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> [“People allow India to exist only in two versions: In the first, everything is too beautiful to be encapsulated, women are swarthy and hippy, shoeless boys play soccer in dirt roads, elephants roam the streets, and temples are merely there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/people-allow-india-to-exist-only-in-two-versions-in-the-first/)

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> [“I have never been this white anywhere in the world. I've never had the most obvious, most useful kind of privilege as soon as I've walked into a room. This, though, is maybe what it's like to be white. People…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/i-have-never-been-this-white-anywhere-in-the-world-i-ve-never-had-the/)

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## Other authors on Caste system

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## More by Scaachi Koul

> [“Plenty of people take a gap year between high school and university to travel, or spend a summer back-packing through Europe to “find” themselves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/plenty-of-people-take-a-gap-year-between-high-school-and-university/)

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> [“Raisin in our only outlier for now: her mother is white, she lives in a white neighbourhood, she eats white food, she listens to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/raisin-in-our-only-outlier-for-now-her-mother-is-white-she-lives-in-a/)

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> [“The great irony of growing up is that it’s often once you leave your parents’ home that you understand them the most. You get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/the-great-irony-of-growing-up-is-that-it-s-often-once-you-leave-your/)

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> [“Our story was delightful in its mundanity: we met, it worked, we're trying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/our-story-was-delightful-in-its-mundanity-we-met-it-worked-we-re/)

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> [“If Indian weddings for Indian people are the furthest from “fun,” trips to India for Indian people are the furthest from “vacation.” When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/if-indian-weddings-for-indian-people-are-the-furthest-from-fun-trips/)

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> [“The mistake we make is in thinking rape isn’t premeditated, that it happens by accident somehow, that you’re drunk and you run into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/the-mistake-we-make-is-in-thinking-rape-isn-t-premeditated-that-it/)

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> [“There is no cowardice in removing yourself from a wildly unhealthy and unwinnable situation . . . You shouldn't feel like you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/there-is-no-cowardice-in-removing-yourself-from-a-wildly-unhealthy/)

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> [“Immigrant parents, when they first move to North America, push towards whiteness, towards assimilation, to survive and thrive. Naturally, their children do too for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/immigrant-parents-when-they-first-move-to-north-america-push-towards/)

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> [“And yet, being surveilled with the intention of assault or rape is practically mundane, it happens so often. It’s such an ingrained part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/and-yet-being-surveilled-with-the-intention-of-assault-or-rape-is/)

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> [“Brown people rarely explain how anyone is related to anyone. You’re simply told that these people are your family and to treat them as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/brown-people-rarely-explain-how-anyone-is-related-to-anyone-you-re/)

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> [“I like being present in spaces where I am not welcome because you do not deserve to feel comfortable just because you're racist or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/i-like-being-present-in-spaces-where-i-am-not-welcome-because-you-do/)

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> [“Fear always reaches a breaking point and turns into anxiety or rage, and I don't have enough storage space for more fear in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/fear-always-reaches-a-breaking-point-and-turns-into-anxiety-or-rage/)

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> [“Fitting is a luxury rarely given to immigrants, or children of immigrants. We are stuck in emotional purgatory. Home, somehow, is always the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/fitting-is-a-luxury-rarely-given-to-immigrants-or-children-of/)

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> [“But most unsettling is how this time I notice my own fairness. I notice that while I might be a person of colour among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/but-most-unsettling-is-how-this-time-i-notice-my-own-fairness-i/)

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> [“Mom used to tell me that white people don't understand us, would never understand us, even when they are well-meaning and patient...I thought she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scaachi-koul/mom-used-to-tell-me-that-white-people-don-t-understand-us-would-never/)

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