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A yoga studio where Kaya teaches a group of foreigners. The walls are multi-colored, the floor is grass turf, and sunlight streams in through the open-air back wall.

Yoga Wasn’t Meant to Save the West

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Social Justice, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickApril 20, 20251 Comment

Yoga is often marketed as “India’s gift to the West.” This rhetoric masks a troubling truth – that yoga is an outgrowth of uniquely South Asian problems.

Ten Things I’ve Learned from Mycelium

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickSeptember 1, 2023Leave a comment

I am a massive mycophile—that is, I’m obsessed with mushrooms!

The Truth About Birthright Israel- Part Two

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Social Justice, TravelBy Kaya MallickApril 19, 20232 Comments

Is a free ten-day trip all it takes for young people to overlook human rights violations?

Let the Good Times Roll

Arts & Theater, Environmental Sustainability, Food, Travel, UncategorizedBy Kaya MallickSeptember 28, 2022Leave a comment

Did you know that there are no open container laws in New Orleans?

11 Quirks of Seattle

Environmental Sustainability, Fitness, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickAugust 27, 2022Leave a comment

I recently moved to Seattle and it has taken every single one of my feeble brain cells to figure out this city.

16.5 Things to See & Do in Central New Mexico

Arts & Theater, Food, TravelBy Kaya MallickMarch 24, 2022Leave a comment

The final chapter in my four-part road trip saga, and my final destination: New Mexico!

Country Roads

Environmental Sustainability, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickFebruary 2, 20221 Comment

I was a bit wary of venturing into the American South alone…

Historical States of America

Arts & Theater, Food, TravelBy Kaya MallickDecember 22, 2021Leave a comment

A lot of people were surprised to hear that I embarked upon my cross-country road trip alone.

Magical Midwest

Arts & Theater, Environmental Sustainability, Fitness, Food, Travel, YogaBy Kaya MallickNovember 24, 20211 Comment

I’ve been roadtripping 🙂

Non-Bacchanalian Things to Do in Vegas

Arts & Theater, Food, TravelBy Kaya MallickAugust 16, 20214 Comments

Does anyone else ever get the urge to escape?

© Kaya T Mallick
2026
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