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From fertility to hormones to heart health to the things we rarely name: these are conversations South Asian communities are beginning to have. The more we share, the stronger this becomes.
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Lived Stories
Real people, real journeys
Appy
The person this platform is named for. Endometriosis, fertility struggles, and a life taken by COVID.
Appy's storyWinnie
My cousin. The fertility and mental health struggles we never got to talk about, the way our culture so often doesn't.
Winnie's story
Kreena Dhiman
Breast cancer at 33 took her fertility. She built a family of four children across two surrogacy journeys, and spoke openly so no other South Asian woman would feel as alone as she once had.
Kreena's story
Vik and Sarina Dosanjh
Three miscarriages, a failed IVF cycle, and a culture that calls it bad luck. They decided baby loss and infertility would not be things South Asian couples grieve in silence.
Vik and Sarina's storyClinical Champions
The clinicians in our corner
Dr Farah Ahmed
Breaking the silence around South Asian women's hormonal health.
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Dr Kurren Sandhu
Burnt out in training, rebuilt through lifestyle medicine, now helping others do the same.
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Dr Nadia Masood
In 2016 she was one of five junior doctors who took the government to the High Court over a contract they believed was unsafe. She has spent her career since making medicine safer, from intensive care to the systems behind it.
Nadia's story
Dr Manisha Desai
Dermatology was built and taught on pale skin, so eczema, psoriasis, acne and early skin cancer can look different on brown skin and get missed. Dr Manisha is changing what medicine knows how to see.
Manisha's story
Dr Anand Patel
Many South Asian men are raised to keep the body below the waist private, and that silence can quietly cost them their health. Dr Anand has built a whole career making the conversation feel ordinary.
Anand's story
Dr Aaliya Goyal
Most doctors treat the patient in front of them. Dr Aaliya also treats the systems that decide whether people can keep working at all.
Aaliya's storyCultural and Community Champions
The people holding the space
Harbinder Kaur
Uncovering the history that explains today's South Asian health inequalities.
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Dr Gayathri Delanerolle
She was told her pain was not measurable enough to act on. So she built evidence too large to dismiss, and made sure the next woman would be believed sooner.
Gayathri's storyAdd your voice
This is not about having the right words. It is about having a real experience.
Lived experience
You have navigated a health experience as a South Asian person, whether that's fertility, hormones, heart health, diabetes, mental health, or something else entirely. Your experience does not need to be tidy or resolved.
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You have something to say about how South Asian culture, family pressure, or healthcare gaps have shaped your health journey.
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