S. Mitra KalitaCeo

Dec 3, 2024 | url-media.com | S. Mitra Kalita |S. Mitra KalitaCeo |Co founder

We’re thrilled to announce that Anika Myers Palm, a media leader with a background in content creation, digital platforms, and product innovation, has joined URL Media as our new Editorial and Audience Director. Anika has been working with us for the last few months as a contractor running elections coverage, and we’re so glad she’s staying. Her employers have included CNN, The Orlando Sentinel, The Ocala Star-Banner and The (Broward) Daily Business Review.

Sep 20, 2024 | url-media.com | S. Mitra Kalita |S. Mitra KalitaCeo |Co founder

The three fixtures of South Asian life in America: a temple, a mosque and … Patel Brothers? It’s true. In September, the ethnic grocery chain commemorates the 50th anniversary of its first store, which opened along Devon Avenue in Chicago. Today, it boasts 52 stores across the United States. Last month, I interviewed the scion of the family business, Swetal Patel, the son and nephew of the two brothers who founded the company.

Aug 26, 2024 | url-media.com | S. Mitra Kalita |S. Mitra KalitaCeo |Co founder

I attended the Democratic National Convention last week. Like so many in the crowd of 24,000, I was a first timer. Hopefully you’ve read URL Media editorial director Ishena Robinson’s daily roundups of each night. Zooming out, a few more thoughts around this election and how to keep centering voters of color, key to either party’s path to the White House:The DNC really was a big tent. The party of AOC and Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders and the Clintons somehow found common ground in Chicago.

Apr 8, 2024 | url-media.com | S. Mitra Kalita |S. Mitra KalitaCeo |Co founder

Every now and then, someone asks if media specifically serving and centering communities of color is only needed on stories “about us.” I presume they mean race, crime, poverty, maybe how we need to save democracy in November, or somesuch. The question naively seeks to separate our identities and lenses on the world, which, if you live in our skin and experiences, is impossible.

Mar 5, 2024 | url-media.com | S. Mitra Kalita |S. Mitra KalitaCeo |Co founder

By S. Mitra KalitaWarning: Spoilers ahead. Credit: Matthew Towers/NetflixEmma Morley is supposed to be white. She’s white in the book. She’s white in the movie. But in Netflix’s serialized remake of “One Day,” Emma Morley is South Asian, the product of a Hindu mother and a Catholic father, as she explains. And so she and Dexter Mayhew embark on a 14-episode “will-they-won’t they” romance that not only crosses class lines but racial ones, too.