A diaspora journal

An intersection to share our unique experiences as immigrants.

These current times demand us to dive deeper into our identities and our adventures. We believe the journey of leaving our homeland in search of growth in other countries gives us another dimension of understanding into our new adopted land. From our new footing, we have also gained unique perspectives of our homeland as we are on the outside looking in. With this in mind, we aim to provide a plat

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January 23, 2026

Love in the Time of Brutalism

It felt like a living room jam session with everyone harmonizing to the words of love, perseverance and acceptance. This was a different world than outside.

March 04, 2025

The Hill- Rohit Shakya: Serene sounds of the Himal

In addition to being a superb fusion of modern and traditional sounds, The Hill’s minimalistic arrangement lets us resonate with it in our own personal way, which is the ultimate power of music. My only issue with this p

December 28, 2024

A Leap of Faith: A Conversation with Bivek

This is where I took a leap of faith and within five minutes of that call, I resigned from Walmart, immediately called my friend who was living in the Bay Area at that time, and asked him if I could move in with him ther

December 20, 2024

Saving An Atheist Soul

This immigration of belief is not really much different than moving across land borders.

December 18, 2024

Mukti and Revival: The AI edition

We can sit around fire and enjoy our moments of warmth, but we can’t survive an inferno that will burn us to death.

December 16, 2024

The Golden Handcuffs: An Evolutionary Dead End

I studied evolutionary biology in graduate school. I don't really get to use it for my livelihood, but I learned an important philosophy from that degree that eventually shaped my current worldview.

““I want to see what there is in the heart, natural curiosity!” - Laxmi Prasad Devkota”