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Our Blogs
Welcome to the Blog section of It's Ok Yaar. Through our blogs we try to reflect the different aspects of lives of South Asian Immigrants.
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Over the years we've come to realize that no one will tell our stories and experiences if we don't tell it first. So here's our humble attempt to do so.
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Its Ok Yaar
6 min
How to Deal with Loneliness H4 Visa in the US
A Complete Guide For Dependents in the US on how to deal with loneliness, entrapment, self-doubt and self-hatred and looking beyond your job
Darshan Shah
4 min
Change of Status from H4 to F1 - A Complete Guide
A complete Guide that explains the process of Change of Status from H4 Dependent Visa to an F1 Student Visa
Darshan Shah
7 min
How to Raise an H4 EAD Expedite Request
USCIS case processing times are very slow. Here's a complete Guide to raise an expedite request with USCIS for your EAD.
Riya Kulshrestha
6 min
The stalker in the red cap
Women gain strength from facing years of eve-teasing and cat-calling. This blog explores if we really should have needed this strength.
Darshan Shah
5 min
Volunteering in the US on a Dependent Visa - A Complete Guide
A complete Guide to Everything that you need to know about Volunteering in the US on a Dependent Visa.
Darshan Shah
8 min
I-765 Form for Work Permit in the US | Ultimate Guide - It's Ok Yaar
Here's a complete guide on how to fill your i-765 form for Work Permit in the US
Darshan Shah
4 min
Work Permit in the US – Complete Process | It's Ok Yaar
A guide that tells you everything you need to know to apply for your Work Permit or EAD in the US
Archit Kamdar
4 min
Fresh off the boat- Why is this term “offensive?”
FOB or fresh off the boat is a terminology that became famous in the South Asian diaspora in the early 2000s. The term had been around...
Darshan Shah
5 min
The Fear of "Being Average"
The fear of remaining average for all our lives is something that drives us to do extraordinary things. But is it so important?
Riya Kulshrestha
7 min
Log kya Dekhenge, Log kya Kahenge!
While we keep complaining about the imapact of "Log Kya Kahenge" on Desi lives, here's me sharing ways to navigate it
vidyalal27
4 min
Munna Bhai aur MBBS, and beyond.
Why does an Indian student choose medicine as a career option? And, is it enough?
Darshan Shah
6 min
Watching movies on Doordarshan as a kid
Growing up in a middle-class family in a Mumbai chawl, TV was a way for us to learn about the rest of the world. It opened up our minds to a
Pooja Shetty
4 min
Body Shaming & Small Talk in Desi Culture
There are two unsaid rules in my family - you have to make small talk with elders and you can never answer back, never, even if you disagree
Darshan Shah
4 min
Seeing your parents get old - on a screen
A man growing old becomes a child again- SOPHOCLES There’s an old advertisement of a cooking oil that ends with a child shouting into the...
parinda gandevikar
4 min
Akeli Ladki, Khuli Tijori - Solo traveling for Indian women
It was 11PM, and I was wet, shivering, alone and female in a grimy, deserted bus-station in the outskirts of Bucharest- a city 5000 miles...
Darshan Shah
4 min
What's for Dinner?
3 Years after leaving home, I now understand the real reason why we were always bombarded with life's toughest question - What's for dinner?
Pooja Shetty
3 min
First Among Equals - Like a Girl?
Over the weekend, I watched this show about a premium engineering college in India, IIT KGP and I was taken aback. I believed the more...
Darshan Shah
6 min
Finding a Job in a new country
Finding a Job in a new country is tough. This blog takes you through the ups and downs of the process through the lens of an immigrant
Priya Bajaj
5 min
Technology & its two sides
An immigrant working for a Tech giant shares her take on technology and its two sides. Which side are you leaning towards?
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