poster designed by Priyali Sur Last week, as fear of war between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed countries, remained a viable threat, activists around the globe organized to call...
Read more09 Mar, 2019
16 Feb, 2019
“faluda islam” at discostan…
16 Feb, 2019
video excerpt by Ayesha Kamran; La Zona Rosa club in downtown Los Angeles Last weekend, some friends and I attended Discostan, a monthly event in downtown LA that was founded by filmmaker and DJ Arshia Haq, to...
Read more23 Jan, 2019
protesting for equal education for all…
23 Jan, 2019
teachers picketing outside Burbank Middle School, Highland Park, Los Angeles The teachers’ strike in Los Angeles started last week and stretched for six long days, encompassing some of the...
Read more19 Jan, 2019
women’s march, year three…
19 Jan, 2019
This morning, just like two years ago, Minal and I met up with my writer friend Elline Lipkin at Sierra Madre Villa’s metro station, so we could attend the...
Read more13 Sep, 2018
exploring little tokyo…
13 Sep, 2018
Mural by Bunnie Reiss in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo One afternoon, while exploring Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, my friend Jamie and I stumbled on murals designed by Bunnie Reiss.
Read more24 Mar, 2018
march for our lives…
24 Mar, 2018
On our second last day of spring break, Minal made sure that we woke up early to take LA Metro to Union Station. Once at the station, we joined...
Read more01 Dec, 2017
my tortoise is trans…
01 Dec, 2017
November 2015: Oskar and René’s wedding “My tortoise is trans,” comments Tina. “She’s female actually,” explains Tina’s brother John. “But even though we’ve had the tortoise for more than...
Read more03 Apr, 2017
food truck galore…
03 Apr, 2017
smorgusburg print on a wooden table Today, we meandered into downtown LA to explore Smorgasburg, an initiative that sprung up last summer. Since then, every Sunday, gourmet restaurants park...
Read more28 Feb, 2017
the movement, a mural and a tent…
28 Feb, 2017
a mural in front of Los Angeles’ Greyhound Station Almost a week has passed since the last round of protesters at Standing Rock were pushed out or arrested. The...
Read more19 Feb, 2017
all in a day…
19 Feb, 2017
“That’s Andy Warhol’s Rolls Royce,” says a man at the entrance, pointing to the burgundy 1974 Rolls Royce with a New York license plate reading “WARHOL” that greets visitors...
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