Identity & Culture.
Convoy: this street in San Diego that I have always found myself going back to for all it’s given me. There continues to be this …
I was born in the French countryside of Alsace and raised with Japanese parents. They both worked in a school for Japanese children in the …
There is a price we pay when we conform to what society expects us to be, especially when it does not align with our needs …
It’s hard to imagine that in seemingly progressive and diverse countries, such as Canada and America, keeping your identity would ever be an issue. You …
Whitewashing. As an Asian, it’s a term that comes up endlessly in one’s fight for visibility in Western society. Paler skin and eurocentric features are …
Let me tell you about my personal favorite painter of all time; Vincent Van Gogh. The first time I laid my eyes on “The Starry …
“A person’s name is to that person, the sweetest, most important sound in any language.”- Dale Carnegie
The quote above reminds me how we tend to …
What is Gurpurab?
Gurpurab is a festival celebrated across India and the world. It is one of several religious festivals in Sikhism observed to commemorate and …
I grew up grade conscious. It was neither my parents’ fault nor my teachers’. It was all by my doing; my consciousness was constantly rambling …
For centuries and up to the present day, Asia has had an obsession with white skin. In Asia, Eurocentric beauty standards are more ideal as …
My story is about the morals and beliefs that I’ve learned through the journey that I call life. Being a Gujarati Indian is a significant …
It’s time for a change. Next GenerAsian addresses the pressure of the normalization of unrealistic beauty standards in Eastern Asian countries.
With over 30 million active …