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Aishwarya Kapoor

Two Grandmothers, Two Rules: What Indian Women Inherit About Beauty, Shame, and the Body

The one who made you smaller

She had a specific look. You know the one. It came when your dupatta slipped, or when you reached for something on a high shelf and your kurta rode up, or when you wore something sleeveless to a cousin's wedding because it was forty degrees and you were twenty-two and it was your body. The look said: someone is watching. The look said: you are responsible for what they see.

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