“Every 73 seconds, an American gets sexually assaulted.” –RAINN1 Sexual violence is a pandemic. Advocates and coalitions have been talking about it for centuries, and survivors are finally able to speak out and receive an acknowledgment. In recent years, more people are participating in...
South Asian community is often collectively referred as Asians, due to which it has lost its typical attributes, which makes it different from other Asian countries. The southern region of Asia comprising of 8 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri...
The United States has the largest immigrant population in the world with over 61.6 million immigrants (Center for Immigration Studies). There are now over 5 million South Asians who call the U.S. home. Women comprise a large portion of the immigrated South Asian population in the U.S. The...
Art therapy uses creative mediums like drawing, painting, coloring, and sculpture. Take a moment to go back to your childhood days when you spent hours engaging creatively either dancing spontaneously, drawing, painting, singing etc. Those were the moments that added life to otherwise mundane...
This year Oscar winner Riz Ahmed and actor Allison Williams announced the final Oscar nominations on January 24. There were several South Asian films and South Asians in that mix. Here is a look at this year’s South Asian nominees at the Oscars. Best Songs: The Golden Globe winner song...
I saw a TikTok today that really spoke to me. A boy throws flowers on a girl’s head from a balcony as she walks to school. She is disturbed but continues to walk away. The boy is ready to pull another prank on a lady walking out of the same building, but his mother comes out to the balcony to do...