The Chai

Introduction (5 Challenges of being a child of South Asian Immigrants) Growing up in a South Asian immigrant household, I often found myself straddling two worlds. My family instilled in me the rich traditions and values of our heritage, while the Western ideals echoed through the hallways of my school and neighbourhood. This duality shaped my journey and ignited a quest for identity and acceptance that many of us share. Navigating these two worlds and reconciling traditional