A note from our Founder & Editor in Chief
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Last Day (Cherry Blossom/Sakura)
I wonder if you still want to meet. Even if winter stays, Looking at you warms me Like no matter how we pierced Words at each other Somehow, I know we’re going to be okay I’ll be okay I’m afraid to approach you After last night Covered ears, Will you still smile at me? Read more
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Get Vulnerable With Your Comfort Zone
Wait — I can’t do that. I’m not comfortable doing this, what do you think this is, The Voice?! I know I’m not the only one who’s yelled these exact lines to myself or to my fellow peers. We often times confuse our comfort zones as genuine places of comfort rather than restriction zones from our Read more
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You Never Know Who Is Watching So Make Sure You Inspire!
Before you freak out over the title, hear me out — in my young adulthood I’ve said and done many close-minded things. In layman’s terms, I would often put out negative energy, thoughts, moods, and outlooks on life through various social media platforms whether it be Twitter, Snapchat, or Instagram. But then it dawned on Read more
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How to love ourselves
Have you ever seen a glass while it is breaking? Have you noticed how the initial impact Causes the whole glass to crack in various places, And then scatter when it falls to the ground? And when the tiny little pieces of the glass Fall to the ground and lie there, We come to the Read more
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Religion Shaming For Hindu People: Post Apartheid
At this time of the year for Hindu South Africans, an unprecedented amount of religious controversy floats around in the news and in our community. A religious day is taken and flipped to make Hindu people feel guilty for celebrating Diwali. Assimilation is something most of us have had to deal with but even in Read more
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Is this meant for me?
Ever since I was a child I was told about how my marriage will be How the halls of a big room will be decorated with flowers and diyas How I’ll be wearing the prettiest red dress How they’ll find me the man of my dreams and how I’ll spend my life with him How Read more
