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The Branding of Brownness

As an Indian woman, I have spent much of my life being defined by one thing above all else: brownness. Sawla rang became my identity long before womanhood did. Colour prejudice in India is deeply normalized, especially for women. Growing up in India meant learning very early that melanin is …

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The Woman Who Risked Lactose for Vietnamese Coffee

Coffee is my love language. Not flowers. Not chocolates. Not expensive gifts. Coffee. Well that and furry babies but that’s material for another post. Hand me a well-brewed cup of coffee and I’ll emotionally commit faster than Gappu (my dog) with his chewy treat. Unfortunately, courtesy a deeply discourteous lactose …

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Chaos in a Coupe

Chaos in a coupe by Divya Dugar is a book that snuck into my TBR (ever since she kindly invited me for the launch) and refused to behave. Like Divya’s pampered furry babies, the book took umbrage at the time it took me to systematically work through my TBR to …

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