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#WhyDoWe Do you know what Pitrupaksh or Shraadh is?⁠ ⁠ If you grew up in a Gujarati home, chances are you saw your elders or parents...

#WhyDoWe I recently discovered something I had no idea about myself:⁠ ⁠ I actually feel better when I LOOK better! ⁠ For me, that means...

#WhyDoWe Have you heard of a "Datto" Desi calendar?⁠ ⁠This is another example of "tell me you are Desi without telling me you are Desi"!...

#WhyDoWe What did Janmashtmi Celebrations look like when you were younger?⁠ ⁠ For me, it was staying up untll midnight, welcoming the...

#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 -...

#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...

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#WhyDoWe So, tell me you are Desi without telling me you are Desi. 🤣🤣 ⁠ For the longest time I thought this is how everyone in the...

#WhyDoWe NAAGPANCHAMI Many of us are scared of snakes. That makes sense, as many snakes are poisonous! However, in a farming country like...

#WhyDoWe Would you tell people in your circle if you were in debt or terminally ill? ⁠ ⁠ “Dukh ane dard ek beejaa saathe vehchavu” (Share...

#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...

#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...

#WhyDoWe Have you seen women around you cleaning the door frame (Oombaro) and putting kumkum dots or divo by it?⁠ ⁠ Why do we do...

#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...

#WhyDoWe We look the same, we dress the same, we eat the same food, then why do you say he is Bengali, Sri Lankan, Pakistani? And why are...