by Farah Mithani – Houston Baptist University Graduate – Star Contributor  var jsSlideshow = new Array(); jsSlideshow.push("http://browngirlmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CIMG8560.jpg"); ...

By Trisha Sakhuja - Stony Brook University The world has being hit with all sorts of calamities and dangers during the first three months of the New Year, but how much of it affects the average college student? Not much.  We live in a bubble of ignorance, where Thursday night plans and midterms seem...

by Aditi Mehta – Houston, TX As a testament for the phrase “You go girl!”, Pakistani actress Veena Malik, shows incredible poise, intelligence, and guts in order to stand up for herself against a mullah that feels Malik has brought shame upon the country of Pakistan and Islam. Malik...

by Komal Thakkar – George Washington University – Star Contributor   I believe that when dancers are young, their movement is pretty. As a dancer ages, their movement and their stage presence become beautiful. Madhavi Mudgal and Alarmel Valli, who took to the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower...

by Roshni Mulchandani – Bay Area Aruna Shanbaug was just your average nurse. She loved her job. Amidst the patient caring, the nurse was aware of her duties. Known at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Pune, India for being a loving but strict nurse, she was in charge of instructing her subordinates...

This is the second post from a series of posts by Simerjeet called “The Sahota Project” by Simerjeet Sahota – Ohio State University – Star Contributor   For my first interview, I didn’t go too far out of my comfort zone.  Really, I called my cousin.  But I have a...

by Shritin Patel – Houston Baptist University   “Indian people are not gay,” a relative retorted in the heat of a continuous and fruitless debate at my house. I stood baffled with my jaw hanging wide open allowing rogue bugs to explore my molars whilst trying to force my brain to understand...

by Sonam Hajela Women’s History Month falls at the perfect time this year, in the same period as the revolutions in the Middle East. But what do these upheavals mean for women and their role in society? During the anti-government protests in Tahrir Square, hundreds of women came out to voice their...

by Simerjeet Sahota – Ohio State Graduate – Star Contributor Just a desire to wear a button down every day for a week. Yeah. My life IS extremely sad. Enjoy. And no worries – I’ll post something important, i.e. not a total waste of time – at some point. Maybe.         Clothing...

by Sheela Lal – University of Missouri There are 50 million girls and women “missing,” according to Gautam Allahbadia’s 2002 article. “Hey Mister, that’s my sister; shoveled in a grave and nobody even kissed her.” According to a UNFPA report published in 2002, the ratio of girls...