by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University  Sharon Mathai is a 19 year old, South Indian girl from Dallas, Texas who recently took her chances and auditioned for NBC’s The Voice. Sharon was born into a family of doctors, but decided to break away from the norm and pave a new path for herself...

by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University I don’t usually get crazy nervous when I interview sources for stories but tonight, my nerves took a crazy rollercoaster ride. I felt like a 10-year-old girl at a Spice Girls concert. I had the privilege of speaking with one of my favorite up and coming...

by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University   Meet Prita Chhabra, an up and coming South Asian artist taking the music scene by storm one performance at a time! Prita was born in Canada but at the age of fifteen, she moved to Orlando, Florida. She returned to her hometown and obtained a psychology...

by Priya Patel – Guest Contributor It’s been almost a year since I’ve interviewed Reena Shah, then serving as one half of musical duo My Pet Dragon.  Since then, the band has expanded to a full 5-member outfit and they have finished up their first album, Mountains and Cities, debuting on iTunes...

by Komal Thakkar - George Washington University – Star Contributor I have grown up at the ballet barre beginning at age five, and I have never known a life without dance. In the artistic environments that I was brought up in, minorities are a rare sight. Thus, when I learn of a South Asian making...

by Shritin Patel – Houston Baptist University Graduate Lately, I’ve been busy; I’ve been running around… I’ve been… I’m out of excuses. Truth is I had a small case of writer’s block. Actually, in this book for writers I read (well skimmed through the first...

by Sheela Lal - University of Missouri With the 1997 single “Brimful of Asha,” Cornershop, a British band, gained notoriety, especially after Fatboy Slim remixed it. The song has gone on to be featured in a multitude of media. Despite the massive amount of exposure, the band doesn’t stay pigeon...

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...

by Shivangi Ramachandran - University of Oregon Only a fellow brown girl knows how hard it is to make it. And by make it, I mean, strip ourselves away from the tensions and insecurities that arise from being immigrants, and turn it one of our biggest strengths. An emerging and supremely talented young...

by Priya Patel – University of Florida Directed by: Radhika Bordia & Natasha Badhwar, Punjabi Kudi. 2008. 20 min.     View this movie at cultureunplugged.com This short 20-minute documentary takes an expansive look into South Asian female music artists in England and how they personally...