“Immigrant parents, when they first move to North America, push towards whiteness, towards assimilation, to survive and thrive. Naturally, their children do… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“Fitting is a luxury rarely given to immigrants, or children of immigrants. We are stuck in emotional purgatory. Home, somehow, is always… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“I knew they were my people, but it didn't feel like it. I was pushing against any first-generation narrative, while all the… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“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.… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“Raisin in our only outlier for now: her mother is white, she lives in a white neighbourhood, she eats white food, she listens to… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“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… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“Our story was delightful in its mundanity: we met, it worked, we're trying.” — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“If Indian weddings for Indian people are the furthest from “fun,” trips to India for Indian people are the furthest from “vacation.” When I… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“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… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“There is no cowardice in removing yourself from a wildly unhealthy and unwinnable situation . . . You shouldn't feel like you have to… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“Immigrant parents, when they first move to North America, push towards whiteness, towards assimilation, to survive and thrive. Naturally, their children do too for… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“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… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“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… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“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… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
“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… — Scaachi Koul Copy Share Image
