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CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT
Jewelry as a common point between fashion and self-expression: In conversation with the founders of Saeyri
Born in 2019, Saeyri is an artisanal jewelry brand founded by Rujuta Shah and Manasvi Bhatia Bhushan. The designs draw inspiration from…
KHWAHISH KHAN
CULTURE
Unlearning to Learn: On Colorism and Sexism in Punjabi Families
Featured Illustration: Ayush Kalra If this written piece resonates with you, I’m glad you took the time to read it. If you’re…
RUPINDERKAINTH
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Catherine
Featured Artwork: ‘Anxiety’ by aaakeith Trigger Warning: Eating Disorders . . . Catherine comes over the night before  Thanksgiving with her mother…
JESSICA LIU
EMPOWERMENT, THE ARTS
Our Bodies and Other Stories: In conversation with Jackie Gronlund, Author and Host of “The Unity Project”
Jackie Gronlund has been on a journey. She has been a YouTuber, an author, and a podcast host. Throughout her life, she…
CHRISTOPHER SORIANO
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Girmitiyas
Featured Image: Scroll.in They traveled far, Over vast oceans Nestled at the bottom belly Of oversized ships in undersized cavities   They…
JE'NAE SINGH
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
A Daughter’s Take on Fatherhood
My father, vivacious— a mouth full of leaves and amrut, splurting and gushing between the crooks in his teeth, a call to…
M.A. RIAZ
EMPOWERMENT, POLITICS
Reimagining Resilience: Loving is our jihad
As we begin 2022, we reflect on the accomplishments, losses, and lessons of 2021. And as 2022 begins to look a little…
KIRANWAQAR
LIFE
The Ritual of Cooking Led Me Back to Myself
Featured Illustration: Alison Czinkota My earliest memory in the kitchen was at my grandfather’s elbow as he makes sweet potato pie, looking…
IMANI SEBRI
CULTURE
On Identity-Coding in Children’s Animation
Featured Illustration: Drew Buchanan Coding, in television and film, is a technique that implies a fictional non-human character has a particularly human…
JANIENE FARQUHARSON
LIFE
The Reality of Moving Abroad in Your 20s
Featured Image: Natalia Senanayake It’s been approximately four months and two days since I packed my bags and left my small suburban…
NATALIASENANAYAKE
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
Gift
Featured Illustration: Rocío Montoya Mirrors bleed a blinding white, light fractured over fractured features. Wrapped across my body, I see white ribbon…
M.A. RIAZ
POETRY & PROSE, THE ARTS
An Indian Girl
Featured Illustration: Upasana Agarwal I used to feel Uncomfortable In my own skin   My dark brown hue And even my kin…
SANJANA KARTHIK

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