Mittai Club
Welcome to the Mittai Club! We share poetry, fiction, analyses, blog posts, and more, all united by South Asian themes.
Let’s talk brown girl validation…
Being a brown girl who was born and raised in England has its own set of challenges which I am certain brown girls across the globe face. It's a bitter-sweet experience to live life from a perspective of being proud of your culture and heritage whilst simultaneously it being the reason you question normalcy. This piece touches on a large scale of issues we face as women, more significantly as desi women. May we continue to inspire all women around us because we are great!
I yearn, I yearn
I wrote this poem to formulate my feelings into words, I struggled for years to understand what it was I wanted. I know this is a common feeling we feel when we are younger and so impressionable, trying so hard to fit in. By M. Khela
Wandering minds, healing hands
Maas
Unconditional Love in an unrequitted society: The tale of an Indian Woman, unlearning notions of self-sacrifice. By Kriti Manuja
The Anatomy of the Sea People
Raat Ki Rani, Queen of the Night
Marya, like many south Asian women in the US, has been an ABCD (American Born Confused Desi) for a long time. Her day job focuses on elevating race, culture and identity in education, and her writing combines her knowledge of self, DEI, and healing from a narcissistic relationship of 17 years. She shares her own lessons to help guide others to navigate life with a clearer road map to cultivating peace. By Marya Kazmi
Aditi
An essay on names, the struggle to fit in and the peace found in standing out. By Aditi Mahajan
The (not so) little things
A collection of attempts to make sense of life and its unending questions. By Anusha Ravikumar
Lost in Translation
Apna
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