Category: Articles

Mirror Mirror on the Wall

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“..Born into a culture that prides itself on unity and togetherness, what has created this thread of apprehension and shame that pulls her away from reaching for that hand to seek comfort in.”

Read the full blog here in USA’s Brown Girl Magazine here

Originally published here

Sejal In Conversation with Channel 4 First Date’s Mitz Patel for Asiana.TV

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In an Asiana.TV exclusive, Sejal Sehmi in association with Screen 11 production speaks to Channel 4 First Date’s most talked about singleton, Mitz Patel. In his first video interview since the show, we find out from the singleton and his family, who is the real Mitz Patel? 

Published for Asiana Magazine see more here 

The Asian Silence

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“..At a time, where the UK has seen a huge growth in charities and refuges specifically for women of ethnic minorities, the fear of raising a voice suppresses even those who are aware of their options because their cultural base has already set the foundation of inequality..”

Article now published in The Asian Today

Originally published here

The Age of Her

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.”..as Asian women, at which point does our age become the barrier against individualism?..” 

Tackling the age stereotypes, read the latest feature, The Age of Her, in The Asian Today.

Originally published here

 

 

Hey Bhagwan! It’s Mother’s Day!

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“….Where the male characters of Mahabharat may be remembered for fighting battles, it is the women who often took control and decisions to drive events within their favour…”  What role do women in mythology play in our lives?

Article now featured in The Asian Today..

Originally published here.

Shh!! Keep it clean, we’re desis..!

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“.Sexual innuendos and suggestive lyrics in many of today’s Indian film songs may be a growing trend, however there is still an air of discomfort in British Asian families around the dreaded “S” word, as the struggle to downstream morals and maintain an open parent-child relationship continues even today…” Are British Asians talking about relationships openly? Read the full article in Asiana here

Originally published here

The Word

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 “…Many say that the pen is mightier than the sword, I believe that the pen is almost wiser than the tongue…” Read my latest blog, The Word, here

 

 

Nirbhaya – The Fearless One

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“Through the tapestry of these events, we experience the harsh truth of our civilization’s own contribution towards the psyche of such a mentality”

Read my review on Yael Farber’s phenomenal theatrical production, Nirbhaya the play – here

Also featured in USA’s Brown Girl Magazine here

The Single Bride

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“…as we moved from floor to floor, it was becoming apparent how the shift from the traditional Indian wedding “requirements” has evolved into a demand for a specular event across all entities…”

Sejal Sehmi discovers the delights of the Asiana Bridal Show…even though she’s not a bride. Read all about her experiences in her latest Asiana article – The Single Bride 

Being The Girl

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Being The Girl – A British Indian Woman’s Story… 945696_10152883022820654_662326190_n

“I belong to the branch of first generation children in my family tree, having being born in the UK to Indian born parents who migrated to London over thirty years ago.  At eighteen my world was, in my mind, a complex Rubik’s Cube of parent-child crisis’s, discovering my femininity and essentially creating and understanding a sense of identity; each element forever clashing yet never assembled together in one piece”… read the full story here…