by Sneha Goud – Michigan State Graduate I am a fist-pumping, pouf-loving Jersey Shore fan.  I got into a “fight” over Twitter last week with my friend defending Snooki’s honor (after this New York Times article).  But after hearing about a “Asian” version of Jersey...

Floods in Pakistan have devastated millions of communities in the northwest regions of the country, leveling homes and leaving families with no where to go. Please follow the link to the Huffington Post article that will give you several resources of how you can donate and help those in need in Pakistan. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/02/pakistan-flood-victims-ne_n_667303.html AKPC_IDS...

by Shivangi Ramachandran – University of Oregon Today, while indulging in my daily Indian news I came across this article that talked about the Government of India releasing a tablet much like Apple’s ipad. Intrigued, I found myself googling more articles like the same, hoping to get more information...

Need an inspirational story that tugs at your heart strings and makes you proud of being a brown woman? Read about Kakuben Lalabhai Parmar and her extrodinary life from one of the lowest castes in India. Through her ability to economically support herself and her family, she’s gained more freedom...

A new skin-whitening app? On facebook? Promoted by Shahid Kapoor? Check out the debate on the app and then read some of bg’s articles on the pressures of fairer skin here: http://browngirlmagazine.com/2010/02/blending-in/ http://browngirlmagazine.com/2010/04/check-it-vogue-india-tackling-color-prejudice/ http://browngirlmagazine.com/2009/02/the-fair-skin-battle/ AKPC_IDS...

Indians are travelling thousands of miles to see the beauty of Switzerland – the mountains, lakes, architectures – and to act out dance numbers from the Bollywood classic, Dilwale Dulhania le Jayenge! Switzerland never had trouble attracting tourists, but now there is another reason to go...

by Neethi Srinivasan – University of Michigan A few weeks ago I was prompted to ponder the following question – what makes a concert great? Is it the size of the venue, quality of the background dancers, or the abundance of pyrotechnics that determines the success of a concert? Or is it the quality...

BG contributor and full time staffer, Jihii Jolly, recently wrote an article for Lambda about emerging South Asian queer writers. The article is very interesting in that it discusses the cultural impact on identity for homosexual South Asians. You can check it out here: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/06/17/the-queer-desi-dilemma/ AKPC_IDS...

Interested in helping BG move to the next level? In the past two years, BG has grown to become a stable online publication with writers and contributors all across the United States. We’re growing, but we can grow more. We’re looking for someone with some pizzazz to help BG go to the next level....

by Sneha Goud – Michigan State Graduate For the second year in a row, a female of Indian origin has won the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington DC.  This year’s winner, fourteen year old Annamika Veeramani, correctly spelled the word stromuhr (the name of a blood-measuring medical...