Prasanta Verma
Prasanta Verma

Prasanta Verma is a writer and poet. She was born under an Asian sun, raised in the Appalachian foothills, and currently resides in the upper Midwest. She holds an MBA and an MPH, and is a regular contributor to The Contemplative Writer and The Mudroom. Her work has been published in Propel Women, (in)courage, The Perennial Gen, Relief Journal, Barren Magazine, Tweetspeak Poetry, and more. You can connect with her on Twitter @VermaPrasanta, Instagram @prasanta_v_writer, and her website prasantaverma.com.

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5 Indian American Stories that We Urgently Need

Racism will not be solved solely by reading a book, of course, but stories make us care.

4.4 million Indian Americans reside in the U.S, and I am part of that statistic. My parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1969 as young adults, leaving behind their large extended families as they began their own family, without any connections to or familiarity with their new country. They were following a job and a […]

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