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Feeling Disconnected From Your culture by: Soha Sunesra

  • Writer: Dear Asian Youth Fort Bend County
    Dear Asian Youth Fort Bend County
  • Oct 8, 2021
  • 1 min read

It’s a pain keeping your culture awake

with the slurs,

the oppression,

and the casual racism.

But if only I could show you how much they want to be you,

they don’t even know themselves.

The mehndi on your hands,

they envy the beauty.

Your grandma’s passed down sarees you drape across your body on Diwali,

they’ll never find in any designer store across the world.

The music as beautiful as nature’s melodies,

the raang of holi

the languages that all belong in the arms of India

the dances

the voices

the seasons

the fragrances

the food

the love

they’ll never know,

because they aren’t


you.


*raang: Hindi word meaning colors


Edited by: Claire Xin

Cover Art by: Shania Vensel


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Feeling Disconnected From Your culture by: Soha Sunesra

  • Writer: Dear Asian Youth Fort Bend County
    Dear Asian Youth Fort Bend County
  • Oct 8, 2021
  • 1 min read

It’s a pain keeping your culture awake

with the slurs,

the oppression,

and the casual racism.

But if only I could show you how much they want to be you,

they don’t even know themselves.

The mehndi on your hands,

they envy the beauty.

Your grandma’s passed down sarees you drape across your body on Diwali,

they’ll never find in any designer store across the world.

The music as beautiful as nature’s melodies,

the raang of holi

the languages that all belong in the arms of India

the dances

the voices

the seasons

the fragrances

the food

the love

they’ll never know,

because they aren’t


you.


*raang: Hindi word meaning colors


Edited by: Claire Xin

Cover Art by: Shania Vensel


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