Kaya Patel
Orient Staff — Class of 2026
Number of articles: 40
First Article: March 29, 2024
Latest Article: January 24, 2025
22 photos by Kaya Patel
Kaya Patel
Kaya Patel
Kaya Patel
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Where the worlds meet: Neoliberalism
Regardless of the country, I’ve had the same conversation with each new person I’ve met abroad. From random strangers to host family relatives, everyone’s first question upon learning that I am from America is, “What do you think about the …
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Storytelling heals
Everyone in South Africa is a storyteller. And all stories in South Africa circle back to apartheid. From conversations with Uber drivers to random people you meet at a market, people are eager to share their life experiences with you, …
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Uplifting women one ASHA at a time
I have never been more aware of my gender than when I was in Delhi. Covering my arms and legs for modesty, getting swindled by rickshaw drivers and walking through separate lines for all forms of security marked just a …
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All in a pulse
What can you learn about health from a pulse? The answer that you would probably expect would be a heartbeat. But how about rheumatoid arthritis? Lactose intolerance? I’m assuming those weren’t the first to come to mind. Before I came …
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Welcome to America
If you told me a year ago that in my junior fall, I would be studying abroad, I would have probably shaken my head, puzzled. But if you said to me that I would be traveling to three countries across …
BSG
SJP’s “Bowdoin Solidarity Referendum” passes, leaving future steps to administration
On Monday morning, the Bowdoin Student Government’s (BSG) General Assembly announced that the “Bowdoin Solidarity Referendum” launched by Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) passed with a 0.18 percent margin, receiving the required 66 percent supermajority and …
Professor
Beyond the books: stories from professor offices
Students often venture into professors’ offices to discuss topics for a potential paper or to ask a question about the next problem set, but rarely learn about the meaning behind the decorations and trinkets that they display in their space. …
TEDxBowdoinCollege sparks conversation on what it means to be a part of the broader Common Good
Last March, Victor Ferreira Souza ’26 approached Anyi Sun ’26 with a proposal to restart Bowdoin’s annual TEDx program. The process that followed was not easy—from obtaining a TEDx license to chartering the club, Souza and his team worked over …
Archives
Carolyn Mann and the pioneering woman before coeducation
In 1962, Carolyn Mann and Bernice Engler took the stage during Summer Commencement to receive master’s degrees in mathematics. Not only did these women receive a degree that was unprecedented for students to receive at the College, but they also …