The not-so-modern modern Asian woman
October 23, 2012
The beauty and brains persona we’re famous for is an inherited position. Desi girls are not a race whose lineage is of oppression and mediocrity.
The beauty and brains persona we’re famous for is an inherited position. Desi girls are not a race whose lineage is of oppression and mediocrity.
They asked, ‘Are you going to die?’ — the question I had asked myself in the waiting room.
South Asian children are targets for bullying. We’d like to think ethnicity has little to do with it, but the evidence shows otherwise.
They say if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough. But why do we belittle little dreams?
The greatest luxury of travel is to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar that it is taken for granted.
What are the implications for children whose parents talk to them about a cancer diagnosis?
Adolescent girls are more fearful of gaining weight than cancer, nuclear war, or losing their parents.
At what point is it important for your child to graduate to his own bed–in his own room–on a nightly basis?
Spending $300 on oversized t-shirts, baggy jeans, and fake diamond earrings were important to me. I wish I knew why so I could go back in time and slap myself.
I kept him to myself—not sharing, not saying. It saddened me, but was safer than exposing Daddy to strangers.
Listen to this cover of Safe and Sound, sung by 14-year-old Shivani Patel at a recording studio for the first time.
You will travel these topics at your own risk. You may not like what you find. And you may not believe what is in fact, fact.