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Originally published in Panorama: The Journal of Travel, Place, and Nature's 12th edition: Cities, Dorabji's piece "Srinagar: Occupation by day and night," chronicles her visit to the Press Colony and spending Another Friday Night in Kashmir during her 2018 visit to Srinagar.
Tara Dorabji and co-authors outline their original research to mobilize BIPOC and young voters in specific demographics and regions, and how they translate that data.
Tara Dorabji along with co-authors Erin Potts and Dr. Melanie Meinzer created the Building Narratives of Joy Impact Report for The Center for Cultural Power.
In this interview-style conversation learn the importance of amplifying and investing in BIPOC artist disruptors and cultural bearers to shift the narrative to reflect those most impacted by systemic oppression.
Dorabji in partnership with Janelle Treibitz and others authored #NoGoingBack: A COVID-19 Cultural Strategy Activation Guide for Artists and Activists published by The Center for Cultural Power.
Read the 2020 report Celestial Navigation: How to Fund Culture Change in the U.S. highlighting three core recommendations for funders to focus on in the arts and social justice field.
"The new South Asian American writer is a wild beast.”–Guest Editor Moazzam Sheikh I'm honored to have new work published in the South Asian American Issue, alongside so many fierce writers and friends (including Neelanjana Banerjee, Minal Hajratwala, Soniah Kamal, Swati Khurana, Nayomi Munaweera, Shivani Narang, Moazzam Sheikh, Pireeni Sundaralingam, and more!) So down to be part of this wildness.“
A poem of love written in San Miguel de Allende after finding two scorpions in my room.
They say scorpionsAre solitaryBut really they are loversDancing in darknessto find their mate
“These brilliant and moving essays show the astonishing, brave, and passionate lives of women of color as they fight for autonomy, equality and love.” — Isabel Allende, author
Good Girls Marry Doctors: South Asian American Daughters on Obedience and Rebellion (Aunt Lute Press) is a Small Press Distribution bestseller for two years straight.