--- title: "1 South Asian Quotes By Tanuja Desai Hidier" description: "1 South Asian quotes by Tanuja Desai Hidier. Plus more from Tanuja Desai Hidier and more South Asian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/tanuja-desai-hidier-39721_history_as-the-conference-continued-it-occurred_920952.jpg" --- > [“As the conference continued it occurred to me finally that it wasn't really about Indian history as it was written, but really about rewriting it by taking a fresh look at race, ethnicity, gender, and a mix of sociocultural questions...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tanuja-desai-hidier/as-the-conference-continued-it-occurred-to-me-finally-that-it-wasn-t/) [Tanuja Desai Hidier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tanuja-desai-hidier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99f/tanuja-desai-hidier-39721_history_as-the-conference-continued-it-occurred_920952.jpg) ## More by Tanuja Desai Hidier > [ “...Sabina \[was\] onto something about mehendi not being tantamount to temporary tattoo, and how it's been appropriated by Western capitalist culture. 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