It almost feels like a lifetime ago. 17-hour long days balancing overlapping film shoots, pre and post-production promotions and interviews, memorizing scripts in non-native languages, brand endorsements, ramp walks, martial arts training, traveling multiple times a week- back and forth from Mumbai to Hyderabad and Chennai, attending industry events, meeting with producers and directors, finding time to catch up with family and friends back home, in the U.S. and just…living.
It takes a toll on you.
The world of glamour, glitz, fame and fortune…is all just the tip of the iceberg. There’s more to it than meets the eye.
The pursuit of the entertainment industry is not for the faint of heart. It requires incredible mental, emotional and physical stamina. It extracts your deepest insecurities when you think you’re confident. It takes immense courage to say “no” to what doesn’t feel right. It demands more energy than you could imagine. It’s a lonely place, when you’re struggling and just starting off, and especially when you’re on top.
Taking care of your mental health is non-negotiable, especially in this field. You can achieve success without compromising your soul or body. You CAN forge meaningful bonds with people if you see beyond the superficial “filmi parties”. You can develop as a human being and learn from your journey. You can live a life of purpose. You can train yourself to have a healthier mindset. And, you can always change your mind altogether. 🙌🏼 My journey taught me that through all the pivots and multiple leaps of faith over the past decade…from awkward, shy girl growing up, to winning a national pageant, to pursuing an insanely risky career in the Indian film industry in the middle of college, to quitting at the peak of my acting career, returning to do my MBA, to venturing into a corporate management career to embarking on an entrepreneurial venture: You don’t have to have it all figured out. Embrace the journey of finding your purpose.
Taking care of yourself is going to lay the foundation for all the uncertainty life throws at you. Learning to love yourself is a journey. You ARE good enough. Don’t you forget it.
Fall in love with the process of becoming the very best version of yourself. ✨
Photo: @avigowariker
“Baba”- Dad in Bengali- was my first word. I may have grown up, but I’m still his baby. Most people would agree, that I am my Baba’s mini-me in terms of our identical features, but also personality traits! 👨👧
He is the epitome of humility; despite everything he’s achieved in life. He radiates positivity and a sense of calm, making it easy for anyone to strike up a conversation and stick around for hours and hours. He is a walking encyclopedia…at least to me, there is nothing he doesn’t know, and has almost this child-like wonder when it comes to learning new things.🤓
He is the most patient human being I have ever met (though I’ve tested that many times growing up), and his ability to infuse gentle humor into every situation makes him the most approachable person in any environment. There is not a single person that meets him that doesn’t love him!💖
He taught me what it meant to stay grounded, no matter how far you go in life. He also taught me that it’s not the end of the world if I fail. Baba deals with my mood swings better than anyone, and is also somehow effortlessly able to ingrain values, lessons and new perspectives that guide me through life…probably without even realizing it.😊
He is and will always be that stable force that I know I can always count on, the person I can always run to, or call without hesitation to talk about anything and everything.🥰
Hope covid gets over soon so we can resume travel and I can see him again, soon! <3 Love you Baba!
Today is June 14th, the birthday of the 45th President of the United States.
Taking a moment to remember when the president relied on facts, science, had trustworthy administration and staff, didn’t enrich himself at tax payers’ expense, was mentally and physically healthy, read books, loved his wife and children, listened to a variety of opinions, didn’t endanger citizens with conspiracy theories, wasn’t an international laughing stock, wasn’t IMPEACHED, and was overall a wonderful human being that cared about people, inspired us all to be better and continues to calm our nation in crisis. 🇺🇲
Miss having a president capable of empathy and intelligence, who genuinely cares and values humanity and offers direction vs. division. 💗
#tRumpbirthday #happyobamaday #barackobama #allbirthdaysmatter #obamaappreciationday #44 #45 #obamadayjune14th #alwaysmypresident
Today is June 14th, the birthday of the 45th President of the United States.
Taking a moment to remember when the president relied on facts, science, had trustworthy administration and staff, didn’t enrich himself at tax payers’ expense, was mentally and physically healthy, read books, loved his wife and children, listened to a variety of opinions, didn’t endanger citizens with conspiracy theories, wasn’t an international laughing stock, wasn’t IMPEACHED, and was overall a wonderful human being that cared about people, inspired us all to be better and continues to calm our nation in crisis. 🇺🇲
Miss having a president capable of empathy and intelligence, who genuinely cares and values humanity and offers direction vs. division. 💗
#tRumpbirthday #happyobamaday #barackobama #allbirthdaysmatter #obamaappreciationday #44 #45 #obamadayjune14th #alwaysmypresident
Today is June 14th, the birthday of the 45th President of the United States.
