Youth Talk

Articles

In this section we talk about issues facing South Asian youth today and provide a young person’s perspective to moms in South Asian families. This section is supported by Brown Girl Magazine.

Generations of Storytelling; From Mother To Daughter

By Arathi Devandran @miffalicious The Value of Storytelling My mother loves to tell stories. She usually begins with a tidbit that she assumes, leaves us wanting more. “When I was 18, I left home to work as a governess in Japan”, she begins. My father groans and leaves the room,

A Letter To A Younger Me

By Arathi Devandran @miffalicious A Letter Dear Me, When I was your age, I’d have done anything to get some prophetic words from my future self. Instead, I looked for it in books, in movies, in films. I watched people, I discussed with friends, I cried (sometimes wailed) and continued

Carrying the Weight of Your Parents

By Arathi Devandran @miffalicious & online at: www.miffalicious.com Mother-Weight: When History Repeats Itself When there is so much to say, and when what you have to say is something that is intrinsically linked to your heart, words become a struggle. I have tried to write this article several times, and