Mora Cosmetics Makes Space For South Asian Clean Beauty
From nanis massaging their scalps with coconut oil to the marriage ritual of Haldi, where turmeric paste is rubbed on the bride to brighten her skin, South Asia
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Three Cultures, Two Shopping Carts, One Desi Grocery Store
Masala Heroes is a three-part series on Santa Clara County’s South Asian (Desi) grocery stores and their contribution to their community’s health. Find the
Chasing Memories Inside of Santa Clara County’s Desi Grocery Stores
Masala Heroes is a three-part series on Santa Clara County’s South Asian (Desi) grocery stores and their contribution to their community’s health. This firs
Rare Stroke Survivor Shares His Story of Resilience in His memoir ‘One Fine Day’
Foreword In One Fine Day, Sameer Bhide sends each of us a reminder about the preciousness of life. Bhide had an extremely rare hemorrhagic brain stroke which re
Vandana Kumar Featured On “Making A Difference”
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Bay Area Affordable Housing Isn’t a Panacea. I Know, I Went Through the System.
“If you sought to advantage one group of Americans and disadvantage another, you could scarcely choose a more graceful method than housing discrimination…Ho
Bay Area Teen is Recognized For Her Work With Seniors
HappyArt was founded in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, when Bay Area seniors were most vulnerable. High schooler Aditi Balakrishna set forth to empower th
Juneteenth Isn’t Enough: How Indian-Americans Can Use Their Pasts to Help Another Present
Though empires abolished slavery in the Caribbean islands during the 1830s, their move to the model of indentured servitude wasn’t much better. From 1838 to 1
Pro-Life or Pro-choice: San Jose Indian Writes a Film on Abortion
A short film about abortion written by a San Jose resident and an Indian American is an exciting prospect. Choices, a film directed by Amir Jaffer, produced by
Berkeley’s Film Archive Diversifies History With Films by Amit Dutta
“Cinema becomes a way of searching and learning through culture, history, music, beauty and eventually truth.” — Amit Dutta, Many Questions to Myself UC B
A Musical Tribute to the Rivers of India Features a Bay Area Chorus
Covid has hit India hard. What started in one part of the world last year, ended up in another part of the world this year. It is a challenging period in human
A Mental Health Crisis Over Student Debt: What Does Our Education Cost?
This article is updated to include new policies by the Biden Administration. The American collective student debt is $1.3 trillion, second only to mortgages.