Taking a moment to remember when the president relied on facts, science, had trustworthy administration and staff, didn’t enrich himself at tax payers’ expense, was mentally and physically healthy, read books, loved his wife and children, listened to a variety of opinions, didn’t endanger citizens with conspiracy theories, wasn’t an international laughing stock, wasn’t IMPEACHED, and was overall a wonderful human being that cared about people, inspired us all to be better and continues to calm our nation in crisis. 🇺🇲
Miss having a president capable of empathy and intelligence, who genuinely cares and values humanity and offers direction vs. division. 💗
#tRumpbirthday #happyobamaday #barackobama #allbirthdaysmatter #obamaappreciationday #44 #45 #obamadayjune14th #alwaysmypresident
Today is June 14th, the birthday of the 45th President of the United States.
Taking a moment to remember when the president relied on facts, science, had trustworthy administration and staff, didn’t enrich himself at tax payers’ expense, was mentally and physically healthy, read books, loved his wife and children, listened to a variety of opinions, didn’t endanger citizens with conspiracy theories, wasn’t an international laughing stock, wasn’t IMPEACHED, and was overall a wonderful human being that cared about people, inspired us all to be better and continues to calm our nation in crisis. 🇺🇲
Miss having a president capable of empathy and intelligence, who genuinely cares and values humanity and offers direction vs. division. 💗
#tRumpbirthday #happyobamaday #barackobama #allbirthdaysmatter #obamaappreciationday #44 #45 #obamadayjune14th #alwaysmypresident
To say I’m completely spoiled is an understatement. 😍 I have the luxury of my husband going out and catching the highest quality, spring chinook salmon, straight from the source…that he brings home, cleans and filets so we get to enjoy it the same day for dinner ❤️.
And lucky to be able to have a husband so willing to explore all sorts of multicultural cuisine and open to trying new recipes…like the salmon tikka masala (dairy-free) I made with his latest catch! 🎣
Recipe courtesy @honeywhatscooking 💕👍🏼
#PNW #fishing #Oregon #Chinook #Salmon #Indianrecipe #ColumbiaRiver #SpringChinook #oceantotable
To say I’m completely spoiled is an understatement. 😍 I have the luxury of my husband going out and catching the highest quality, spring chinook salmon, straight from the source…that he brings home, cleans and filets so we get to enjoy it the same day for dinner ❤️.
And lucky to be able to have a husband so willing to explore all sorts of multicultural cuisine and open to trying new recipes…like the salmon tikka masala (dairy-free) I made with his latest catch! 🎣
Recipe courtesy @honeywhatscooking 💕👍🏼
#PNW #fishing #Oregon #Chinook #Salmon #Indianrecipe #ColumbiaRiver #SpringChinook #oceantotable
To say I’m completely spoiled is an understatement. 😍 I have the luxury of my husband going out and catching the highest quality, spring chinook salmon, straight from the source…that he brings home, cleans and filets so we get to enjoy it the same day for dinner ❤️.
And lucky to be able to have a husband so willing to explore all sorts of multicultural cuisine and open to trying new recipes…like the salmon tikka masala (dairy-free) I made with his latest catch! 🎣
Recipe courtesy @honeywhatscooking 💕👍🏼
#PNW #fishing #Oregon #Chinook #Salmon #Indianrecipe #ColumbiaRiver #SpringChinook #oceantotable
It baffles me that people, who otherwise do nothing productive year-round when it comes to social activism or bringing to light the long standing social, religious, political or economic issues they care to bring to light now- have the audacity to call others hypocrites for showing outward support for the Black community during this time. (If you’re really so “passionate” about issues you think should be prioritized, why not do your part by actively participating to fight for them anyway?)
🔹🔹🔹
It disgusts me that they use their sudden wokeness to point out the “hypocrisy of supporting something else” to deflect the attention to issues in their home countries, that have existed for a long time but have not participated on a grassroots level themselves. (Who’s the hypocrite?)
🔹🔹🔹
It frustrates me that they don’t see how saying “all lives matter” is a given, and that saying that right now unfairly takes away from the issue surrounding centuries-long racial oppression of the Black people.
🔹🔹🔹
It infuriates me that the same people who pop in to social media to complain about others supporting BLM “but not issues in their motherland”, are using their “platform” to continue posting frivolous, nonsubstantive content immediately afterwards.
This is not about selfish priorities. It’s very easy to criticize but harder to stand up for your values, even if that means losing followers who can’t empathize.
This isn’t JUST about black vs. white. It’s not about brown vs. black. It’s not about racial discrimination elsewhere not getting enough attention. In this moment, it’s about seeing that anyone who is not black, still, evidently, has more privilege and that people are being murdered because of the color of their skin, who otherwise could have been living normal lives.
A revolution is finally taking place, and it doesn’t happen overnight or because of one voice. It’s a collective effort.
So please take a minute to understand this isn’t about you and your priorities. Saying All Lives Matter right now is more divisive than unifying. All lives DO matter, but the point is, that “Black lives ALSO matter”. #blacklivesmatter
It baffles me that people, who otherwise do nothing productive year-round when it comes to social activism or bringing to light the long standing social, religious, political or economic issues they care to bring to light now- have the audacity to call others hypocrites for showing outward support for the Black community during this time. (If you’re really so “passionate” about issues you think should be prioritized, why not do your part by actively participating to fight for them anyway?)
