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An excerpt from ‘Ways of Being Indian: Essays on Religion, Gender and Culture’, edited by Manoj Kumar Jena.
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Being Indian has always been a large part of my identity. As the only Indian student in my grade in high school, I’ve always been used to being different from others. I initially abhorred this distinction, but I learned to appreciate it. At school, I didn’t feel like I had to conform myself to mass-media...
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