Janhavi Gosavi

Salient Magazine • 10th July 2022

When In Wellington — Salient Magazine

When in Wellington … dress as the Wellingtonians do. But what does it mean to look like a Wellingtonian? Are we contractually obligated to dress in accordance with our artsy-political-edgy-anti-capitalist stereotype? Or is the rule that there are no rules?

I asked three different students to share their wardrobes with me. I wanted to understand how their style had evolved since leaving their home towns and moving to Wellington.

Dimitris grew up in Otara, South Auckland, in a big Pasifika house

Re: News • 16th April 2022

Opinion: How I practise Hinduism

Like many religious immigrant children, Janhavi Gosavi says she inherited her religion from her parents without ever putting in the work to claim it as her own.

She writes about how she practises Hinduism and playing catch up when it comes to learning about the ancient religion.

This is part of Re:’s Belief Week. From young people who are celibate, to New Zealand’s first Wicca church, we take a look at what belief, religion and spirituality mean today. Check out the rest of the stories here.

Salient Magazine • 5th July 2021

Vic and Tinder, sitting in a tree — Salient Magazine

500 Vic students were surveyed about their experiences on Tinder. The results are in.

I formulated an online survey to investigate our student body’s dating habits on Tinder. The survey consisted of multi-choice and open-ended questions, and in a few hours it was filled out by a whopping 500 students.

Let’s start by discussing the demographics. 70% of the respondents were female, 27% were male, and 3% were gender diverse. 63% of respondents were straight, 26% were bisexual, 6% were gay, and 5%

Salient Magazine • 3rd May 2021

Micro Influencer: Explained with @bruhrelia —

One of my local favourite accounts is @bruhrelia, which is run by Eli. Eli is a non-binary 19-year-old from Auckland who has 28,000 followers on Instagram. They first blew up on the app for their bold makeup looks, but have since stayed popular for their unfiltered hot takes, hilarious oversharing, and undeniable thirst traps.

I paid Eli a visit at the end of 2020, back when they used to live in Wellington, to discuss all things social media. Articulate and chaotic, glamorous yet disheveled, I

Salient Magazine • 7th September 2020

The Ins and Outs of Vaginismus — Salient Magazine

Like most born with a vagina, I assumed mine would do everything it was supposed to. Bleed, open wide for the male girth, and even wider for a watermelon-sized human to someday exit my body. I took my vag for granted. A rookie mistake—turns out, I have vaginismus.

While it sounds like a dinosaur name or someone trying to say the word ‘vagina’ with their mouth full, vaginismus is a medical condition. It means the muscles on the pelvic floor and around the vaginal entrance involuntarily tighten,

Salient Magazine • 2nd June 2020

The Joys of Subtle Curry Dating — Salient Magazine

To date an Indian boy, or to not date an Indian boy? That is the question.

This dilemma had plagued Tanya and I for all our lives. We were both born in India but brought up in New Zealand, and the cultural blend was difficult to navigate. After finishing our first year at university, we reunited at a puja over the summer, only to discover we had also successfully remained single for this entire time.

Tanya grabbed us a plate of food, and we sat cross-legged on the floor, out of earshot of pryi

Salient Magazine • 25th July 2022

My Editorials — Salient Magazine

Weekly editorials that I write for Salient Magazine

Salient Magazine • 11th July 2022

Feature Articles — Salient Magazine

The feature articles I have written for Salient Magazine in 2021-2022 (does not include my work from 2019-2020)

Salient Magazine • 2nd May 2022

The Family We Leave Behind — Salient Magazine

She waddles across the tile flooring of her flat in Mumbai, yelling out to tell everyone who’s home that I’m on the call. I get passed around my different family members. We tell each other how we are, what we ate that day, and what time it is, where we are. Everyone projects their voices as if they’re physically yelling across oceans. It never fails to make me laugh.

My little cousins have a set script they recite, in which they begrudgingly ask me what I’m doing and when I plan on visiting th

Salient Magazine • 21st March 2022

Bloom was a Fever Dream — Salient Magazine

Ashlee, who attended Wainuiomata High School at the time, said many of the “popular girls” at her school did it. She hopped on the bandwagon because she won a free photoshoot. Ashlee’s photographer was lovely to her, helping her pose and feel comfortable in front of the camera. The only gripe she had was that the studio would over-correct their photos. “My skin is definitely smoothed and my freckles were removed, no wonder why teenage girls loved their pictures,” she said.

Koyal, who was at Wel