🔹🔹🔹
It disgusts me that they use their sudden wokeness to point out the “hypocrisy of supporting something else” to deflect the attention to issues in their home countries, that have existed for a long time but have not participated on a grassroots level themselves. (Who’s the hypocrite?)
🔹🔹🔹
It frustrates me that they don’t see how saying “all lives matter” is a given, and that saying that right now unfairly takes away from the issue surrounding centuries-long racial oppression of the Black people.
🔹🔹🔹
It infuriates me that the same people who pop in to social media to complain about others supporting BLM “but not issues in their motherland”, are using their “platform” to continue posting frivolous, nonsubstantive content immediately afterwards.
This is not about selfish priorities. It’s very easy to criticize but harder to stand up for your values, even if that means losing followers who can’t empathize.
This isn’t JUST about black vs. white. It’s not about brown vs. black. It’s not about racial discrimination elsewhere not getting enough attention. In this moment, it’s about seeing that anyone who is not black, still, evidently, has more privilege and that people are being murdered because of the color of their skin, who otherwise could have been living normal lives.
A revolution is finally taking place, and it doesn’t happen overnight or because of one voice. It’s a collective effort.
So please take a minute to understand this isn’t about you and your priorities. Saying All Lives Matter right now is more divisive than unifying. All lives DO matter, but the point is, that “Black lives ALSO matter”. #blacklivesmatter
It baffles me that people, who otherwise do nothing productive year-round when it comes to social activism or bringing to light the long standing social, religious, political or economic issues they care to bring to light now- have the audacity to call others hypocrites for showing outward support for the Black community during this time. (If you’re really so “passionate” about issues you think should be prioritized, why not do your part by actively participating to fight for them anyway?)
🔹🔹🔹
It disgusts me that they use their sudden wokeness to point out the “hypocrisy of supporting something else” to deflect the attention to issues in their home countries, that have existed for a long time but have not participated on a grassroots level themselves. (Who’s the hypocrite?)
🔹🔹🔹
It frustrates me that they don’t see how saying “all lives matter” is a given, and that saying that right now unfairly takes away from the issue surrounding centuries-long racial oppression of the Black people.
🔹🔹🔹
It infuriates me that the same people who pop in to social media to complain about others supporting BLM “but not issues in their motherland”, are using their “platform” to continue posting frivolous, nonsubstantive content immediately afterwards.
This is not about selfish priorities. It’s very easy to criticize but harder to stand up for your values, even if that means losing followers who can’t empathize.
This isn’t JUST about black vs. white. It’s not about brown vs. black. It’s not about racial discrimination elsewhere not getting enough attention. In this moment, it’s about seeing that anyone who is not black, still, evidently, has more privilege and that people are being murdered because of the color of their skin, who otherwise could have been living normal lives.
A revolution is finally taking place, and it doesn’t happen overnight or because of one voice. It’s a collective effort.
So please take a minute to understand this isn’t about you and your priorities. Saying All Lives Matter right now is more divisive than unifying. All lives DO matter, but the point is, that “Black lives ALSO matter”. #blacklivesmatter
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
In the past couple weeks, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has opened our eyes to an incredible amount of resources that we can all use to help us support the Black community. While we are slowly starting to make progress, we still have a lot of work to do.
As a privileged person of color living in America, it would be completely unfair to compare any of my experiences to those of the Black community, who have suffered centuries of oppression in innumerable ways. Our Black brothers and sisters are still deprived of basic human rights in 2020; they are continually shoved in unconscionable ways to be treated as inferiors. I cannot even begin to understand the fear and terror of waking up every day as a Black person in the very country that claims to be the “Land of the Free”.
As an NRI and member of the South Asian community living in America, I feel a strong sense of duty to spread awareness, beginning with my own community. I would like to make it part of my mission to help educate our friends and families on Black history, and to unlearn long-standing anti-Black sentiment. Such sentiment has been a result of the unspoken racism within our own culture due to colorism and caste. We must also acknowledge that our immigration to the United States was possible because of the outcomes that came from the efforts of the civil rights movement. The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 paved the way for South Asians to embark on achieving the “American Dream” that some of us take for granted today. Today, I am proud to use my platform to be an active part of the collective South Asian community’s support to fight the racial injustice that Black Americans are facing.
👉Please SWIPE for my two cents on how you can bring change within your own community.
Continue sharing educational resources, donating, supporting our local Black communities, turning OFF your implicit racial biases and using this time for introspective reflection on how you can be more inclusive.
Special thanks to my childhood friend and South Asian community member, @HK_Brains for engaging me in deeper discussion regarding this topic and helping me articulate my thoughts!
Joining the movement, June 1-7 I will not be posting my own content and am taking a step to LISTEN and amplify the voices that need to be heard most.
#amplifymelanatedvoices #muted #blacklivesmatter #solidarity