Varsha

This week strikes an uncomfortably familiar sense of deja vu in all POC, having felt this hatred fired at us on the basis of our skin colour many times before. Thank you to the women who shared their stories with me for @Refinery29 @Refinery29UK refinery29.com/en-gb/riots-uk…

Is your daily matcha causing your hair loss? Did some digging for @Refinery29UK 🍵 refinery29.com/en-gb/drinking…

Any GPs who can weigh in on matcha and hair loss ASAP today? For Refinery29 #journorequest

@editorielle It’s for Refinery29 - thanks!

@varshapatel_ We'd love to share this for you Varsha! Could we confirm the publication if possible? (DMs open) Thanks, Bethany x

Looking to speak to anyone who feels matcha is causing their hair loss 🍵🍵🍵#journorequest

Why don’t more South Asians use sunscreen? ☀️ There’s a knowledge gap, stemming partly from ignorance and generational beliefs. We need a shift in the cultural conversation around sun care. More in my latest for @Refinery29 @Refinery29UK @SAHM_UK refinery29.com/en-gb/tanned-s…

Also keen to hear general views from South Asians on tanning, sun protection eg were you encouraged to "stay fair"?#journorequest @SAHM_UK

Looking to speak to South Asians who perhaps grew up thinking that they didn't need sun protection because they have darker/tanned skin (or still do think that) for an article in Refinery29. Can be anon #journorequest @SAHM_UK

K3G & the BBC: the duo I never saw coming. I wrote about why the @bbcstrictly Bollywood performance - the first in its 20-year history - was important to so many British South Asians. linkedin.com/pulse/why-stri…

This week strikes an uncomfortably familiar sense of deja vu in all POC, having felt this hatred fired at us on the basis of our skin colour many times before. Thank you to the women who shared their stories with me for @Refinery29 @Refinery29UK refinery29.com/en-gb/riots-uk…

Wrote about our obsession with the big fat Indian wedding for @GraziaUK as the Ambani wedding continues to live rent free in my head graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life…

Revisited my fave topic - shady aunties - for @Refinery29. Seeing what the new generation of South Asian parents are doing to shatter years of toxic comments gives me hope and the stories of these young women remind me why this conversation is so important.

@TashadenDekker Hey Natasha, I’m working on a second story on this - could you please DM me so we could chat?

refinery29.com/en-gb/indian-a… Spent a fair portion of my time in therapy on this.

This will defo be one of my top books of 2023. Incredible @CecilekvPin @4thEstateBooks

@bookmarkthewall @kuangrf @HarperFiction @BoroughPress @fictionpubteam @sianrichefond SO good right?!

OMFG I can see why this is the hottest book to read right now. Bloody brilliant and a LOT of tea spilling! #yellowface @kuangrf @HarperFiction @BoroughPress #BookTwitter #booktwt

@RoseOMWalker ❤️❤️

Varsha writes so beautifully about her relationship with her Mum in this, and the importance of hair oiling and massage to her and her family.

Writer Varsha Patel details her relationship with the ritual. l8r.it/Bam1

Some lunchtime reading from me that isn't about the legal sector: my first piece for @StylistMagazine🥥stylist.co.uk/beauty/hair/sc…