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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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...

Archit Kamdar

4 min read

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?

Darshan Shah

5 min read

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

Riya Kulshrestha

7 min read

Munna Bhai aur MBBS, and beyond.

Why does an Indian student choose medicine as a career option? And, is it enough?

vidyalal27

4 min read

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

Darshan Shah

6 min read

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

Pooja Shetty

4 min read

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...

Darshan Shah

4 min read

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...

parinda gandevikar

4 min read

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?

Darshan Shah

4 min read

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...

Pooja Shetty

3 min read

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

Darshan Shah

6 min read

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?

Priya Bajaj

5 min read

3 Phases every Immigrant goes through

Every Immigrant new to a foreign country goes through 3 different phases. This essay talk about what these phases mean and represent.

Darshan Shah

4 min read

How to make a Long Distance Relationship work

For years people are trying to find reasons that could make a long distance relationship last. Here are some golden rules to follow.

Darshan Shah

7 min read

How an Immigrant found his second home

Most immigrants have 2 homes. Here's an account of how I came to call this place in a different country, 'home'.

Darshan Shah

5 min read

How I decided to leave India & move to the US

Millions before me have left India and moved to the US. Each one has their own story. This is mine.

Darshan Shah

8 min read

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