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Feeling Better When Dressing Better
#WhyDoWe I recently discovered something I had no idea about myself: I actually feel better when I LOOK better! For me, that means...
Vaishali A. Patel
Oct 9, 20211 min read
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Dressing in "chaandalo" or "bindi"
#WhyDoWe Tell me you are Desi without telling me you are Desi... One of the things I looked forward to as a young girl in the 80s -...
Vaishali A. Patel
Oct 6, 20211 min read
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Are you just in it to win?
#WhyDoWe Are you part of the race? Do you care if you win or lose? During one of my morning readings recently I came across this...
Vaishali A. Patel
Oct 5, 20211 min read
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Share Your Debt and Sorrow
#WhyDoWe Would you tell people in your circle if you were in debt or terminally ill? “Dukh ane dard ek beejaa saathe vehchavu” (Share...
Vaishali A. Patel
Aug 17, 20212 min read
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Rotli
#WhyDoWe Tell me you are Desi without telling me you are Desi... Rotli no dabbo - Roti dabaa I remember when we spent our summers in...
Vaishali A. Patel
Aug 17, 20211 min read
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Do You 'Act' Your Age?
#WhyDoWe "Act your age" "Aa ummare aa badhu naa sobhe ("This doesn't suit you at this age") "At this age focus on Bhakti, raising...
Vaishali A. Patel
Aug 17, 20211 min read
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Raising Daughters Like Sons
#WhyDoWe "I have raised my daughter like a son” (Maari dikari ne dikaraa ni jem moti kari chhe) hmmm... How about “I have raised my son...
Vaishali A. Patel
Aug 17, 20212 min read
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Celebrating Moon Cycles
The first time I got my period, my best friend Aditi and I were going up the stairs at school. She said to me, "I think you sat on...
Vaishali A. Patel
Jul 15, 20203 min read
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11 Things to remember when marrying into a new Samaaj or community
11 things to remember for desis marrying into a different community than your own. Does it matter if you are from the same Samaaj...
Vaishali A. Patel
Jan 19, 20203 min read
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My burn story
"All I remember is the bubbly brown skin all over my right side of the face and arm..." . I have a special connection with my “Mosaad”...
Vaishali A. Patel
Nov 1, 20192 min read
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