Sangeeta Pillai

Dec 22, 2023 | theguardian.com | Sangeeta Pillai

I’m totally and utterly lost. Dressed in a lime green party dress, adorned with the glittering gold highlights usually found on saris, I’m a cross between east and west. My dress is perfect for where I’m headed: a very posh Diwali party in New York. What’s less perfect is the fact that I only recently flew into New York from London, and I don’t know a soul at this party I’m trying to find. It’s taken me 20 minutes to figure out which subway train I need.

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.

Nov 10, 2023 | shorturl.at | Sangeeta Pillai |Rumki Chowdhury |Anita Haridat

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.

Nov 10, 2023 | podpod.com | Sangeeta Pillai

I was at the British Podcast Awards a few weeks ago, feeling rather happy because my Masala Podcast had won an award. But once the adrenaline wore off, as I scanned the faces under the glittering lights in the luxury central London venue, it struck me (yet again) how under-represented South Asian podcasting is. I counted maybe six or seven South Asian faces in the crowd, among an audience of literally hundreds. Sadly, this is normal.