When Camille shared that this month’s theme was about being our most brave selves, I immediately knew what I wanted to say on the topic. It’s a weird thing to say that the thing I have had to be most brave about with myself is my culture. There was a long period of time during my teen years where I hate to say, I was embarrassed of my culture and who I was. Though it does make me feel better now to talk to other people in my shoes who say that in their youth, they too were self-conscious about seeming “too Indian” around friends and peers, coming to embrace my entire identity as an Indian-American wasn’t easy. My parents settled down in Houston in the early 90s and raised me and my younger brother in the ‘burbs, but growing up, I didn’t have any friends who were Indian like ...see the slideshow here
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