I’m sure it’ll surprise no one when I say I had a complicated relationship with my hair growing up. Desis are supposed to have this super glossy, shiny, long, full straight hair and I had - and have - a gigantic curly mane. And that’s just on my head.
Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, the national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a programmer looks like and does. Girls Who Code has already reached over 90,000 girls in all 50 US states.
I’ve been thinking about the kisan protest for months now. I've been educating myself with articles, talking to friends and community leaders and making donations to organizations like the Sikh Coalition And Khalsa Aid. But let me be clear: I am not an expert. I want to learn more and I know lots of us want to know what is happening in India and what we can do.
Pandemic Diwali 2020. And while I'll be the first to admit, we need light more than ever this year, celebrating without family and friends has us deep in our feelings. We talk to LoveLaughMirch's Nisha Vedi Pawar about tradition, Diwali and '90s Bollywood and Bhangra tunes. Happy Diwali to all who celebrate; may your lights illuminate the world.
Never did I ever think that we'd be kicking off Brown Mom with Poorna Jagannathan. Poorna is all of the good things: an actor, a producer, a supporter, a mama and a friend. She stops by to talk about names, working for Mindy Kaling and what it felt like on that beautiful brown set of Netflix's Never Have I Ever.
Raakhee Mirchandani is an award-winning journalist and author. Currently she is the Editorial Director for Diversity and Inclusion at Dow Jones. Previously she was a columnist at the New York Post and Managing Editor at the New York Daily News. Raakhee is also the author of Super Satya Saves the Day (Bharat Babies, 2016). Her next book, Hair Twins (Little, Brown, 2021) is about the special bond between a Sikh father and daughter. Raakhee serves as the President of the Board of the Tomorrows Children's Fund, a 35-year-old pediatric cancer charity. She is also on the board of the Hoboken Public Library and Steven’s Cooperative School.
