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#WhyDoWe What is a Desi phrase you heard all the time growing up?⁠ ⁠ "MARA MATHA PAR MOOK"⁠ ⁠ Whenever I asked my mommy where should I...

#WhyDoWe So, tell me you are Desi without telling me you are Desi. 🤣🤣 ⁠ For the longest time I thought this is how everyone in the...

#WhyDoWe NAAGPANCHAMI Many of us are scared of snakes. That makes sense, as many snakes are poisonous! However, in a farming country like...

#WhyDoWe Tell me you are Desi without telling me you are Desi... ⁠ If you own a "Saavarani" "zaadu" or "peenchhi" raise your hand ✋🏾...

#WhyDoWe What was self care and meditative life like for our grandparents? ⁠ ⁠ SHRAAVAN MAHINO - Month of Shraavan (Google may say it...

#WhyDoWe Would you tell people in your circle if you were in debt or terminally ill? ⁠ ⁠ “Dukh ane dard ek beejaa saathe vehchavu” (Share...

#WhyDoWe Tell me you are Desi without telling me you are Desi... Rotli no dabbo - Roti dabaa⁠ ⁠ I remember when we spent our summers in...

#WhyDoWe "Act your age"⁠ "Aa ummare aa badhu naa sobhe ("This doesn't suit you at this age")⁠ ⁠ "At this age focus on Bhakti, raising...

#WhyDoWe Have you seen women around you cleaning the door frame (Oombaro) and putting kumkum dots or divo by it?⁠ ⁠ Why do we do...

#WhyDoWe "I have raised my daughter like a son” (Maari dikari ne dikaraa ni jem moti kari chhe) hmmm... How about “I have raised my son...

#WhyDoWe We look the same, we dress the same, we eat the same food, then why do you say he is Bengali, Sri Lankan, Pakistani? And why are...

The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is one of the few sales I look forward to every year to buy splurge worthy items that I would otherwise...

Working hard vs working smart We are a culture where working like a horse, being productive and utilizing our time and every minute to...

How to do Grah puja/ GHADO MUKAVO/ Vaastu pujan on your own?⁠ House warming pooja the Hindu way. Navaa ghar ni pooja or grah pravesh is a...

I have been a vegetarian all of my life and in the 90s and early 2000s it was hard to find good food that was clean and tasty outside of...

There are so many TALENTED creators out there in the global Indian community! I love collaborating with others and sharing their wisdom....

Growing up in a Desi family, cooking is at the core of our being and of our family and every gathering we have...including every meal...

Need: Ghee - 1 cup Milk - 1 cup Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup Chickpea flour - Chanaa no lot - 1 cup Almonds - 1/2 cup Pistachios - 1/2 cup...

Love is in the air as Valentine's Day is swiftly approaching. There is plenty of kitsch out there to buy...things that are pink,...