A Paper for Sociology 606: Inequality and Social Policy taught by Dr. Marina Adler | March 6, 2022 In a social experiment, Americans extrapolated the social class of individuals based on their physical characteristics. The experiment revealed there are prominent stereotypes of how individuals in the lower, middle, or upper…

Hello! In this session, I will take you on a journey through music and conversations to create space to listen, think, and react to my journey in the 2020–2021 France-Merrick Civic Fellowship. I will be centering the listening experience on three words: Growth, Pause, and Change. So what is the…

This paper was written for my class Major Seminars: Topics in Metaphysics taught by Dr. Eleanor Taylor at Johns Hopkins University. I extend my gratitude to Professor Taylor for supporting me to write about such a creative, niche topic. Bharatanatyam (baa-raa-ta-knot-yum) is one of the oldest forms of classic dance…

The following paper was written for my class Phenomenology and Literature taught by Dr. Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei at Johns Hopkins University. I extend my gratitude to Professor Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei for supporting me to write this paper. In Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine writes poems, essays, and free-verse prose to illustrate…

Happy New Year! As I sit here, writing this blog entry in my parent’s home in Perry Hall, MD, it is hard to believe that I have gone through… 11 months of the COVID-19 pandemic 8 months of “zoom university” at Johns Hopkins University and 3 months of senior year…

A mass of missiles, chlorine gas, and nerve agent chemical weapons attack the innocent civilians of Syria.[1] Brutal, violent prisons dressed up as “reeducation” centers target Uighur Muslims.[2] “Indiscriminate attacks against civilians…unlawful killings, beatings, arbitrary detentions, torture, sexual violence, recruitment and use of child soldiers” plague Sudan.[3] All around the…

For evidence of a podcast series that is thriving and working during a pandemic, check out this podcast series made by me and my four friends: The Professionals in Health Podcasting Series. Picture this: your baby, your podcast series, is up and running in a matter of a few months…

Originally written this on my Facebook, but wanted to add this story and add more details on my blog as well for a larger audience: Baltimore City Council prepares for budget hearings starting Monday, June 8. As of now, this is the budget proposed for the 2021 FY (https://baltimorefishbowl.com/…/as-defunding-police-gains-…/). Notice…

(Part 1…) As we celebrate Asian American Heritage Month, I realize that I have not learned much about the civil rights journey for South Asians in America. Having gone through the AP US History course in high school, my instant impression is that there was not much talk of the…