Ria Mazumdar

Nov 14, 2023 | browngirlmagazine.com | Ariana Bhargava |Priya Deonarine |Ashley Ramcharan |Ria Mazumdar

6 min read Affinity groups are popular in many American high schools and colleges for students who share a common identity to create a community. Students can celebrate, talk with people who relate to certain issues, and advocate for causes important to them. Intersections of identity like race, gender, ethnicity, culture, sexuality and more, are what affinity groups can be created around.

Nov 10, 2023 | browngirlmagazine.com | Sangeeta Pillai |Ria Mazumdar |Paritosh Joshi |Sejal Sehmi

5 min read I have many happy memories of celebrating Diwali as a child in suburban Mumbai. Looking back though, I realise that my favourite festival stands on the foundations of patriarchy. At home, all the labour that went into making Diwali special was borne by my mother. She’d wake up early for weeks to clean the house, mop the floors, make the sweets and clean the diyas.

Sep 11, 2023 | browngirlmagazine.com | Ria Mazumdar |Dana Mathura |Anita Haridat

10 min read BGM literary editor Nimarta Narang is honored to publish this short story by the brilliant writer Ria Mazumdar. This story delves into very deeply important and timely themes of assimilation, family, mental health, and familial obligations. Trigger warning: Self-harm and suicide. America just didn’t have the right supply of spices, Neel thought as he scanned the towering aisles of the grocery store for the third time.