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The Shawshank Redemption: A Letter to the Overthinker

Kumaran Ragupathy

5 min

The Shawshank Redemption: A Letter to the Overthinker

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Young British Asians

balraj921

6 min

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Young British Asians

Every single person has a mental health, just as we do a physical health and I'd personally like to see the conversation shifted to...

What is Making Young British Asians Want to Dedicate their Time and Energy to Competitive Sports?

balraj921

5 min

What is Making Young British Asians Want to Dedicate their Time and Energy to Competitive Sports?

Whether I win or lose, I always remind myself that I’ve come a long way and still have a long way to go.

Growing Up with Learning Disabilities in the South Asian Community

jathushaa

5 min

Growing Up with Learning Disabilities in the South Asian Community

This feeling of humiliation stemmed from the toxic views in our South Asian community that having a learning disability was taboo.

The Authentic Self: How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Sharlenee

3 min

The Authentic Self: How Well Do You Know Yourself?

There are a million different versions of myself out there - yet are any of those versions the real me?

Fight Club: Why I Choose to Fight with My Parents

Lakshan Chitrakumaran

5 min

Fight Club: Why I Choose to Fight with My Parents

I would choose to fight with my parents over and over again - would you fight over something you don't care about?

Kathesa Kathirkamarasa

2 min

Accepting Your Mental Limit

In a world where how you should feel is idealised, our mental limit can be forgotten to exist and difficult to accept.

Bottle of Grief: How I’ve Learnt to Cope with Loss

Nishani Jeyapalan

7 min

Bottle of Grief: How I’ve Learnt to Cope with Loss

I had completely caged my grief and shoved it to the back of my mind, and a few dark thoughts later, I knew I had to do something about it.

Kumaran Ragupathy

3 min

The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

When we put these assumptions aside and instead embrace the unknown, we can achieve breakthroughs.

Lockdown, Literature and a Look into Loneliness

Fahmida Miah

4 min

Lockdown, Literature and a Look into Loneliness

With already one month of self-isolation behind me, here are four works I have read so far, all touching upon loneliness in insightful ways.

How Not To Be Productive: the Importance of Doing Nothing in Self-Isolation

Ramya Jegatheesan

4 min

How Not To Be Productive: the Importance of Doing Nothing in Self-Isolation

I felt that I was being given an opportunity, a space to do more, and I was squandering it. There was so much I could do. I did none of them

Nathikka

3 min

Lockdown Therapy: Healing with Colour

Isn’t it beautiful how people can express themselves through art, to create something from nothing and produce something that is so unique?

itsjustadraft

5 min

Stay Home, Stay Safe

3 things you need to know about Coronavirus.

How We Can Beat the Stigma of Mental Health

Shiri

4 min

How We Can Beat the Stigma of Mental Health

Sadly what I often get is "but why do you feel like this?". Trust me, if I knew the answer to that, I would have already solved it.

Sundar

3 min

How to survive an attack

If a man wielding a knife is charging at you on the street, what would you do?

Shiri

3 min

Am I ovary-reacting?

What I don’t understand is why, as Tamils we celebrate initially getting periods. Only, from then onwards, it suddenly becomes a ...

Victor

3 min

How To Find Your Fit This New Year

The New Year does not magically restart anything, so avoid postponing any goals based on our position around the sun

How Toothbrushing got me Digging Deeper...

Sinthujan

3 min

How Toothbrushing got me Digging Deeper...

it still came to me as a surprise when a patient of mine told me he had not brushed his teeth in nearly six months

pirianka.louis

2 min

Rice : Curry | The Unwritten Ratio

How many of you have asked your parents to buy you McDonald's when you were younger and got the good old -no, there's rice and curry at home

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Cinnamon Bay

south asian magazine

Cinnamon Bay

stories that define us

The Shawshank Redemption: A Letter to the Overthinker

Let's Talk About Mental Health with Young British Asians

What is Making Young British Asians Want to Dedicate their Time and Energy to Competitive Sports?

Growing Up with Learning Disabilities in the South Asian Community

The Authentic Self: How Well Do You Know Yourself?

Fight Club: Why I Choose to Fight with My Parents

Accepting Your Mental Limit

Bottle of Grief: How I’ve Learnt to Cope with Loss

The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance

Lockdown, Literature and a Look into Loneliness

How Not To Be Productive: the Importance of Doing Nothing in Self-Isolation

Lockdown Therapy: Healing with Colour

Stay Home, Stay Safe

How We Can Beat the Stigma of Mental Health

How to survive an attack

Am I ovary-reacting?

How To Find Your Fit This New Year

How Toothbrushing got me Digging Deeper...

Rice : Curry | The Unwritten Ratio

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