By Sailaja Joshi – Harvard University In my first post about the issues of fair skin in our Indian community I mentioned the movie Dark Girls, which hit the Toronto Film Festival early this month. After mentioning it here on Brown Girl Magazine, I had an opportunity to speak with the film’s...

by Megha Hamal I love weddings, of all shapes and sizes, all colors and patterns. Weddings make me happy. And, South Asian weddings are definitely my favorite. Personally, there are various reasons why I love them, apart from just being a South Asian myself. Everything from the decors, the festivity,...

 by Priya Mukhopadhyay – Stony Brook University Out with the nudes and in with the plums, reds, and fuchsias! Fall is here and its time to switch up last season’s lip colors! Summer saw all sorts of baby pinks, nudes, and coral glossy lips, but look around in autumn and you’re sure...

 By Sneha Goud -Managing Editor The tenth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks have for me, like many brown girls, stirred up a lot of feelings. I was a freshman in high school in the fall of 2001, so my entire teenage/adult life has had the “War on Terror” in the background....

Congrats to Anita Karim for winning a set of Forever 21 scarves from Giveaway #3! For Giveaway #4, we got a little help from the girls over at Borrow it Bindaas! One lucky winner will win a beautiful piece of jewelry specially picked by Siddhi and Riddhi. Sparkling Diva Bracelet: This beautiful silver...

interview by Aditi Mehta For the past two months, Brown Girl has had the privilege of being sponsored by two very amazing Brown Girls. Sisters Siddhi and Riddhi Khara are the founders of Borrow It Bindaas, an online business that rents Indian clothes and accessories for special occasions. The girls’...

Congrats to Pavani Yalamanchili, Anisha Mohandas, Alisha Jolly, and Mithra Annie Thompson — winners of the BG Giveaway #2! For Giveaway #3, we’re helping you get ready for fall and master Megha Hamal’s chunky effect. The lucky winner will receive a set of scarves from Forever 21! What...

by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University I know I’ve mentioned in my previous stories, my cousin, Maria Ebrahimji. I interviewed her recently in hopes of spreading some of her journalistic wisdom to all those aspiring journalists out there. Maria is not only my cousin but also my professional...

Congrats to our first winner, Mimi, for winning some great OPI nailpolish! Next up, for our Week 2 BG Giveaway, FOUR lucky winners will win brand new copies of The Girl In The Garden. A thrilling audiobook written by another smart, hip, beautiful Brown Girl Kamala Nair.  This novel will have you hooked...

by Aditi Mehta – Houston, TX A few of us at the BG Staff were lucky enough to acquire a few copies of the wonderful new audiobook by Kamala Nair titled The Girl in the Garden. Honestly, I’ve never listened to an audio book before and being an avid reader, I’ve always scoffed at the...