by Swathi Ramprasad | Dec 15, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Articles, Young Professionals, Youth
It was 7 am on a rainy winter morning in California. My dad had forgotten to buy milk the previous night. Fearing my mother’s wrath, he rushed to the grocery store. He approached those all-to-familiar automatic doors, did his a jig to activate the sensors, but the...
by Swathi Ramprasad | Jun 18, 2019 | *Slider - Latest, Views, Youth
If you haven’t heard of Subtle Curry Traits by now, either a) your kids aren’t on Facebook or b) they don’t want you to be on it. If your answer is the latter, please click next and ignore this article – I’ll be in big trouble otherwise. Subtle Curry Traits...
by Swathi Ramprasad | Jan 7, 2019 | Youth
On every visit back to India, my grandparents shower me with the stories of old, served hot with a little bit of spice to taste. Usually, the stories follow a predictable pattern, trying to teach us a lesson about our own morality. My patti (grandmother) begins, “In...
by Swathi Ramprasad | Oct 22, 2018 | Cover Story, Youth
Her fingers flitted across the paper seal, trembling around the hallowed crest. She stuck her finger in and tore. Hard. The consequence of this letter would be the culmination of 18 years of hard work; academic achievement, extracurricular leadership, and careful...
by Swathi Ramprasad | Jan 19, 2017 | Youth
I was seated on the kitchen counter, my favorite perch as a four-year old. I watched my thatha, my maternal grandfather, draw a “U” shaped white figure on his forehead with what looked like a metal toothpick. Carefully, he placed a red substance with water on the heel...
