by Alisha Ebrahimji – Texas State University @AlishaEbrahimji Natasha Chandel is a South Asian triple threat in acting, singing, and dancing. Chandel has had the opportunity to work for some of Canada’s top networks and television shows such as CHUM (FashionTelevision and MuchMusic), CBC, Rogers...

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 Swati Bhargava – University of Wisconsin – Madison Deer Park Avenue is a band of two, well-travelled sisters with a penchance for high-energy, power-pop and punk music. Their sophomore album, Stop & Go, was released in October. BGM: You’ve traveled everywhere from Switzerland and...

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 Nadya Agrawal – UCLA   In response to Akon’s new song “Chammak Chalo” for the upcoming Bollywood film Ra One.   Ey, Chammak Chalo My beyootiful girl with the almond eyes And red scarf With those kickin curves, you got my heart Filled with sand of your distant land Ima...

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 Sneha Goud When I asked a rap music aficionado friend for some new upbeat songs to work out to, I expected the usual women bashing, violence infused songs that have dominated airwaves for a decade. Instead, he sent me the mixtape of Pakistani-American rapper Kamran Rashid Khan, also known as Lazarus. I...

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...