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The night we danced
People often ask, "when did you know?" about when someone realized they had found their person. Ours is my favourite story to tell. The...

Rumneek Johal
Apr 24, 20232 min read


The fog always clears
A personal essay on navigating grief and difficult times.

Rumneek Johal
Apr 11, 20232 min read


Discourses I hated: Mean girls, alpha males and men who are unnaturally horny
Hello, I’m back with another round up of discourses I hated. This is my chance to take a break from the news and talk shit about the...

Rumneek Johal
Apr 2, 20236 min read


Discourses I hated: Karan Aujla is not your man
Alright alright alright. The interwebs had me feeling some type of way this week and Discourses I Hated is how I express my outrage, but...

Rumneek Johal
Mar 5, 20233 min read


Discourses I hated: Rihanna & A$AP, cheaters & learning to mind your damn business
I’m sorry, but it is time for me to talk my shit once again. Discourses I hated is where I round up discourses I quite literally hated or...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 20, 20235 min read


On "Pamela: A Love Story," and the scars we bear in order to be seen
I’m always amazed at the lengths women are expected to go to in order to demonstrate their humanity. This week, I watched Pamela: A Love...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 12, 20233 min read


Canada’s Immigration Rules are Leaving International Students Vulnerable to Exploitation and Abuse
Organizations representing international students in British Columbia are speaking out about immigration rules that leave them vulnerable...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 2, 20236 min read


Dozens of International Students Are Dying in Canada. The Federal Government Isn’t Doing Anything.
Dozens of international students between the ages of 18 and 25 have died in Canada in recent years, but the federal government has no...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 2, 20235 min read


International Students Are Dying From Overdoses at an Alarming Rate. But BC’s Government Isn’t
Local faith leaders and community workers say Punjabi international students in Surrey are dying at high rates from drug overdose, but...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 2, 20235 min read


Life lessons from a 26 year-old who knows nothing
I know, I know, I don’t think there’s anyone out there holding their breath for life advice from someone who's barely gotten their toes...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20234 min read


A brown woman's home is never truly her own
The world was taken by storm by Netflix’s hit reality show Indian Matchmaking, but for many of us, mainly the brown women whose entire...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20235 min read


Getting a seat at the table isn't an automatic win
When Nikki Haley, who was born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa, stands in front of United States citizens and addresses the nation, stating that...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20233 min read


A “Little Help Box” is located in Newton to provide free supports to vulnerable communities
While conversations about Surrey’s Newton neighbourhood largely focus on the negative, a deeper look will show you that mutual community...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20233 min read


“Still I Rise:”
Farmers’ protest mural by 3 Punjabi women in Calgary hopes to keep the conversation alive Three Punjabi Sikh artists in Calgary recently...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20235 min read


Delta’s Gurpreet Sohi
on making it to the Olympics, representation & constantly raising the bar for herself For 27-year-old Olympian Gurpreet Sohi, “pressure...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20235 min read


On my own journey to healing, I ended up taking my mother along
For most of my life, I thought my inability to turn my brain off, my over-thinking, and my immediate panic response when life got...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20239 min read


I’m tired of the exhausting performance of identity on social media, but there really is no escaping
Last week, for just a few hours, we experienced what a world without Facebook, Whatsapp or Instagram would be like. While many felt...

Rumneek Johal
Feb 1, 20235 min read


Letter from the Editor: Where do our voices belong in Canadian media?
For those wanting to challenge the status quo, even South Asian media spaces aren’t always inviting. It’s time to move past the “uncle’s...

Rumneek Johal
Jan 31, 20235 min read


The South Asian bride to influencer pipeline: Making sense of the micro-celebrity created by lavish Indian weddings
A somewhat recent phenomenon I noticed on social media is what I’m calling the South Asian Bride to IG Influencer Pipeline™. This is...

Rumneek Johal
Jan 31, 20234 min read


Quick math: The financial and emotional cost of a big fat Indian wedding
As stories filled my inbox and DMs this past week, I was overwhelmed at the number of people sharing their wedding planning horror...

Rumneek Johal
Jan 31, 20237 min read
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