Mythili Sampathkumar

1 month ago | exportquality.substack.com | Mythili Sampathkumar

In my quest to not let U.S. politics take over everything I write and do professionally and to celebrate all of us diaspora kids in careers our parents might have been wary of at first, I had the pleasure of talking to comedian Abby Govindan the other day about her upcoming off-Broadway show How to Embarrass Your Immigrant Parents, running at the Soho Playhouse from March 19-22! We talked about parents, the film stylings of Rajinikanth, mental health struggles, and Russell Peters.

1 month ago | slj.com | Mythili Sampathkumar |Kelly Yang |Kathy Ishizuka |Kara Yorio

From Left: A Summer Adventure booklet brings smiles at the St. Louis (MO) Public Library; Kids frolic in cool foam at an event with local company Bubble Maniacs at the Aguila (AZ) Branch Library;At the New York Public Library’s Summer Writing Contest ice cream party, kids wrote, created zines, and got to see their work in print. Photo by: Courtesy of St. Louis (MO) Public Library; Courtesy of Maricopa County (AZ) Library; Jonathan Blanc/The New York Public Library.

Nov 4, 2024 | exportquality.substack.com | Mythili Sampathkumar |Vignesh Ramachandran |Jasmine Mithani |Saijel Kishan

If you’re new here, welcome! Here’s what this newsletter is all about. Early last week I was lucky enough to attend a Diwali celebration at the White House, casually attempting a small decolonization of the Green Room, in a green sari. For me, this was one of those moments of celebrating our place as South Asians in America as I was joined by Pakistani and Sri Lankan American friends as well and many others who only culturally celebrate the holiday.

Oct 26, 2024 | exportquality.substack.com | Mythili Sampathkumar |Rya Jetha |Rishi Iyengar |Jennifer Chowdhury

Discover more from Export QualityA substack devoted to amplifying South Asian American and Canadian journalists and news about our communities, with a dash of other things along the way. For those of you who are new here, check out my intro issue! And a big thank you to all my subscribers! We’re almost at 200 and while that is a drop in the bucket compared to a lot of the Substack elite, I’m thrilled we’re here together.

Oct 18, 2024 | thenation.com | Mythili Sampathkumar

Politics / October 18, 2024How Ohio Cities Showed Kamala Harris the Way Forward on Medical DebtThe vice president wants a medical debt jubilee. Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Akron demonstrated what that could look like. Ad PolicyVice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on medical debt relief at an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, April 11, 2022.