Asian Culture

Revealing Genius: Navigating Autism with Confidence & Breaking Societal Stereotypes

In this enriching episode of the Happiologist podcast, Dal Banwait aka The Happiologist, speaks with special guest, autism advocate Reena Anand. They explore the world…

jenny@webhubb.co.ukFebruary 7, 2024

Asian Culture

The Disease of Slander and How to Cure it

Bollywood times As an Indian Gujarati, I grew up watching Hindi movies depicting stereotypical gender roles and personalities such as: the domineering mother-in-law who believes…

Reena AnandOctober 16, 2019

Asian Culture

“It’s not abuse if he didn’t hit me”

I recently attended a panel discussion where representatives from Women's Aid and Surviving Economic Abuse talked about raising awareness and responding appropriately to economic abuse and coercive…

Reena AnandSeptember 19, 2019

Asian Culture

Period Dramas: calling out menstruation discrimination

I was chatting with a friend recently and as I often do, I innocuously asked "so what's on the menu tonight, you cooking or date…

Reena AnandSeptember 9, 2019

Asian Culture

Why your back pocket isn’t as secure as you think: choosing creativity over compliance

hairdressing talk So I was sitting in the hairdressers recently - the greys in my roots meant I’d started taking on a zebra-esque appearance which…

Reena AnandJune 23, 2019

Asian Culture

How I’m turning yesterday’s pain into tomorrow’s promise

I'm the eldest of three children who grew up in a traditional Indian Gujarati household where the gender roles were squarely defined. This meant that…

Reena AnandMarch 11, 2019