Netflix shows to expand your cultural knowledge from home
In a time where it’s easy to shelter our minds into ignorance along with our sheltered bodies, the aspiration to be WFH (woke from home) is an admirable goal. We’ve…
Labour can fix its mistakes with Starmer
As the sun finally set on Jeremy Corbyn’s doomed leadership, it rises again for the Labour Party, and rises with Keir Starmer. Four election defeats and three leaders later, Labour…
The fear of losing a loved one, again
My baba (dad), was shot nearly 17 years ago now. The memories I have of receiving the news are somewhat obscure, maybe because of how young I was, or maybe…
MESA’s guide to working from home
The adjustment to working from home may be more arduous for some than others. It’s a shock to the system and you may find that you’re watching the news longer…
Reflections from a British Bangladeshi on Independence Day
March is considered to be springtime, the birth of new things and the start of hope and growth. For the Bengali people, it is a fitting month for the birth…
Eshaan Akbar: Having MESA parents was great practice for a national lockdown
If you had told me that Friday 13th March would be the last time I’d be performing live stand-up comedy for the foreseeable future, I would have told you that…
Discussing casual sex in MESA communities
Defying the notion that pre-marital sex is damnable and shameful in Middle Eastern and South Asian (MESA) communities is a conundrum in itself, but even more acute when the focus…
Brwnxblended on Bangkok & amplifying brown beauty
It’s fair to say that there are endless negative aspects that go with living in the digital age, but a redeeming feature of living a life online is that it…
