Liya Thachil

Executive Director, former Founder, Activist, Organizer & Skincare fanatic

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

All Malayalee parents cost-benefit analysis to determine whether or not their progeny was worth the investment is to compare said progeny’s usefulness to a banana tree (Vazha). It’s a setup for failure because no human is more useful than a Vazha. #iykyk

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Gardening has been my way of thinking through how to navigate a business where one half of your team is getting ravaged by Covid, while the other half is vaccinated. WESTxEAST will be launching our efforts soon, so watch this space...

[Deepti Sharma @deeptinyc]

As news emerges of the curfew being lifted on restaurants and bars in NYC it is essential to restore 24/7 MTA @NYCTSubway and @NYCTBus service. It is the service that so many New Yorkers rely to get to and from work.

Let’s take care of our #essentialworkers.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Today was surreal. Started with me admiring my flowers, to getting the reports of a mass shooting in Long Island, all to end with news of #GeorgeFloydverdict coming in as guilty.

A roller coaster to say the least.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Insomnia giving me my best ideas is the biggest Catch-22 of my life.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

With every attack against an elderly immigrant, from #MohammadAnwar to Xiao Zhen Xie, is one more hammer to shattering the delusions of those who bought into the model minority myth.

Please wake up. We need you to fight as well.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

I’m going to share my current daily mantra:
I am a warrior
I will persevere
I will not be defeated
I will thrive.

It’s not much, but its seen me through the tough times.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

How are you going to tell me men and women are equal, when men’s sweat suits are cheaper than women’s? I have to pay more to be comfortable because of my gender.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

This #InternationalWomensDay there’s a lesson to be learned from #MeghanMarkle : marrying a prince doesn’t give you a happy ending. Knowing your worth and knowing your purpose does.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

There are mornings when I read the news and think to myself: “I’d be more useful as a gardener.” Today is one of those mornings.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

If you need your mornings to start with a clean home, so that you tidy up the night before, then welcome to #adulthood.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Is watching French cinema for inspiration a symptom of colonized trauma? Asking for a friend.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Having a dolce far niente day. You?

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

So much fun doing this.

[Strange Flavors @StrangeFlavors_]

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[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Being the loudest doesn’t make you the strongest.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

I’m honored to be working on this campaign for an amazing candidate who I’m lucky to call a friend @deeptinyc

[Deepti Sharma @deeptinyc]

I decided to run so I could serve my community and make it stronger. One where we uplift and support one another. Check out our campaign video and learn how I plan to work towards a better Queens.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Today @KamalaHarris becomes the first woman, first woman of color, Vice President. Nobody can tell me nothing today.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

Man, gearing up to fundraise as a brown-women owned company has brought a lot of my insecurities to the surface. And we actually profitable! And I have to remind myself, that’s just the patriarchy talking, you got this.

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

What we have now is this message & it’s messengers saying America is not for all. It is only for the chosen. That, to me, is treason. America is for all and all have a voice. And those voices voted & will continue to. And the change we seek, the America we deserve, will be. 3/3

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

America is flawed, and has a bloody, ugly history of oppression & violence. But this idea of America, the one the forms our Constitution, this is what we must preserve for this is where our power lies. It where we secure our blessings of liberty. 1/3

[Liya Thachil @ammachic]

That opening preamble does not exclude BIPOC people. It does not establish us as a Christian nation. It is the backbone of our democracy. It is our power & my source of hope. It is what drives me to fight another day for the change I want in my country. 2/3