Lakshmi G. Iyer

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The Skin I Grew Up In

Sunday morning. WhatsApp, email, then the scroll. Somewhere between a school lunch memory and a video of me before the school board five years ago, a notification: the essay is live. The Indian Express, She Said column, 6:25 AM IST.

The piece is paywalled after the first two paragraphs. It is at The Indian Express. Once the paper’s window passes, the full essay will live here too.

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And, if you have a twelve-year-old at home who holds her arm against yours, Why Is My Skin Brown? was written for her.

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2 responses to “The Skin I Grew Up In”

  1. beth Avatar
    beth

    thanks for sharing this. i love the opening of your essay and look forward to reading more when it’s available.

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    1. Lakshmi Iyer Avatar
      Lakshmi Iyer

      Let me share the pdf with you.

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