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Couture Rani: One-Stop Shopping for Your Designer Wear

Gina Mathew has always had a love for fashion, especially Indian design and craftsmanship. She never imagined she would one day launch an online boutique that prides itself in just that. India’s thriving fashion industry has little visibility outside of India, however there’s a constant growing demand Mathew says for

South Asian Relationships: an Overview of Domestic Abuse

by MySahana.org October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the US. According to the US Department of Justice, approximately 1.3 million women and 835,000 men are physically assaulted by an intimate partner annually in the United States. A study conducted in 2002 found that 40% of South Asian women

Bollywood-Infused Zumba Makes Fitness For Moms and Kids Fun

By Anjum Choudhry Nayyar There’s a new kid on the fitness block. While Zumba has been a craze that’s been going strong for several years, Bollywood-infused moves are making their way into the classes and triggering a new kind of Zumba. Zumba-Bollywood style! Zumba uses the principles of fitness interval