Meet Simerjeet Sahota. As our in-house fashion correspondent, Simerjeet has been part of Brown Girl since July 2010. You can read more of her writing here. by Simerjeet Sahota – Ohio State Graduate– Star Contributor Born and raised in Cleveland (it’s the reason), I moved to Columbus, Ohio to...

Farah has been with Brown Girl since May 2010 and is one of our Star Contributors. You can read more of Farah’s BG posts here . Farah would like to dedicate this piece to her grandmother whose birthday is February 29th. by Farah Mithani – Houston Baptist University Graduate – Star Contributor ...

Sheela Lal has been writing for Brown Girl since November 2010. Check out her other work here. by Sheela Lal- University of Missouri I’m not funny. I’m barely creative. I study Statistics and International Studies – South Asian studies at the University of Missouri. I have a tendency to over schedule,...

Komal has been part of Brown Girl Magazine since May 2010. She is one of our Star Contributors and has been  sharing her thoughts on movies, books, and interviewing some amazing Brown Girls. You can check out more of her work here. by Komal Thakkar - George Washington University Your room is a...

Recently, one of our readers brought to our attention a heartbreaking story of Sonia Rai, 24, a Risk Analyst from Boston, that was recently diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. She is desperately looking for a bone marrow match that will most likely come from the South Asian population. According to...

My name is Nadya Agrawal, I’m 19 and a half, a sophomore at UCLA, and still at a loss as to what I should be talking about in my bio.  I’ve been racking my brains for about a month trying to figure out what you, loyal readers, would want to know about me.  I considered speaking in third person,...

by Sneha Goud I placed an order for my Kindle immediately after Amazon announced the price was being lowered (to $139 Wifi and $189 Wifi plus 3G).  Traveling is a huge part of my job and I spend an inordinate amount of time sitting in uncomfortable airport chairs, dirty taxi cabs, and lonely hotel rooms. ...

by Sabrina Jiwani – Washington University Of all the segments of popular culture to be in-touch with, most people don’t consider gastronomy to be one of them. Between fashion, celebrity buzz, and music/film, gastronomy seems to be creeping up through the cracks and making its way into the...

by Priya Mukhopadhyay – Stony Brook University Music is the solution to every problem or question that may arise in one’s life. It is the answer that one searches for and can’t seem to find elsewhere. Solace, which is otherwise unattainable, seeks refuge in music. It is the amplifier of feelings...

To inspire you to think of some resolutions for 2011, some of our staff shared a few of theirs: “I have a feeling in my heart and soul that 2011 is going to be a good year. This new year is going to be all.about.me. I’ve spent my life trying so hard to do the right thing; make people happy...