Rupa Parekh

Founder of Umani - putting identity and culture at the center of product design and experience.

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@nidhiart @01FirstSecond @MacKidsBooks @marksiegelbooks Amazing @nidhiart !!! Congrats

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@JadAbumrad 😉

[Apoorva @apoorvasriniva]

me explaining brooklyn neighborhoods to newbies

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

Regina, Wanda, Amy, Serena, Venus, Beyonce, Ariana, Gaga, Liza, Jada...that dress!!!.....Sian and... Questlove!!! Stop talking about the man children. Their "protection" is not needed.

[The Juggernaut @thejuggernaut]

Despite America’s relatively newfound interest in #Ambedkar’s work, it will take another decade for him to become a household name. But this increased fascination with Ambedkar shouldn’t be taken for granted.

@surajyengde writes: https://t.co/j9uaAE8Hfz #dalithistorymonth

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@nidhiart Thank you for bumping lady!!! 💜

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@anikalzaman @nidhiart @simran Love your comics and pattern work! 💜

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

My company Umani Studio has an open call for South Asian illustrators. We’ll recruit one freelancer for character mock-ups ASAP for a live project. Please reply with your portfolio and if you’re ready to play, DM us!

@nidhiart
@simran

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@euouim @nidhiart @simran Hi! Beautiful work!

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@mirchraj @BenIllustrator @nidhiart @simran Beautiful portfolio and portraits!

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

💜💜💜 @PadmaLakshmi ty! We know you know it matters! 🌈🌈🌈

[Padma Lakshmi @PadmaLakshmi]

And the color powder is from @jaijaihooray, a South Asian-led color powder biz. It's non-toxic & washable 💖 (not sponsored haha)

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

This is how Holi is done!!! 🌈 thank you @PadmaLakshmi for making rainbows with #holihooray by @jaijaihooray 💜💜

[Padma Lakshmi @PadmaLakshmi]

Happy Holi everyone ❤️🧡💚💛💜

I hope you're all safe, getting vaccinated as soon as possible, and can begin to live as we all deserve to.

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@LauraKriska @mitrakalita @Fortune @onepeloton @mitrakalita thank you for this article! Our Pelaton arrived this week and after rides w @RobinNYC ,Tunde and @alextoussaint25 I was literally imagining the article you wrote. Pelaton = cultural education on so many levels and I am here for it!

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@rashadrobinson @rashadrobinson--you and @aliciagarza and morsels of the Movement were in there. Know y'all played a role in his words, direct or indirect. Now for some action. <3

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@kavitamix wrote a beautiful piece on the experience of being an intersectional Indian American mom looking for toys that reflect identity. thank you for including @jaijaihooray. We feel proud of pioneering this market...so many more voices, dimensions and cultures to represent.

[Kavita Das @kavitamix]

So thrilled to write for @romper @aprilhussar about my experience as an Indian mother in search of toys that reflect my culture. And just in time for Diwali 🪔!

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@aprilhussar Thank you @aprilhussar and @kavitamix for sharing this story! Families of the future are blended and intersectional. @jaijaihooray is proud to have helped start the movement for more progressive play!

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

Enough is enough. The Democratic establishment must stop using @lsarsour as a pawn in a push to stoke division. She represents everything about the #TeamCori movement: to love humanity unconditionally.

https://t.co/lidPc3N7T3

[Eden Dranger @Eden_Eats]

I hate this pandemic, if I wanted to waste my early 30s I would have gotten married and had kids.

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

👏🏽👏🏽

[Simran Jeet Singh @simran]

First review in print on Fauja Singh Keeps Going!

I’m so grateful that readers from all over will now have a chance to learn more about a community they don’t know very well!

[Rupa Parekh @rupaparekh]

@BiancaTylek @dereckapurnell Loved this article. Thank you. Helped explain why I wasn’t crying or partying yesterday but still hopeful and smiley this am.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

In Minnesota, we know that organized people will always beat organized money.

Tonight, our movement didn’t just win. We earned a mandate for change. Despite outside efforts to defeat us, we once again broke turnout records.

Despite the attacks, our support has only grown.