Sriya Reddy

Nov 17, 2023 | dmagazine.com | Sriya Reddy

Every Saturday, Aliya Prasla’s alarm goes off at 4:30 a.m. She rises and makes 6 to 8 gallons of chai. By 7:30 a.m. she’s out of the door and on her way to the Dallas Farmers Market to get ready for the 9 a.m. opening of chaiwali, her small business that sells authentic South Asian chai. Chaiwali translates to “woman who makes chai,” which makes perfect sense for the one-woman company. Prasla, 32, was laid off early last year when the CEO at the small mortgage company where she worked retired.

May 9, 2023 | spokesman.com | Sriya Reddy |Haeven Gibbons

ALLEN, Texas — At least half of the eight victims who died in Saturday’s mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlet mall were of Asian descent, and while the suburb has an almost 20% Asian population, it isn’t clear if the attack was targeted.

May 9, 2023 | heraldpalladium.com | Sriya Reddy |Haeven Gibbons

ALLEN, Texas — At least half of the eight victims who died in Saturday’s mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlet mall were of Asian descent, and while the suburb has an almost 20% Asian population, it isn’t clear if the attack was targeted.

Mar 27, 2023 | garlandjournal.com | Sriya Reddy |Valeria Olivares

By Sriya Reddy and Valeria OlivaresMessages scrawled onto poster boards stated that diversity is not a crime and that attacks on it “have got to stop.”“No hate! No fear! DEI is welcome here,” chanted about two dozen students at the University of Texas at Arlington, who gathered to protest what they called an “attack on diversity programs” on Wednesday.

Mar 14, 2023 | texasmetronews.com | Sriya Reddy

By Sriya ReddyWith about 40 different vendors, the Sunny South Dallas Food Park is ready for its first 2023 date, March 26 at Fair Park. Along with supporting Black and brown businesses and economic development, the food park also guides vendors through the city process of food permitting.