El Estoque

Has Santa stolen Christmas from Baby Jesus?

Darpan Singh and Vincent Zhao • December 20, 2022

Exploring the religious significance of Christmas to students at MVHS

Looking to a higher power

Melody Cui • October 7, 2022

The MVHS community voices their perspective on religion

Culture and the future

Taryn Lam and Jayanti Jha • November 12, 2021

How MVHS student and staff expectations of the future are affected by cultural and religious factors

A touch of home

Arjan Madan, Staff Writer • April 2, 2021

How fabrics, utensils, and trinkets help MVHS students and staff connect to their heritage

Cupertino Businesses in Quarantine

Devin Gupta, Rachel Jiang, Ayah Ali-Ahmad, Kripa Mayureshwar, Riya Ravuri, and Nika Zamani • November 6, 2020

Cupertino businesses adapts to the unexpected circumstances created by the pandemic

COVID-19 changes religious and cultural rituals

Shivani Gupta and Robert Liu • April 2, 2020

Shelter-in-place brings cultural and religious activities to a standstill

Cross pollinating culture: why the Indian greeting “namaste” should not be popularized in the West

Aditi Dixit and Annie Zhang • September 27, 2019

Unpacking the controversy behind Western usage of the Indian greeting “namaste”

College crossroads: exploring four MVHS teachers’ unique college experiences

Brian Xu • June 2, 2019

As students navigate through their four years at MVHS, thoughts of college and careers undoubtedly brew in their minds. But amid the bustle of projects and exams, there is one group of people that is often...

The Islam I see

Swara Tewari, Features editor • April 12, 2019

Walking into a room where you know you’re going to be the outsider, where you know your presence will make people uneasy, is a difficult thing. As another reporter and I walked with the...

To build a home: Exploring a local Muslim community

Shuvi Jha, Swara Tewari, Ruth Feng, Ayah Ali-Ahmad, and Dhruvika Randad • April 7, 2019

The inner-workings of a local mosque

Father God, take my burdens

Tyler Cho, Staff Writer • March 31, 2019

Stretching my legs out in front of me, I was greeted by the familiar creaks and pops of my stiff knees and ankles as my bones ground together to get into a more comfortable position. I tried to ignore...

In Nature

El Estoque Features • October 20, 2018