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Urban Girl Diaries takes you through curated tips and stories from city living by a first-gen New Yorker.
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In Brief: Burnt Gravy
In Brief: Burnt Gravy
I can’t remember how to be social in social situations any longer. These days we are heavily reliant on the convenience of modern-day…
Bharti
Nov 30, 2022
Hallows Eve: day-trippers at TWA Hotel
Hallows Eve: day-trippers at TWA Hotel
Samhain, or its commercial title, Halloween, has gone. I don’t know if it’s because of our current political anxieties, but I’m still…
Bharti
Nov 7, 2022
In Brief: The Kelly Kapoor of Diwali
In Brief: The Kelly Kapoor of Diwali
“You’re a coconut B. just deal with it.” These words were uttered at my friend’s Brooklyn Diwali soirée when I couldn’t tell the difference…
Bharti
Nov 3, 2022
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II: a fond school girl memory
Meeting Queen Elizabeth II: a fond school girl memory
The storm cleared and in an instant New York City transformed into a dragon’s breath of humidity. Although sticky and uncompromising the…
Bharti
Sep 14, 2022
What We Eat In The Dark:
What We Eat In The Dark:
the Interpandemic of New York City food culture
Bharti
Sep 2, 2022
Bourdain-A Year Of Reflection
Bourdain-A Year Of Reflection
published on Jun 7, 2019
Bharti
Sep 2, 2022
7 Cafes for Serious Writers Block
7 Cafes for Serious Writers Block
Writing is hard. Authoring is even harder. At times I can’t even fathom why scribbling away has been my favorite past-time. Perhaps it's…
Bharti
Apr 28, 2022
Desperately Seeking Kate: The Desirability of South Asian Women in American Cinema
Desperately Seeking Kate: The Desirability of South Asian Women in American Cinema
Thick oversized glasses, coconut-oiled hair that was longer than the body, heavy eyebrows for days, and protruding metal braces that even…
Bharti
Mar 24, 2022
The Bridgertons in New York
The Bridgertons in New York
Dearest, Readers
Bharti
Mar 21, 2022
Irish Fare, Indian Table: breaking bread over the immigrant experience
Irish Fare, Indian Table: breaking bread over the immigrant experience
1969, a tall, lanky young man cycles through the dampness and overcast weather of the Docklands of London. His black-rimmed glasses were…
Bharti
Mar 17, 2022
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