customs Archives - Reena Anand

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

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

Don’t cut your nails on a Saturday

To understand the context of this statement let me tell you a bit about me. I’m a Hindu Gujarati. My father was born in the…

Reena AnandFebruary 24, 2019

Working Together

I'd like to extend an open invitation for conversation with professionals, advisers and leaders from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities as I believe our experiences relating to autism are comparable. Let’s exchange our observations, open a dialogue and see how we can learn from one another to develop a stronger and more representative voice for our autistic children.

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