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Meet the Staff: Roshni Mulchandani

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Roshni Mulchandani, considers herself a global citizen. After being raised in Hong Kong and spending nearly every summer in her favorite city Mumbai, she quickly (and swiftly) moved to New York to gain her degree in Marketing. Four years later, degree in hand, she moved to the opposite coast and realized that the corporate world wasn’t really her calling in life. She finally gave into her first passion: writing. Read More »

Thanksgiving with the Indians

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As another Thanksgiving and Christmas creep closer, I am reflecting on my family's holiday celebrations over the years. Read More »

Meet the Staff: Priya Mukhopadhyay

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Priya Mukhopadhyay, born in Calcutta, India and raised in the Bronx, New York is a senior at Stony Brook University. Read More »

Happy Birthday, BG!

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Starting Brown Girl was definitely years in the making. It not only included determining the logistics of it all, coordinating a website and contributors, but also a lot of guts on my end. Read More »

Open Your Eyes to a Diverse World

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As a religious and ethnic minority, I have always been able to bring a different perspective. I understand how outward differences between people can hide important connections. Read More »

Charity:Water

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It is September. Charity:Water has a September campaign for the Bayaka, an African Pygmy Tribe. Read More »

Indian Jersey Shore?

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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). Read More »

How you can help

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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 ... Read More »

One Laptop Per Child

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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. Read More »

NY Times Article: From Untouchable to Businesswoman

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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 ... Read More »

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