OUR STORIES

Welcome to Gulabi Stories! On this page, we invite you to read or listen to true personal stories crafted by our Gulabi Stories participants within the larger South Asian diaspora (and shared here with their consent). Each of the participants completed a virtual story writing /storytelling workshop or interview and received story coaching, feedback, and any additional support they needed to amplify their stories in our communities. Hope you enjoy reading the stories and thank you for your ongoing support!

Finding Stillness in a Storm ~ Priya Dhanani

Gulabi Stories Team

Jan 11

Finding Stillness in a Storm ~ Priya Dhanani

#ContentWarning #EmotionalAbuse I was completely lost at 22. I hated my body. I would run my hands down my chest to my thighs, wanting to...

Gulabi Stories Team

Dec 13, 2023

VICTOR ~ Kiran (she/her)

The only possessions of my father’s that I have, besides a lifetime’s stack of hoarded papers, are a Canon camera and three pairs of...

Gulabi Stories Team

Nov 9, 2023

Finding Freedom ~ Urvashi Sharma

Content Warning: #EatingDisorder #MentalHealth #RelationshipWithFood In April, this April of 2023, I was convinced. I was convinced I was...

The Gulabi Stories: A South Asian Healing Initiative has been funded by the SEEDING CREATIVITY Individual Artist Grant. The Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) in the City of Sacramento received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) as part of its American Rescue Plan (ARP) grant program, to subgrant to communities responding to the negative economic impacts and public health emergencies of the COVID-19 pandemic. This grant program supports 45 artists with grants to create and/or present new work in the county during the grant period.