Canada and America
Raja Kumari’s Music Video seamlessly combines bharatanatyam & Kolaveri Di
Growing up in California and raised in a South Indian family, Raja Kumari’s creations combine elements of her cultural heritage with Hip-hop. Her latest music video “Believe in You”, taken from her upcoming album “The Come Up”, showcases the artists love for Indian classical dance, including Kuchipudi & Bharatanatyam, forms of classical dance from South India which she learnt at […]
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I’M INDIAN, I’M DARK, AND I DON’T CARE.
I love being an Indian, truly I do. With the country’s powerful history, one of a kind culture, and to-die-for food, how could one simply not? But behind India’s beautiful face, there is a growing disease that our society continually fails to recognize- colorism. Colorism is a term coined by author Alice Walker, and is […]
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Unheard Tamil Voices amplifed through Asian American students at the University of Michigan
My name is Sivanthy Vasanthan and I am a third year student at the University of Michigan! I am studying Sociology with a concentration in Law, Justice and Social Change. I am part of a Humans of New York style project called Uncover: A/PIA which shares the stories of Asian American and Pacific Islander Americans […]
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Tommy Genesis: The half-Tamil, half-Swedish, Queen of the underground Hip-Hop scene
The new Queen of the underground Hip-Hop scene is what some in the industry are calling her. The half-Tamil, half-Swedish, Vancouver born “Tommy Genesis” is a Calvin Klein model, visual artist and self-described “Fetish rapper”! Discovered through the internet by “Father”, the founder of Atlanta based Awful Records. Tommy joined the rap collective releasing her debut solo album “World Vision” through the […]
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Lumoid founder Aarthi Ramamurthy makes list of America’s 50 Most Influential Women
A list of America’s 50 Most Influential Women by the lifestyle publication Marie Claire features 32-year-old Aarthi Ramamurthy as one of their movers, shakers and rule breakers! Aarthi Ramamurthy is the founder and CEO of Lumoid, a YCombinator-backed Silicon Valley startup, that provides a try-before-you-buy rental service for consumer electronics. Lumoid originally offered rentals for […]
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