Meera Eragoda
What Grinds Our Gears: My butter chicken should have chicken
January 12, 2021by Meera Eragoda, Copy Editor Here’s the thing with Indian food: It’s delicious and I love it. It’s also pretty expensive (at least in Vancouver). If I’m going to pay $16 for a plate of butter chicken, I would love it if there were more than three pieces of meat. That’s not even an exaggeration. Ok, maybe a little one, but there legitimately aren’t more than five chunks per dish. Over the last few years, the number of actual pieces of meat has been going down but the prices have only been going up. Somehow, Indian restaurants think that substituting…
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Five TikToks with actual substance
January 12, 2021By: Meera Eragoda, Copy Editor @umeboi [caption id="attachment_116789" align="alignnone" width="300"] Screenshot courtesy of Sara Wong via TikTok[/caption] One of my favourite accounts on TikTok is Dane Nakama’s. They’re an artist based in Hawaii and the video which got me hooked…
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At least we had good music: Best albums of 2020
November 30, 2020By: Winona Young, Peak Associate, Emma Jean, Staff Writer, Kim Regala, Peak Associate, Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor, Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Peaceful as Hell by Black Dresses [caption id="attachment_116632" align="alignnone" width="300"] Courtesy of Blacksquares Records[/caption] How do you…
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The Bright-er Side: Greater understanding from professors has been amplified by the pandemic
November 17, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Remote learning has been good at times, but the transition has also been stressful at times. Many of my online classes now have discussions on Canvas which require an extra effort to formulate…
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Mainstream veganism needs to focus on equity over moral outrage
November 10, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor I grew up with a vegetarian mother and ate a mainly vegetarian diet until I was about 17. I’m originally from Sri Lanka, and a lot of our food is conducive to vegetarian…
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Why white poppies are a good addition to your Remembrance Day
November 7, 2020by Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor If you pay even the slightest bit of attention to Remembrance Day every year, you will have noticed the red poppies that seemingly everybody wears. Lesser known, however, is the movement to wear…
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Halloween treats to get in your belly before the end of October
October 23, 2020By: Sara Wong, Peak Associate and Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor BAK’D Cookies — Trick or Treat Cookie [caption id="attachment_116148" align="alignnone" width="331"] Screenshot via Instagram courtesy of @bakdcookies[/caption] There are regular cookies, and then there are BAK’D cookies. Made…
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Need to Know, Need to Go – October 19 to 25
October 18, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Simon Fraser Student Societies (SFSS) Events | October 19–23 | Free The SFSS is hosting a string of events this week. They’re starting off with a mental health workshop on Monday — perfectly…
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Trickster is a darkly compelling watch with plenty of rich storytelling and Indigenous folklore
October 14, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor All those headlines you’ve been seeing about Trickster being the must watch show of the fall? They’re not wrong. Trickster just aired the first of its six-episode season on Wednesday, October 7 and…
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Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty: the perfect book for anyone who’s felt small, broke, or kind of dirty
October 12, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Though the world is currently on fire, both literally and figuratively, writer and illustrator Hana Shafi’s newly released book, Small, Broke, and Kind of Dirty: Affirmations for the Real World, is a soothing,…
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