From shadows to self-love: How I embraced my dusky beauty and reclaimed my worth
“Ram di kudi te saawli he, sohni koini’….the Punjabi aunty looked at me in disgust at a family wedding and said plonking herself on the sofa. That day ‘my being’ was described by a phrase of two condescending words”saawli” (dusky) and “sohni koini”(sweet regardless)…one leading to the other and my first belief was created ‘If…