very vocal and often conceal our emotions under the pretext of ‘strength’. We shed tears in isolation and hold back from speaking about the people we have lost.
Read MoreLose Weight Before All The Girls Are Taken
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We must find a way to create a social environment that is more welcoming and inclusive for people of all shapes and sizes through our words and through our actions.
Read MoreWhat #RosesForJihadis Means To Muslim Men
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it's a very visceral image, bringing the elegance of a rose and the ugliness of the Jihadi narrative. So what if we could bring some humanity back to that word?
Read MorePaper Bags and Pakistan's Fear of Periods
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As soon as girls become women, there is the start of shaming, guilt and degrading - but why are men so disgusted by blood?
Read MoreThe Menstruation Myth in Hindu Communities
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It’s upsetting to think that at such a young age, women are taught to be ashamed of their periods simply because society has an unhealthy relationship with women’s femininity and bodily functions/fluids.
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