Saya cinta kamu, Anushka.
Sa… saachi, mamma.
“I love you” in Indonesian. My mom, Rani Joshi — whom I call mamma — has always found ways to show me love. Whether it is making food that I...
In my native language, Tamil, “amma” means mother. However, I do not recall ever calling my mother amma because someone else already had that name in my eyes.
Ever since I was little, I have called...
Tui amar jaan.
A mix of Bengali and Hindi combined translating to, “You are my life.”
Hearing these words from my mom and being greeted in a tight hug from her was all it took for my mood to...
Most people have accomplishments in life, but behind those achievements is someone who has inspired them or impacted them in some form.
For me, that person is my mom, Anagha Medicharla.
I spend...
“Are you a Mexican or a Mexican’t?”
This is a question my dad often jokingly asks me, to which I sarcastically respond, “Definitely a Mexican’t.”
I am allergic to guacamole, cannot...
The first thought that usually comes to a person’s mind when they think of their grandmother is a sweet, loving and caring person. This is a very true fact, at least when it comes to my grandma....
President Donald Trump’s return to the White House has drained ink levels nationwide, but does one headline offer me any more than another?
As a member of Coppell High School’s newspaper program,...
For the majority of my life, I have been perfectly fine with being a self-proclaimed goody-two shoes.
I do what is asked of me, when it is asked of me and I find it harder to quip back a witty remark...
Sitting in chemistry with my friends at Coppell High School, the topic of grades repeatedly comes up. As we open our devices to see our current grades, we see a mix of blues and greens, maybe even...
As a child, my father, Ashwin Rama, and I had little in common other than sharing a name (my middle name being his first). It often felt difficult to forge a connection with him, being a mama’s girl...
City leaders and residents from Coppell, Flower Mound and Lewisville gathered two weeks ago for its tri-city neighborhood summit on a Saturday morning.
The Sidekick was there.
Each month, the city...
I sat at the desk in the classroom of Coppell High School Ninth Grade Center Principles of Arts, AV Tech and Communications teacher Chad Price’s third period class in November 2023, waiting for him to...
