Pilot
I don't have a direction for this blog but it is a way for me to unfold the layers we wear everyday, be raw and open and hopefully know someone else feels the same. I come from a conservative, Indian family. Growing up, my mother would remind me how much "freedom" my father gave us. Yes, I was allowed to go out with my friends to go watch a movie, to the mall, to the city. Then I started college, the same restrictions applied even though I was older. I turned 21 and still had to be home before 10, any later- my mom was blowing up my phone. I rebelled and went out and stayed out late. I had to constantly lie and say I'm staying over at a friend's house when staying with a guy. When I was experiencing all this, I never realized how exhausting it was. I was constantly fighting for my freedom. In most brown households, it is ingrained from a young age that whatever you do, you owe to your parents. All your achievements, success, happiness, decisions- all ar