Bend It Like Bala Devi
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As the sole representative of the team abroad, [Bala Devi] currently represents a big step forward for the women’s game in India, and for the profile of Indian players on the international stage.
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Why South Asians don't trust conventional medicine: A colonial experiment
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Decolonising science is important to move forwards, for Western scientists to recognise the racism within their work, and to allow formerly colonised countries to trust in practices again.
Read MoreThe fashion industry made me feel like I didn't belong
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The excitement from the first few days wore off when my responsibilities included running to three different supermarkets to purchase a very specific bar of chocolate for the boss, lugging bags of ice down flashy streets of London to stock up the office freezer.
Read MoreWhy is Princess Diana so popular with immigrant mothers?
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I watched my own mother settle in to watch this portrayal of Princess Diana with the same intensity that my grandmother afforded to Indian serials.
Read MoreMy relationship with body hair in Lockdown 2.0
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Our western, phallocentric society’s idea of ‘natural body hair’ basically means being ‘bald from the eyebrows down’, and that has been reinforced deeply and broadly, on a conscious and a subconscious level.
Read MoreHow Netflix's Masaba Masaba unapologetically represents real women
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Not only has Masaba struggled with her Black Caribbean identity in India, but struggled with the fact that Neena raised her as a single mother in the public eye.
Read MoreIjaaz [2020 short fiction story competition]
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Shiuli Bhattacharyya came in 1st place in Burnt Roti’s 2020 short fiction story competition.
Read MoreThree Citrons [2020 short fiction story competition]
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Nadya Agrawal came in 2nd place in Burnt Roti’s 2020 short fiction story competition.
Read MoreA Ballad of Ragnarok [2020 short fiction story competition]
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Prithu Banerjee came in 3rd place in Burnt Roti’s 2020 short fiction story competition.
Read MoreCall it 'Glow & Lovely' or 'Fair & Lovely', it still perpetuates colourism in our society.
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By preying on the insecurity of dark-skinned girls and boys, cosmetics brands make over $450 million annually in sales in India, and globally the skin lightening industry is worth between $10- 20 billion.
Read MoreOur silence is violence
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Instead of standing in solidarity with those whose effort and struggle built the table in which we occupy, we have allowed our silence and our distance to perpetuate violence. It’s time for us to start considering what would happen if we get close.
Read MoreSpeaking to Razia Iqbal about her life and work as a journalist
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“I was standing in the lift and my boss very casually asked me what I was doing in the next few days. I said something like admin stuff and laundry. He then asked ‘how would you like to go to Pakistan?’ Within seconds, I said yes.”
Read MoreIs enmeshment trauma a cultural norm in South Asian families?
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As we grow up, if boundaries aren’t created or respected by our parents, we can be left unsure about whose needs should take priority in our lives: ours, or theirs.
Read MoreThe crowdfunder fighting to hold the government accountable for NHS staff deaths
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It is an insult to our intelligence when politicians try to tell us that plastic aprons and a single surgical mask when serving canteen dinner, is protecting us - let alone when treating patients in a coronavirus ‘hot zone’ in hospital.
Read MoreMy relationship with food means I have to preserve my health during Ramadan
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I know that restricting my food intake for any reason and experiencing the intense hunger that I once viewed as a sign of my worth, brings with it the risk of falling back into old and dangerous habits.
Read MoreTo Be Present With Your Own Thoughts
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I’m more social than ever. But the blurring of boundaries between home and office and social space and gymnasium and meeting room and café and nursery and school and I’m tired all the time.
Read MoreShahnaz Ahsan on why she wrote her book 'Hashim & Family' and the importance of archiving history
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Late at night, sometimes my grandmother would tell us the story of the distant cousin who died at the bottom of a lake; they found her sitting perfectly cross-legged, serene, as though a water-spirit had taken her.
Read MoreSouth Asian Women are taught to take on a man's emotional burden
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The mollycoddling extended from the physical into the mental, straining our mental health to protect the sanity of the men in the house.
Read MoreThe Labour Party and Starmer's intention is not enough for the BAME community
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After the fallout of Windrush, Shamima Begum’s citizenship stripping and increasing hostile environment, Starmer’s Shadow home office dept fails in every aspect.
Read MoreI was a burden since I was born and I can still feel the shame my family felt for me.
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26 years later the pain the trauma brings hurts so deep that it feels almost physical, and for the first few years with her, it was. From the beginning, I always felt like a burden and not a bundle.
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