Author: Swetha Sutharsan
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“A Poem to Latin America…”: An Interview with Fashion Designer Hyla Golden Del Castillo
Featured Image: Justynn Roque and Alec Boyle Five years ago, a determined young woman from Colombia moved to Canada with large aspirations and a drive to make a difference in our world. She thought the very idea of becoming the next Vivenne Westwood was such an out-out-pocket and unrealistic career…
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The Power of a Single Bead: Fashion Designer Aarabhi Sivaraman’s Take on Ethical Fashion
Featured Image: Aarabhi London As I look down on the row of colourful, translucent microbeads laying gently alongside one another, selectively chosen and delicately situated to create a beautiful design, a sense of relief and gratitude floods my body as I recognize that the individual who took the time to…
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Creating Our Own Subculture Through Storytelling: In Conversation with Writer Nadya Agrawal
Featured Image: Kajal Magazine From traditional folktales to iconic fables, storytelling has been a powerful tool that has played a fundamental role in shaping human civilization into what it is today. For the founder of Kajal Magazine, Nadya Agrawal, writing and sharing her stories has been her preferred form of…
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How Chicken Tikka Masala Became the Paradigm for Cultural Diversity
Featured Illustration: Julia Wytrazek As soon as you step foot into an Indian restaurant, your nose will be hit with the scent of spicy masala and notes of turmeric that gently lifts you up and takes you 11, 645 kilometers across the ocean to the motherland of spices. The phrase…
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The Transcendence of Indo-Western Fashion: In Conversation with Designer Payal Singhal
Featured Image: Fashion Network Besides being the final year before the new millennium, 1999 was filled with some of the most anticipated and revolutionary moments in human history. From the international Melissa computer virus to the release of Eminem’s The Slim Shady LP, this year was nothing short of exciting.…