What will the gentrification of Brick Lane do to the British Bengali community
The journey to a new country for a new life is often a frightening one. The weather can be very different, your stomach responds differently to the new foods, and…
Why Avatar: The Last Airbender is loved by fans to this day
In a time marked by a frightening global pandemic and a social uprising in America, the search for the warm glow of something nostalgic, familiar, and reassuring is understandable. Yip…
South Asian creatives you should follow this Heritage Month
Today marks the final day of the UK’s first ever South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM). Established by Dr Binita Kane and Jasvir Singh, the month celebrated the intricacies of our…
Six times Bella Hadid was a style icon
Since she burst onto the fashion scene, Bella Hadid has been a style force to be reckoned with. Her 90s modelesque aura is ubiquitous and exudes a nonchalant demeanour. Our…
Discussing beauty, business and the Middle East with Duck & Dry’s Yulia Rorstrom
Leaving finance behind to make her mark on the beauty industry, Yulia Rorstrom’s career history is nothing short of extraordinary. In 2014, equipped with vision and raw entrepreneurship, Yulia embarked…
Do Middle Eastern and South Asian ‘Fiat 500 girls’ exist?
What happens when you coin the term ‘basic’ and transform it into its very own URL subculture? You get a spew of Fiat 500 girls, babes. As defined by PopBuzz,…
9/11 and the British Bangladeshi identity crisis
The British Bangladeshi identity is one that has been through the works and when you consider the history of the community, there is no wonder as to why. Although Bengali…
The language of internal monologues when you’re bilingual
I was just three-years-old when I first grasped the English language. Although I was born and raised in London, I grew up in a Turkish/Kurdish community and was immersed in…
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