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Mansi Shah

Choice is the moral way forward.

When I was younger and in college, I naively felt conflicted about the politics around abortion. I made choices to avoid having to consider…

5 min readJun 30, 2022

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Choice is the moral way forward.

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Mansi Shah

My child’s wish for white skin.

And a note to William’s parents.

4 min readSep 30, 2020

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My child’s wish for white skin.

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36 years and 30 days ago.

Every morning I can remember in the 1980s and early 1990s, my father would have the Los Angeles Times front page opened at the breakfast…

4 min readAug 12, 2020

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36 years and 30 days ago.

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Overcoming Darkness — What Light Can Do and What Is Left to Us.

I woke up this Diwali going straight to my phone to see if the midterm elections in the United States had come out so that goodness had…

3 min readNov 7, 2018

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Overcoming Darkness — What Light Can Do and What Is Left to Us.

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Mansi Shah

Our Shared Humanity

“Are you the Mansi Shah who wrote the article on ‘aparigraha’ (non-attachment) for the Young Jains of America (YJA)?” he asked me in his…

4 min readAug 14, 2018

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Our Shared Humanity

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No Woman Is Immune

I was 19. I never really told anyone or talked about it much. I wanted to forget it ever happened. I was pretty sure if I told anyone that…

3 min readOct 14, 2017

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No Woman Is Immune

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My Participation in The Women’s March Required Examining My Own Privilege

I am not skipping the Women’s March on Washington; but a woman whose story I read is. Her words are important, as are her feelings and…

3 min readJan 19, 2017

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My Participation in The Women’s March Required Examining My Own Privilege

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The Conversation I Needed Was One With My Homeless Neighbor

Ever since election night, I had a feeling of despair that I wasn’t quite able to shake. Each day, either the idea that education was no…

3 min readDec 23, 2016

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The Conversation I Needed Was One With My Homeless Neighbor

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હું અમેરિકન છું. (I am American.)

I know the first thing so many see is my brown skin, and thus, I don’t look American. I was reminded of this last week in my neighborhood…

3 min readJun 7, 2016

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હું અમેરિકન છું. (I am American.)

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I Bought My Son a Doll.

This past week over coffee, I shared with a mentor that I bought my 2-year old son a doll and stroller. I told him how he puts her in the…

3 min readMar 13, 2016

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I Bought My Son a Doll.

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Mansi Shah

Mansi Shah

advocate @kts_law, technologist, board of @ehp_cares, @islp_global, led @sabalegal. building unlikely coalitions to solve problems.

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